Fri, Feb 26, 2021: Lisbon Portugal Temple, Joe and Adam's birthdays, Scarlett, James's trip to the valley, Burger House burros, I want to have a tea party!

 

Lisbon, Portugal

166th operating temple

Dedicated: 15 Sept 2019

By: Neil L. Andersen

Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son

D&C 76:23

For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father-

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 19:1-20:11

D&C

19:1-20

"Come Follow Me"

God's blessings are greater than the treasures of the earth.

OctGenCon

'Do Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly with God'

Elder Dale G. Renlund

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Loving mercy means that we do not just love the mercy God extends to us; we delight that God extends the same mercy to others. And we follow HIs example. "All are alike unto God," and we all need spiritual treatment to be helped and healed. The Lord has said, "Ye shall not esteem one flesh above another, or one man shall not think himself above another."

Restoration Proclamation

P4 S3

Three of the original twelve Apostles - Peter, James, and John - restored the apostleship and keys of priesthood authority.

The Living Christ

P3 S3

His was a great vicarious gift in behalf of all who would ever live upon the earth.

James left before six for the valley this morning. He has, what I am calling, a "crack" meeting at Konkle's this morning. He had the general contractor there and someone representing the concrete company, Rock Solid. The consensus of the meeting was that the cracks didn't warrant replacing because they were so small, at least at this time. If they get bigger or cause any problems James will guarantee them for one year.

James also went to Sun Lakes to look at a job he is going to bid. While in Chandler he went to Chandler Auto Body to leave his truck to be fixed. When Pierce got in unstuck on the hill it banged into a tree. There is also other small dings and a crooked bumper. The truck will be there for about two weeks and so James got a rental car from Enterprise for $26 a day. The insurance will pay for the car up to so many days, he may have to take it back early but for right now he's traveling in style in a Toyota Camry. Gas has gone up about twenty cents a gallon this week. In the valley it was from $2.89-2.99 for regular.

James got home right at 4 p.m., just as he said he would, and he brought me two mixed green burros from Burger House. I had one for dinner and it was quite delicious.

I texted Cassie today to see if she was still with Jean. She said no, she was at home with her family. She said Jean was in the valley with Deana.

I had problems with my computer today when I was trying to download and add pictures to my blog so I gave up early. The computer works fine when I am indexing and today I was able to reach my indexing goal for February. My total is now 5,006. 

James and I looked online to see that the Vernon ward had indexed 40,000 names for the months of Jan-Feb. Last years total for the year was 26,000. Out of those 40,000 or so names Brother Peeler did 14,000, I did 7,000, and James did 5,200. Go Vernon!

I listened to "Teaching with Power" by Brian Wilcox as part of my "Come Follow Me" studies. I also watched "Scripture Gems" and got some good information from both of these YouTube presentations.

 I also did some planning and I must say, I love my new planner!

Happy 31st Birthday to Adam!

In case you are wondering why Adam is smiling, 

look at the picture below. This was taken last

year when he came up for his birthday.

Kyle, Chris

Joshua, Kaitlyn and Adam

Happy 24th Birthday Joe!

President and Sister Johansen our former

stake president in Chandler.

Today's Steps:

12,642

Thur, Feb 25, 2021: Port-a-Prince Haiti Temple, Inklings, chicken noodle soup & salad, Stake RS mtg, Rootstech, Ben & Shayna, Bonne Maman,

 

Port-a-Prince, Haiti

165th operating temple

Dedicated: 1 Sept 2019

By: David A. Bednar

Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son

Alma 9:26

And not many days hence the Son of God shall come in his glory; and his glory shall be the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace, equity, and truth, full of patience, mercy, and long-suffering, quick to hear the cries of his people and to answer their prayers.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 18:1-22

Doctrine & Covenants

Saints 1, chp. 8, pgs 76-84

"Come Follow Me"

Jesus Christ suffered so that I can repent and come unto Him.

OctGenCon

'Ask, Seek, And Knock'

Milton Camargo

First Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency

The Lord said that "every one that asketh, receiveth." Asking seems simple, and yet it is powerful because it reveals our desires and our faith. However, it takes time and patience to learn to understand the voice of the Lord. We pay attention to thoughts and feelings that come to our minds and hearts, and we write them down, as our prophet has counseled us to do. Recording our impressions is an important part of receiving. It helps us recall, review, and refeel what the Lord is teaching us.

Restoration Proclamation

P4 S2

The resurrected John the Baptist restored the authority to baptize by immersion for the remission of sins.

The Living Christ

P3 S2

He was arrested and condemned on spurious charges, convicted to satisfy a mob, and sentenced to die on Calvary's cross.

Listened to "Don't Miss This" and Brother Halverson for "Come Follow Me" today besides reading part of the lesson and scriptures with James. 

I took the tape off of my glasses this morning and I can see without covering my left eye. Sheri said maybe my right eye is compensating.

I rotated indexing and walking this morning. I have a stake meeting tonight so I need to get most of my steps before 6 p.m. My indexing total is at 4,789 for the month.

Around noon I spent time in the kitchen making my apple-cranberry-walnut salad and some homemade chicken noodle soup. I don't want to leave James with nothing to eat while I am gone to my meeting this evening. I had to take a break because I got a little dizzy. I then went back and cleaned the kitchen. For lunch I had a bowl of soup and two rolls.

Before going to my meeting this evening I put all of my ministering information in a small notebook I could carry with me. I have each of the companionships in my district and the sisters they visit along with their phone numbers. These are in the front of a blue notebook and then at the meeting I will turn the notebook around and take notes in the back. I do this with my monthly notebooks and it works well for me.

I left the house around 6 p.m. James was eating his dinner and I felt good that I had fixed it for him. We are meeting at the Vernon building and Kerri is driving all of our presidency to the meeting in Lakeside. It is a stake Relief Society meeting about ministering. 

The meeting was very informative. We learned about the importance of meeting with each of our assigned sisters on a quarterly basis to do interviews. They stressed the importance of doing these interviews in person if at all possible. Honestly, I have never done that, but I was inspired to begin trying to do personal interviews, in person. We also learned about how to do food orders from Sister Patterson and then we talked about missionary and family history work. It was a good meeting and it was nice to hear from our stake Relief Society presidency and our stake president, President Beeler.

These were our handouts and refreshments:

The cookie was in a clear plastic bag. It was decorated

professionally and tasted delicious!

I found out there was a quarterly family history meeting that James, Brother Peeler, and I should have attended Tuesday evening but we did not know about it. In the past we have been sent a reminder. I looked and it was on the stake calendar but honestly, I don't look at the stake calendar very often. Brother Merrill, our stake leader, said he was disappointed with the turn out. Hopefully he will send out a reminder next time.

It was 9:30 when I got home and James was ready to go to bed. After going to bed with him, I got up and did some walking and then fell asleep on the recliner where I am more comfortable. I didn't wear my eye patch like I am supposed to at night.

Inklings: