Thursday, February 27th, 2020

Kansas City, Missouri

137th operating temple

Dedicated: 6 May 2012

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Judge

Isaiah 2:4

And and he judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

2 Nephi 28

Many false churches will be built up in the last days - They will teach false, vain, and foolish doctrines - Apostasy will abound because of false teachers - The devil will rage in the hearts of men - He will teach all manner of false doctrines.

 Saints, Volume 2

Chapter 27

Fire in the Dry Grass

Inklings

JS-H 1:14-26

Oct 2019 GC
Power to Overcome the Adversary
Elder Peter M. Johnson
"My dear friends, please do not let anyone steal your happiness. Do not compare yourself to others. Please remember the loving words of the Savior: 'Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.'"

How did God bless me today? Let me give you a few examples. Yesterday we were having problems with Quicken not paying our homeowners insurance. Today that problem was resolved.

Another problem was our car insurance. I was troubled because the yearly payment had not been made out of either credit cards. I got out my card and it renews today. Later in the day I got an email that said they would be taking the yearly payment out today.

Next problem, my secondary insurance and the arthritis center. Allison called and said I was fine that there had been a glitch in their system.

These were all of the things I had asked the Lord to help me with and He certainly did.

Today would have been my dad's 89th birthday. Happy Birthday dad.

I got a call from my friend Jean today. I had called her yesterday to see if she wanted to go to lunch today. She called today to tell me she was just too sick. I asked if there was anything I could do for her and she said no Tom was taking good care of her. Today I am going to send her a card.

I blogged, worked on books, read, walked and ate. James went to the post office and brought back several books for me to open and inventory. 

I am taking all of my books about the Book of Mormon upstairs and putting them on my desk. I want to have all of them together so I can look at them and study and take notes.

This evening after dinner we heard the doorbell ring. It was brother Peeler. He had been over feeding the Crane's dogs while they are gone to the valley and wondered if we could have a family history meeting right now. Of course. We met at the table near the front door and discussed our concerns and to do list with Brother Peeler who was recently called as the family history leader in our ward.
We finished a little after five and said we would see him tonight at the church for the family history leadership broadcast from Salt Lake. 

There were not many at the ward building for the broadcast. I did see Kerri and Tamara, Lannie Gillespie the Primary president, the bishop and some deacons, the Finnell's from Young Men/Young Women but that was about it.

The broadcast was great. We heard from Elder Hamilton, Elder Nielsen, Elder Renlund, Elder Stevenson, and Elder Bednar who directs temple and family history work in the Church.  We also heard from Sister Arburto and Sister Jones. There were a couple of youth who showed the leaders how to use the Family Tree app and all the neat things you can do with it on your phone. 
This was a well organized and interesting meeting and I wish that Kyah and Ty had been there!


We came home and I worked on finishing my study guide for 2 Nephi 28 and also worked on Inklings before it was time to go to bed.

James walked and worked on something for Chacon's.

Our friends the Miller's

The day of Young Women in Excellence

I am doing this

Wednesday, February 26th, 2020

Quetzeltenango, Guatemala

136th operating temple

Dedicated: 11 Dec 2011

By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ, Judge

Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

2 Nephi 27:6-35

Restoration:

Saints, Volume 2

Chapter 25

The Dignity of Our Calling

Chapter 26

For the Best Good of Zion

Inklings

JS-H 1:1-13

Oct 2019 GC
"Giving Our Spirits Control Over Our Bodies"
President Russell M. Ballard
"Every person who has ever lived or ever will live on this planet made an essential decision to choose to accept Heavenly Father's plan for our salvation. So we all came to earth with a proven track record of a successful spiritual nature and eternal destiny."

Happy 30th Birthday Adam:

I couldn't decide which to post so I did both. These

two have been friends for over 15 years.

Joseph's 23rd:

Happy days ahead Joe!

I went back and read a post in my 2018 Blog/Journal. Here are some thoughts on Islaam:

Islaam is the worlds 2nd largest religion. Islaam means submission to God. A believer is a Muslim, a submitter.

Another interesting fact from my April 12, 2018 blogpost:

While reading "The Atoning One" by Robert Millett I learn that Christ is the God of the Cosmos. 

I suppose I already knew this but I've never heard it put that way before.

After herbal tea, grits, and family prayer, James leaves for the valley this morning. It's supposed to be 16 degrees but his truck says 8. Also, he doesn't have a heater in his truck. Ride like the wind Bullseye and get to some warm air.

Things went pretty well this morning as I was posting on my blog. I worked on my book biz;  repricing, putting new books in inventory, and buying 3 books. I was finished with books by noon. 

I cooked myself a hamburger and put it on two slices of Dave's thin sliced bread. It was delicious.

I read and rested and then began my afternoon activities. On the agenda for today is paying bills. The big ones are due: Quicken mortgage on the house, credit card, Navapache electric, and tithing and fast offerings. I paid fast offerings for March so we are covered this coming Sunday.

The guy from Quicken never called about the problem with our home owners insurance being cancelled. I guess James will have to call him tomorrow.

