Fri, Oct 16, 2020: Brother Halverson; LaCasita, UPS, Walmart, Home Depot; Cher Maxwell; Kacey, Jared, Charlie, Hoose kids;

Freiberg, Germany

33rd operating temple

Dedicated: 29-30 June 1985

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Messiah

Daniel 9:26

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 24-25 The Savior wants me to search the words of the prophets.

October General Conference

'Sisters in Zion'

President Henry B. Eyring

You will be an essential force in the gathering of Israel and in the creation of a Zion people.

Restoration Proclamation

 P6 S3

Jesus Christ has once again called Apostles and has given them priesthood authority.

I got this text from Kacey today: "I finished Brother Halverson's YouTube videos and want to listen again!! I love what he says about the temple and 'beating to pieces,' separating the bad from the good within ourselves and how temple worship allows for that. It made me reflect on my temple worship and realize I need to do better and am looking forward to when they open back up so that I can. I love the family imagery that he points out. I loved what he said about God wanting our faith sometimes more than our absolute knowledge. Just so good and helpful. Thank you for sharing!!"

 I am grateful that someone else in our family is enjoying Brother Halverson as much as James and I enjoy him.

Something he said in one of the videos I was watching today made me stop and think. He was talking about beliefs and behavior. Are my beliefs aligned with my behavior? 

I finished getting my book shipment this morning so James and I took it to town this afternoon. We stopped and had lunch at LaCasita before going to UPS. I had a chicken enchilada with green sauce because James kept telling me he liked them better. I was a little disappointed because there was not much sauce. I'm sorry honey but I prefer the red sauce.

I went to Walmart to do some shopping while James went to the UPS Store, Home Depot, and the gas station. He was going to go to Tractor Supply and get a tool box for his truck but he ran out of time. I was at Walmart waiting for him to pick me up and I had ice cream. 

We read from our book while in the car and stopped at the post office to pick up mail. James is going to the valley tomorrow morning so he hooked the trailer up to his new truck and did some other things to get ready. This evening I walked and worked on my blog. It feels so good to have those books sent off!!

 

Thur; October 15, 2020: Elder Bednar; Brother Halverson; Walmart for prescriptions, Firehouse; Walk and Second Coming of the Lord; Inklings Institute; Luna escapes;

 

Guatemala City, Guatemala

32nd operating temple

Dedicated: 14-16 Dec 1984

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Messiah

Acts 4:27

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

Book of Mormon

In the latter days, God will perform a great and marvelous work.

3 Nephi 20-22

October General Conference

'Keep the Change'

Sister Becky Craven

Through Jesus Christ, we are given the strength to make lasting changes. As we humbly turn to Him, He will increase our capacity to change.

'The Healing Power of Jesus Christ'

Sister Cristina B. Franco

As we come unto Jesus Christ by exercising faith in Him, repenting, and making and keeping covenants, our brokenness - whatever its cause - can be healed.

Restoration Proclamation

P6 S2

This Church is anchored in the perfect life of its chief cornerstone, Jesus Christ, and in His infinite Atonement and literal Resurrection.

Elder Bednar did a G20 Interfaith Forum meeting this morning in Saudi Arabia. It was great! I also listened to Brother Halverson discuss the Sermon at the Temple and I loved it! He said this: "Why cant my disobedient children be more like my obedient children? I am so patient with my obedient children. What? I'm patient with people who don't require patience?"

Luna got out of the field today because last night a herd of elk came through and knocked the fence down. James didn't have the electricity turned on. I am wondering if he is ever going to finish.

She looks a little guilty, doesn't she

We went to town today to pick up my Tramadol and Folic Acid at Walmart. Afterwards we went to Firehouse and picked up a couple of steak and cheese subs to take home and eat. Yummy but expensive.

I finally got my book shipment inventory done. Now I have to clean the books and prepare labels. I will do that tomorrow. I also walked today while listening to "The Second Coming of the Lord."  I listened to the chapter about Adam Ondi-Ahman and it made me want to move to Missouri. James didn't seem to like the idea very well.

James figured up Diana Rico's bill today. She has only paid 5 payments so far this year so he told her if she didn't catch up he was going to have to foreclose. He said she also needed to buy insurance. She said she would buy insurance and then send a check next Friday.

I am grateful for James's cousin Molly and her husband who bought Alicia Delacruz's property. They paid $8,000 down payment and we just received their first monthly payment of $600.

I listened to Emily and Rio on Inklings Institute today. They talked about President Ballard's conference talk on prayer and we also discussed the Abrahamic Covenant and the City of Enoch. I loved it.

James's leg gets a little better every day. I am so grateful for modern medicine.

