Durban, South Africa
168th operating temple
Dedicated: 16 Feb 2020
By: Ronald A. Rasband
Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son
D&C 138:14
All these had departed the mortal life, firm in the hope of a glorious resurrection, through the grace of God the Father and his Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
Book of Mormon
2 Nephi 21:1-22:6
D&C
Review sections 18-19
"Come Follow Me"
Review "The Worth of Souls is Great"
OctGenCon
'Waiting On The Lord'
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Christianity is comforting, but it is often not comfortable. The path to holiness and happiness here and hereafter is a long and sometimes rocky one.
If the word of God is planted in our hearts as a mere seed, and if we care enough to water, weed, nourish, and encourage it, it will in the future bear fruit "which is most precious, . . . sweet above all that is sweet," the consuming of which leads to a condition of no more thirst and no more hunger.
'A New Normal'
President Russell M. Nelson
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Now, mu dear brothers and sisters, I bless you to be filled with the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ. His peace is beyond all mortal understanding. I bless you with an increased desire and ability to obey the laws of God. I promise that as you do, you will be showered with blessings, including greater courage, increased personal revelation, sweeter harmony in your homes, and joy even amid uncertainty.
Restoration Proclamation
P5 S1
We further witness that Joseph Smith was given the gift and power of God to translate an ancient record: the Book of Mormon-Another Testament of Jesus Christ.
The Living Christ
P4 S1
We solemnly testify that His life, which is central to all human history, neither began in Bethlehem nor concluded on Calvary.
I was cold this morning, around 18 and finally got up to 36.
The Peeler's were the speakers in our church meeting today. I have never heard Donna Peeler speak in church before. She did a good job although she was shaking with nervousness. She spoke about the Savior having his "arms stretched out still", asking us to come unto Him and to follow Him. She quoted several scriptures including part of 2 Nephi 28:32 which says: . . . I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Donna started out by saying when she was ill she would stare at the dust bunny on the ceiling and then one day he was gone. She concluded that it must have been her wonderful caretaker who stretched out his arm and got rid of him. She referred to her gratitude for her "wonderful caretaker" as she closed her talk. I think she may have been referring to Owen and to the Savior.
Owen Peeler was asked to speak about indexing. He is our family history consultant/indexing specialist in the Vernon ward. Owen could be a preacher. He has the look, the knowledge, and the presence. He began his talk by saying that Prophets are schoolmasters to bring us unto Christ. Who spoke about bishops being responsible for all of those, member and non-member, in their ward boundaries. He talked about the Restoration of the gospel taking place, "Line upon line, precept upon precept." He then quoted Moroni as he quoted Malachi to Joseph Smith: "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.." (Malachi 4:5-6)
He told about being called as a family history consultant and how through the chain of authority that calling, as all other callings, came from the Prophet and the Lord. He talked about how family history work is directly tied to missionary work and the saving of souls. All names that are indexed are gone into a Church file in Salt Lake City and eventually temple endowments are done for each individual. He defined the word endowment as preparation to enter the presence of the Lord. It was such a great talk!
After his talk Sister Allen asked Brother Peeler to help her with indexing, Wendy DeWitt came to us and reported that she was getting a new computer on Wednesday and could hardly wait to start indexing. Sandra Wilhelm asked me if she could come over sometime and have me teach her how to index. I think the talk was a success.
Before church started this morning I went back and invited the Grapp's to come over to watch the new season of "When Calls the Heart" with us. Cammy said they now have the Hallmark channel and can watch it at home. Tildy asked me to sit by them but I explained to her that I needed to sit on the benches which were softer. We went up and sat by the Halcomb's. I felt guilty about "snubbing" Tildy all day today. I texted Cammy and asked if she could sit by us next week. I never received an answer.
James had an indexing fiasco today. He spent two hours correcting the problem. He had made a mistake and tried to delete 80 items. When he put the 80 back those in front of the 80 were now out of sequence. It was a slow process but he never gave up and was finally successful. He had over 200 names indexed. If I was him, I probably would have erased everything and started over.
Before going to bed this evening we watched the second episode of this season's "When Calls the Heart." Elizabeth told Nathan she could not be in a romantic relationship with him because he was a Mountie and she couldn't risk the fact that she might lose him as she lost Jack. Nathan finally expressed his feelings and told her how much he loved her as she rode away on her horse. Poor Nathan. He told her he would quit the Mounties but she wouldn't accept that.
Our Sabbath is so much happier with pictures
of Charlie!
February socks.
