Hong Kong, China
48th operating temple
Dedicated: 26 May 1996
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Redeemer
Luke 1:68
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Book of Mormon
Helaman 13:21-39
D&C
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"Come Follow Me"
Voices of the Restoration
OctGenCon
"Pure Truth, Pure Doctrine, and Pure Revelation"
President Russell M. Nelson
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The General Authorities and General Officers of the Church who speak will focus their messages on our Savior, Jesus Christ, His mercy, and His infinite redeeming power. There has never been a time in the history of the world when knowledge of our Savior is more personally vital and relevant to every human soul. Imagine how quickly the devastating conflicts throughout the world - and those in our individual lives - would be resolved if we all chose to follow Jesus Christ and heed His teachings.
"The Greatest Possession"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
The scriptures speak of a rich young ruler who ran to Jesus, knelt at HIs feet, and, with genuine sincerity, asked the Master, "What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" After reviewing a long list of commandments this fellow had faithfully kept, Jesus told the man to sell all his belongings, give the proceeds to the poor, take up his cross, and follow Him. The boldness of this directive caused the young ruler - in spite of his expensive sandals - to get cold feet, and he went away sorrowing because, the scriptures says, "he had great possessions."
Obviously, this is an important cautionary tale about the uses of wealth and the needs of the poor. But ultimately it is a story about wholehearted, unreserved devotion to divine responsibility. With or without riches, each of us is to come to Christ with the same uncompromised commitment to His gospel that was expected of this young man. In the vernacular of today's youth, we are to declare ourselves "all in."
The Articles of Faith
#9
We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
Happy 94th Birthday Lois! Sheri called this afternoon. She talked to her gramma on the phone. She says Gramma is worried about us. She never sees us. It's true. We haven't been there since we got Covid. I told Sheri that when I talked to Dawn on her birthday I wanted to tell her we would be down on Monday and would come and see them, but Dad told me to wait in case we didn't make it. When Sheri called I was in the car waiting for James to go to town. When James came out and we finally left I got Lois on the phone via bluetooth so we could talk to her while we were driving. We told her we were fine and that while James was working down there on Monday I would come over to see her and Dawn. She's worried that James hasn't started his cancer treatments yet. She told us that her brothers Henry and Lincoln and Uncle Leon had all died of prostate cancer. My friend Pam who works at the hospital and does hiring said Friday she secured a contract for a radiation therapist. She wanted to wait until Monday because she needed the weekend to decide. Pam is praying that she accepts the offer. Pam said hopefully they can open additional appointments at the cancer center and that this had been an incredibly hard position to fill. She said she would also call and tell them she has a friend who needs an appointment. She's not sure it will help, but she's going to give it a try. We told all of this to Lois. We also told her that originally they said he would have to have 8 weeks of treatments five days a week and now they are saying 4 days a week for 4 weeks. I told her I would like to come and see her on Monday and she said that would be fine.
Pam not only is helping us at the hospital but she brought us some of her delicious oatmeal cookies. Honestly, I have never tasted a better oatmeal cookie. She uses pudding in the mix.
When we got to town James dropped me off at Walmart while he went to Home Depot and Lowe's to look for a new faucet for the kitchen. Before leaving town to go home we stopped at Panda and each got a chow mien bowl. I got mine with broccoli and steak.
Before the evening session of conference James started putting in the faucet. What should have been a quick and easy job turned out to be quite complicated. The faucet wouldn't fit the way it's supposed to with the existing holes cut in the granite. After doing some remodeling James finally got it in only to find out that the kit did not come with any supply lines. You'd think when you pay $150 for a faucet it would have supply lines. He can't use the ones from the old faucet. Since this is a bit of an emergency, he will have to go to Home Deport early in the morning. We watched one half of the evening session of conference before going to bed.
I read an article on Meridian Magazine called "Covid-19 Vaccination as an Abrahamic Test" by Jacob Z. Hess.
Regarding President Nelson's statements on masks and vaccinations:
...the word urge feels like a warning: Is the Prophet trying to warn us of something that is coming? This article was really good. James and I plan on getting our vaccine but I'm not sure how long we have to wait after having Covid. I think I will ask my friend Pam.
The best oatmeal cookies I've ever tasted!
191st Semi-annual General Conference
Saturday morning session
191st Semi-annual General Conference
Saturday afternoon session
Saturday evening session
