Dedicated: 20 May 2000
By" Thomas S. Monson
Jesus Christ, Jehovah
2 Nephi 11:2
And now I, Nephi, write more of the words of Isaiah, for my soul delighteth in his words. For I will liken his words unto my people, and I will send them forth unto all my children, for he verily saw my Redeemer, even as I have seen him.
Book of Mormon
"A Testimony of the Book of Mormon" Russell M. Nelson 10/1999
Oct 2019 General Conference
"The Joy of the Saints"
Elder D. Todd Christofferson
"God sees things in their true perspective, and He shares that perspective with us through His commandments, effectively guiding us around the pitfalls and potholes of mortality toward eternal joy. The Prophet Joseph Smith explained: 'When His commandments teach us, it is in view of eternity; for we are looked upon by God as though we were in eternity; God dwells in eternity, and does not view things as we do.'"
Weaver's Needle in the Superstition Mountains
At 8:30 this morning we met the Gardner's, Tina Allen and Shaelyn Smith at the church to clean. It comes around once a year and is always the first and second week of January. The Gardner's brought their boys and were very efficient. They were over the cleaning of the chapels in Tucson and so they know what needs to be done. It was great that Shaelyn came because she isn't even in our ward. She is Tina's niece and Tina asked her to come.
There is a memorial service for Lorrain Tieman, a former member of our ward who died of cancer. She has family in our ward, a sister, nieces and nephews and a brother. Her sister Nadine Singleton wanted to do this memorial service for her even though she lived in California with her daughter. Nadine made pulled pork and baked beans and the Relief Society brought rolls, salads and desserts.
Kathy Crane is our compassionate service leader and she was here around 10 with Rosie Lauritzen to make sure the food was all ready for the luncheon after the service.
Kathy had the cultural hall setup the night before. She did a nice job.
James and I brought clothes to change in to for Lorraine's service in the chapel. Nadine told her life story and Tamara talked about her example and dedication. Sean Hunsaker, who was her bishop also spoke. Lorraine was my visiting teaching companion for awhile when I used to go out to the Chaffin ranch to visit Hailey. The first time Lorraine went she offered to take her pickup. The road was so rocky she really did not like it. She never offered to take her truck again. We either took my car or James drove us in his truck.
I sat by Catherine Halcomb during the service. Although Catherine did not know Lorraine she is Nadine's ministering sister. James sat by Ed Miller.
When we sang "O My Father" Catherine got a little teary-eyed because that's one of the songs they sang at her husbands funeral. The closing song was "God Be With You Til We Meet Again" which we sang at my mom's funeral.
Here are some of the things said in the funeral.
When Lorraine was a girl growing up in northwest Phoenix, her family raised turkeys. They had over a 1,000.
She met her husband at the local swimming pool in Phoenix.
She and her husband lived in Hawaii for a year when he was in the Navy. Lorraine learned to cook Hawaiian food.
Lorraine and Nadine raised their kids together so the cousins would grow up knowing each other.
Lorraine worked at Honeywell for 15 years.
While their children were growing up she and her husband Bruce were not active in the church. They spent lots of weekends in the boat on Lake Powell.
When Lorraine decided it was time to go back to church Bruce sold the boat. The sad thing is the kids were teenagers by then and were not interested in going to church.
Lorraine loved music and played the organ in the Vernon ward, alternating with Analee Hunsaker.
Bruce was a Primary teacher. He never gave the kids candy but if they were good he would give them a green bean from his garden.
Bishop Sean Hunsaker says he was there home teacher and he loved Lorraine's chili relleno casserole. It was a treat he enjoyed when he went for a visit.
Lorraine was a temple worker in the Snowflake temple.
When her health began to fail her she moved to California to live with her daughter.
We sat by the Diewald's, Kerri Halcomb and Amy Reynolds. We enjoyed the pulled pork on rolls, coleslaw, baked beans, and Texas sheetcake both chocolate and "blonde." I prefer the blonde.
I excused myself from helping in the kitchen afterwards because I needed to go in to town to get some groceries. I am taking soup in to the Grapp's tonight who have had the flu. Kathy gave me some salad and a bag of rolls to go with the soup.
We went to Walmart for groceries and some of my prescriptions and then we got gas and washed the car.
When we got home James carried in the groceries and I put them away. James went to take a nap while I fixed homemade chicken noodle soup for the Grapp's. James made the delivery. Later I got a text from Cammy. This is what she said:
"When you get a chance and can look up the 2014 Mormon Message, 'You Never Know,' I would love for you and your husband to watch it. This video describes the blessing that you have been to us so many times, especially tonight. Your soup was the greatest thing that has come of all this illness. Leland (1 yr old) hasn't wanted to eat much and he loved your soup. He is still with fever and others are recovering. Thanks so much for making the beautiful salad and sending crackers and rolls too. We love you!
"When you get a chance and can look up the 2014 Mormon Message, 'You Never Know,' I would love for you and your husband to watch it. This video describes the blessing that you have been to us so many times, especially tonight. Your soup was the greatest thing that has come of all this illness. Leland (1 yr old) hasn't wanted to eat much and he loved your soup. He is still with fever and others are recovering. Thanks so much for making the beautiful salad and sending crackers and rolls too. We love you!
Gratitude makes it all worth while.
New Hallmark movies are taping tonight and tomorrow night.
Silly Charlie
