Provo City Center, Utah
150th operating temple
Dedicated: 20 Mar 2016
By: Dallin H. Oaks
Jesus Christ, Prophecies about
Romans 9:33
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Book of Mormon
Alma 41:1-15
Q: Why is it requisite for all things to be restored in the last day?
A: How could the Atonement of Jesus Christ be effective if it was not requisite for all things to be restored. The plan of restoration is requisite with the justice of God. Men are judged according to their works. Wickedness never was happiness. Give mercy to receive mercy. That which you sent out shall be returned unto you. Restoration condemneth the sinner.
D&C
84:33-53
"Come Follow Me"
84:31-42 If I receive the Lord and His servants, I will receive all the Father has.
AprGenCon
"Why the Covenant Path"
Elder D. Todd Christofferson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
The covenants God offers to His children do more than guide us. They bind us to Him, and, bound to Him, we can overcome all things.
With the ordinances and covenants, "the power of godliness is manifest" in our lives.
Family Proclamation
#4
The First Commandment that God gave to Adam and Even pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God's commandments for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.
Inklings
"The Resurrection from the dead is the reassuring personal pillar of our faith. It adds meaning to our doctrine, motivation to our behavior, and hope for our future."
-President Dallin H. Oaks
Up at 4:33. We left for the valley at 6:45, going the Heber, Payson way because James is so considerate of my feelings and desires. We prayed before we left and then we had scriptures in the car, listening to the Book of Mormon, and the Doctrine and Covenants, and a section of the "Come Follow Me" lesson. We did have to make a couple of potty stops but still arrived at AARA for my infusion at 10:05. The desert was so beautiful and green because of the rain our state has received.
Frances called me right back. We did the weigh in and she asked if I had any infections or had taken any antibiotics. No. I weigh a little less than last month, but not much.
Susy took several vials of blood from me and then started my infusion at 10:24. I texted James so he would know to be back by 11:25. Ang, the beautiful black girl with really short hair has her hair curled. It looks cute. She says everybody likes it except her husband and she told him, "You better like it."
This is the first time I have watched any of the Olympics. The women's cycling and men's beach volleyball were two events I watched.
James dropped off his tan suit pants, the ones he got food on, at Monterrey Cleaners on Alma School and Germann. He also went by Chandler Eyecare so Sheri could put my lenses in another frame, which she did. The only problem is she scratched them and had to order another left lense.
James was a little late picking me up because he had stopped to get me a drink. The first thing he asked me when I got into the truck was, "where do you want to go for lunch?" I said I wanted to go to Pei Wei. Rather than trying to look up one near us, we went to the one on S. Alma Sch. and Queen Creek. James and I both ordered noodles with beef and mushroom, and it was just as delicious as I remembered. Yummy!
James contacted his mother and we headed for Tempe to see her. She was alone when we first got there but Dawn came shortly thereafter with a few groceries. It looked like she had done her shopping at Smart and Final, a place I have only been to once.
Lois has the same problem that James and I have, she is a little forgetful. Since she is in her 90's I'm going to cut her some slack but I have to tell this little story about her. She had made some beans but thought they were a little watery. She realized she had only added a half cup of beans to the water instead of a cup and a half. She also made some cornbread. When she first took it out of the oven, it wasn't quite done so she put it back in, and then forgot about it. Now it is overdone.
I guess Connie and Cal and Tim and Matthew and a couple of their girls came for a visit. Lois said they only stayed five days and she seemed to have enjoyed their visit.
Lois and Dawn always have some kind of a creative project going. Today they had Christmas cards laid out all over the table. Lois was showing me the cards she had made when I came across a birthday card to Sarah that she had signed. She said, "Oh no, that's Sarah's birthday card. I wonder what card I sent to her." It's tough getting old.
Before leaving Lois gave me my birthday present. As her gifts always are, it was wrapped beautifully.
Lois couldn't remember if she had put a card inside my package.
She told me that when I unwrapped it to let her know if it had a card.
I told her I would.
Dawn shared some delicious Bing cherries with us that she had gotten for ninety seven cents a lb. at Fry's. We didn't stay too long because we wanted to go shopping to get James a new suit.
We drove to the Penney's on Gilbert and Germann. While James looked at suits I looked at women's clothes and picked out a red blouse and a dress with a yellow jacket. James tried his clothes on, I did not. We opened a J.C. Penney's account so we could save an additional 35%. Our total went from $440 to $293.
We immediately went back to Chandler so James took take his suit to the cleaners on Alma Sch. and Queen Creek where they do alterations. While James was inside the cleaners I texted Trina and told her we would be there soon. She said that was great. She asked if I minded that the Laurel's were coming over this evening. I said, of course not!
When we got to Darrel & Trina's, James carried in all the suitcases, etc., and then laid down on Rowan's bed to take a nap. I tried, but couldn't. We set up our computers in the great room upstairs, right next to each other. I did some indexing and then worked on my blog. I also did some walking, in a big circle around the room.
Kid report: Addy is not in school yet but the other kids are. Her favorite place to eat is Costa Vida or Cafe Rio. She loves their sweet pork. Lola lost a front tooth. She was a little disappointed that the tooth fairy only gave her $3. Rowan is at football practice and Ruby is going to try out for soccer. Trina likes to keep her kids busy and active. Addy will probably do cross country again.
Just as we were leaving to go get something to eat, the Laurel's began to arrive. Darrel got home in time to take Ruby to get the paperwork to try out for soccer. Rowan went to church to play basketball tonight.
We wanted to go to In n Out Burger but the line was like a serpentine wrapping around the parking lot. I don't want a burger that bad so we went to Jersey Mike's on Baseline and Signal Butte. I got the #2 and so did James. He also got a mushroom sub. He thought he had ordered a mini but it was a regular. He only ate half his #2 and took the rest home to eat tomorrow.
We went to Fry's and the first thing I noticed was that the Bing cherries were now $2.97. I guess the sale is over. James got some oatmeal, raspberries, and chocolate shakes. I got some shampoo and some other beauty products.
When we got home the Laurel's were still at the house, playing a game with their phones on the TV. We put our stuff away and went upstairs. After the girls left Trina had a presidency meeting. Darrel put Lola to bed. She is used to sleeping in Darrel & Trina's bedroom but he is trying to train her to sleep upstairs. She didn't want in her room so he took a blanket and put her on Ruby's floor. I peeked my head in to check on her and she was crying. She said she didn't want to sleep there but her dad wouldn't let her to go downstairs in his room. I showed some sympathy and then left her alone. When I went back later she was asleep.
James went to bed before I did. I blogged, indexed, and walked until I got my steps. Rowan is sleeping on the couch downstairs. He played his guitar on the stairs for awhile before going to bed.
Pam's son. She went to the valley to make him a
cake and be with him on his birthday.