I cannot find where we paid for our car insurance. It is a yearly bill due in February. James spoke to them on the phone in January and I thought he took care of it but I can't find it on either credit card statements. Also, I got a call from AARA, the arthritis center, saying my secondary insurance, Translife with Transamerica is not active. That's interesting because they took money out of my account this month just like they always do. What's going on with our insurance? Allison is going to try to run my information again and will call me tomorrow. Fun times.

James made it home earlier than I expected, somewhere between 4 and 4:30. I had put a pot pie in the oven for him and he had to wait a few minutes for it to get done.

After eating he took a nap on the recliner and headed over to Chuck's for an elders quorum presidency meeting. I am home alone again this evening.

I did my study guide for 2 Nephi 27 and worked on Inklings. Before I knew it James was home wanting me to read to him from "Aunt Dimity Goes West" so he could walk. I agreed when I was finished studying and asked him to make me some tea. He made peppermint which I did not like so he made me some chamomile, my favorite, and said he would drink the peppermint tomorrow. 

 Emily's new book 

 Plants in the mail?

 I wake James up with a cup of herbal tea

 Nice tribute for Randy. He spent so much of his

time at the Little League park.

I have read 2 Nephi 9 30 days in a row

but I have not done the other things

 My favorite grandparent, "Nannie", my mom's mom,

Myrtle Mae Strickland, born on December 5, 1905.

She was 5 in this picture. On the way home in the buggy she

threw the hat away because it had flown off several times

on the ride over.

Elder Benjamin Trezise

Idaho Falls, Idaho mission

2018-20

 Nobody from this boys family came

to his baptism.

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020

27

San Salvador, El Salvador

135th operating temple

Dedicated: 21 Aug 2011

By: Henry B. Eyring

Jesus Christ, Judge

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

2 Nephi 26:20-33 and 27:1-5

Restoration:

October 2019 GC:

"Knowing, Loving, and Growing"

Elder Hans T. Boom

"We are experiencing some of the same difficulties that Joseph Smith confronted while he was 'in the midst of a war of words and tumult of opinions.' As we read in his own account, he often said to himself: 'What is to be done? Who of all these parties are right; or, are they all wrong together? If any one of them be right, which one is it, and how shall I know it?'

With the knowledge he found in the Epistle of James, which states, 'If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him,' Joseph 'at length came to the determination to ask of God.'"

We had about 15 elk out in our field this morning. We love watching them!

James says it was 26 degrees this morning and the high was only going to be around 32. He's my weatherman. He went out without a hat or gloves and just a thin jacket and came right back in. He bundled up and went out, I am sure to check on the bunnies, and came in just a few minutes later. For someone who likes living up here he does not like the cold.

I blogged, did a little cleaning, and bought books this morning. 

James got a message from Liberty Mutual saying that our home owners insurance was going to expire on the 29th because of lack of payment. Our mortgage company, Quicken Loans, is supposed to be paying our premium. I thought they were paying on a monthly basis but I guess not because LM says we owe over $2,600. 

James immediately called Quicken Loans to find out what was going on. Tom is on the case and will get back to James by 5 p.m. tomorrow. The problem is they only have $2,200 in the escrow account which isn't enough for the yearly payment to Liberty.

It took me forever to finish my blog post this morning. My photo app on my computer freezes up from time to time. When I wash finished I took a reading and relaxation break. Right now I am reading, "Aunt Dimity Down Under," "The Heavens are Open," and "Revelations in Context." The last one if the stories behind the revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants. It goes right along with my study of the Restoration.

My book buying and getting my steps went clear in to the afternoon. I had to buy 6 books today because I didn't buy any yesterday. I also had to pay my Amazon Store card because it was maxed out. I raised the limit to $1,000 and used the $600 I received from Amazon to pay down the Amazon Store card. I use this card because I get a 5% discount on everything bought from Amazon. Actually that's all the card can be used for is Amazon purchases.

After I finished buying books James and I had a simple dinner of corn and toast and then I went in to set up our new printer. Since it is a wireless printer I had to make sure the printer and my computer were on the same internet. It wasn't working and I checked. The printer was on the jetpack and the computer was on the 4G so I had to switch out and get on the jetpack. After I did that it was an easy setup. I also ordered enough ink to make 300 copies for $9.99. Thanks Kacey for telling me about this program!

I ran off a few handouts for our "CFM" on Sunday and then went in to study the scriptures, 2 Nephi 26:20-33. I forgot about the five verses in 27 and will have to do those tomorrow. I also have been forgetting to do Inklings. This week we are supposed to be reading JS-History 1:1-13. I did listen to Saints Volume 1 chapter 25. 

James was going to go to the valley today but since he lost his license plate he had to go in to Show Low to get a new one. He called me and told me his new license plate starts with the letter CTR. I told him that was a reminder to Choose the Right.

Restoration:

I wish you could buy these!

 My friend Kerri leading a game at the

ward Valentine's party.

Kerri posted this. She is a retired

border patrol agent.

Bowen's at the V-Day Party

Happy Birthday Brennan

 Ouch!

Emily Belle Freeman on Grace:

Before we were temple workers