Inklings:

Sweet Scarlett in her ballet outfit

Wednesday, 10/14/2020 James works in spite of knee; Charlie; Memories 2016; Sheri orders me air pods; Kim's new treatments; Book Biz going down;

 

Taipei, Taiwan

31st operating temple

Dedicated: 17 Nov 1984

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Messiah

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set a liberty them that are bruised,

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

3 Nephi 21 

General Conference

'By Union of Feeling We Obtain Power with God'

Sister Sharon Eubank

As we seek union of feeling, we will call down the power of God to make our efforts whole.

James decided to work today in spite of his leg. It swells when he is on it too long, but he survived. 

I talked with Kim today about her health issues. This is what she told me: I had a couple of interesting things happen this week. The first hing was Saturday night. I think I mentioned this during our discussion on Sunday. I was having one of my worst days so far as far as the dizziness was concerned. Feeling very defeated and feeling very much like I can't do this anymore. I am too weak. It is too hard. It has taken too much of a toll on my body. I was slowly trying to make my way back from the bathroom to the couch, and I had a very fast, very fleeting thought, "this is the beginning of the end."

It went out of my head as quickly as it went in because I was just feeling so physically awful. But I thought "great! Either that means it's going to kill me and I will be put out of my misery, or healing will start soon." I also thought that the "beginning of the end" made it sound like it was going to be a process and not an instantaneous thing. I later found out that while Brian was out running an errand he had a thought that I would be ok and get better.

Then, Sunday morning Brian went in to get a calling. He was originally scheduled to go in with the first counselor, but he was unavailable, so he ended up going in with Bishop Tarwater instead. 

While he was in there he told Bishop about what was going on with me. And Bishop, very hesitantly, started to ask how open he was to alternative medicine/healing. I guess he knows that some people are dismissive of anything non-traditional.

Brian said that after years of regular doctors not helping and things only getting worse, we are VERY open to it. He then told him about a man who is not a doctor, but works with frequency/electrical impulses in the brain and then re-trains the brain to heal what is wrong in the body. He says that the human body is meant to heal itself and when things start going wrong or breaking down, that means that the brain has for some reason stopped telling that part of the body how to function correctly. (I'm probably describing this terribly).

Anyway, he told how this man helped his wife overcome her Sjogren's Syndrome ( an auto-immune disease where you don't make saliva and your eyes get really dry. 

We made an appointment with him for Tuesday night. 

So, I went last night and got scanned. He does an initial scan and it gives you a number between 1 and 10. My number was 2.55. He said that any number lower than 3 means chronic illness. We have a lot of work to do. 

I  told him that I've had health issues for 25 years that have progressively gotten worse. I have a myriad of things going on. He said we would eventually get to everything, but let's start with the most debilitating thing - the vertigo, anxiety, squeezing of neck and shoulders, feeling like I'm going to pass out sinuses, etc. He scanned those areas, including the vagus nerve (Which I discovered in a podcast Monday night is most likely the culprit). Then he sends an electric signal to the brain telling those areas that aren't working correctly to start working. (I know it sounds hokey, but I am desperate and nothing else has worked and he has helped SO many people). He then gave me enzymes, antibiotics and collodial silver to take every day. I will come back weekly for scans to check my progress. I think he said it takes a week for every month you've been sick. I can't remember. 

It's not an overnight thing, although some people have seen improvement overnight. He said the last person who came in with vertigo it was about three weeks before he was feeling completely normal again. I hope it works. I'm excited. I'm optimistic. I haven't been any of those things in awhile. Also, after we tackle the vertigo he says we can work on the thyroid, insulin resistance, food allergies, etc. I hope that this is the answer I've been looking for. That this is the beginning of the end. I guess time will tell. 

I told Kim I was excited for her and that I had been praying she would find something to help her. I told her that the Lord knows how to fix her and this just might be the way He is going to do it. She said:

I sure hope so. I have prayed and fasted and done research and gone to doctors, naturopaths, chiropractors, acupuncturists, neurologists, literally everything I can think of. I feel like I've put in the effort. Maybe now after all I can do and have done, He will help me with the rest. I hope so. 

I worked on my book business today but my heart just isn't in it anymore since I know I am not really making any money. I paid for the book arbitrage software for this month so I am going to buy about 60 books and that will be it. This software costs $200 a month I I can't afford it. I don't want to be as big a business as you have to be to make money at this. I am repricing books so they will hopefully sell and I can gradually close down.

Sheri said since today was Prime Day on Amazon she bought me air pods for my phone. How nice. She really didn't have to do that.

I have been praying for rain but we haven't even had any clouds for weeks. From now on I am going to pray for clouds, and then rain.