Thur, Feb 17th, 2022: Washington D.C. Temple, 4inches of snow, cold, TWP, Unshaken, Inklings, PO, books, Rhonda Smith, Rosalie Cline, Charlie

 

Washington D.C. 

16th operating temple

Dedicated: 19-22 Nov 1974

By: Spencer W. Kimball

Jesus Christ, Resurrection

Psalms 16:10

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 9:15-30

"Come Follow Me"

Genesis 19:26 What did Lot's wife do wrong?

Genesis 21

OctGenCon

"Is There No Balm In Gilead"?

Elder Brent H. Nielson

Of the Presidency of the Seventy

When the Savior appears to the people in the Book of Mormon after His Resurrection, He again speaks of His healing power. The Nephites hear HIs voice from heaven saying, "Will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?" Later, the Savior teaches, "For ye know not but what they will return and repent, and come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I shall heal them." The Savior was not referring to a physical healing but rather a spiritual healing of their souls.

Inklings

Live with Emily & Rio

Liahona

"Sacrifice, a Fruit of Righteousness"

Elder Ojediran of the Seventy

"Abraham's example teaches us that when we put the Lord first, blessings follow"

A Softened Heart

A Similitude

A Willing Sacrifice

A Gospel Essential

A Demonstration of Love

It must have snowed all night because when I got up this morning there was 4 inches of snow on the ground and on the patio table.

After reading from the Book of Mormon and the "Come Follow Me" lesson and Genesis 21, I began a study of Abraham using Ben Wilcox's YouTube power point lesson. There are two handouts we are going to use on Sunday "Who was Abraham" and "The Works of Abraham." Brother Applegate asked us to do a 15 minute presentation during his Sunday School lesson.

I keep thinking about last night's meeting and the news that the Westbrook family, Joe and Corinna, and four of their children have moved to New Mexico because Joe got a job. The bishop had approved one of the girls, probably Macy, to be a family history consultant. Rootstech is coming up and we want to have a big push for family history in the ward.

I am also sad that Lynda Van Haren is moving to Pine. She has been so faithful playing the organ in sacrament meeting and the piano in Primary, even though she comes by herself because her husband is a non-member.  

We had a sister in our ward pass away yesterday. Her name is Rosalie Cline. We had just talked about her in our meeting last night. She does not come to church and I have never met her but of course Tamara knows her. 

James got his inspections ordered this week for the hangar job he is working on. He also spends a lot of time indexing. He is quite competitive and wants our ward to meet our quota.

Sheri isn't leaving to come up here until tomorrow evening. She has a 3:00 appointment at the Gilbert temple and will leave after she is finished. That means I can clean upstairs tomorrow instead of today. Is that called procrastination, or living on the edge?

In December I bought a ham. We never used it because Sheri brought up a ham and we used hers. I put ours in the freezer and just took it out last night and put it in the refrigerator. We enjoyed eating from it today. James had some for breakfast and then we both had a ham sandwich for lunch. Being frozen did nothing to detract from the delicious flavor.

I got a letter from The Philadelphia Church of God today thanking me for ordering their magazine, The Trumpet. When I saw the letter I thought for sure they would ask for a donation because I paid nothing for the magazine subscription nor the two books I ordered. I was pleasantly surprised when I read the letter which was very cordial, that they did not ask for any money.

This evening James wanted to do something together so I suggested we watch the movie I watched the other day "Harmony from the Heart" starring Jesse Metcalf and Jessica Lowndes. James does not like Jessica Lowndes but he agreed to watch it. She plays a music therapist in the movie and Jesse Metcalf plays a heart surgeon. Jesse's grandfather is the patient. Jessica sings several songs in the movie and she has a beautiful voice. After it was over James said, "That was a nice movie." He loved her voice too.

Elk in Nutrioso

Addy, Rowan and Ruby in Dawn's room

Luna meeting the MacArthur's pig

Veleda was my mom's best friend in high school.

Rhonda was Ron Smith's wife. James worked

with Ron in the early 70's.

I need this for my next tea party

Wed, Feb 16th, 2022: Provo Utah Temple, James's colonoscopy, Walmart, LaCasita, Snow, Pres. Mtg, Charie, memories, Summer, Kacey

Provo, Utah

15th operating temple

Dedicated: 9 Feb 1972

By: Joseph Fielding Smith

Jesus Christ, Resurrection

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord killeth and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 9:1-14

"Come Follow Me"

Genesis 19:12-29 The Lord commands us to flee wickedness.

OctGenCon

"I Pray He'll Use Us"

Sharon Eubank

First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency

At President Nelson's direction, I am reporting back to you about how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is responding to hurricanes, earthquakes, refugee displacement - and even a pandemic - thanks to the kindness of the Latter-day Saints and many friends. While the more than 1,500 COVID-19 projects were certainly the largest focus of the Church's relief over the last 18 months, the Church also responded to 933 natural disasters and refugee crises in 108 countries. But statistics don't tell the whole story. Let me share four brief examples to illustrate the smallest taste of what is being done.

Inklings

"The Greatest Possession"

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

We left for town around 8:45 dropping off three bags of canned goods at the church for Paula Johnson to pick up and use as part of the Vernon Community Food Bank. She said the food truck was very low on food because contributions are down and asked if any of us could donate canned goods. I went in and cleaned out some cans of food from our pantry. Hopefully it will help.

I went in with James, at his request, to the Outpatient Surgery center adjacent to the hospital, where he is having his colonoscopy. James got all checked in and gave them my name as the person to contact when he was in recovery. As soon as he was called back I said goodbye and I left.

I drove over to Walmart and got out of my car and walked into the store with snow sticking to my clothes and glasses.

The main reason I am shopping is to get some ice cream for Sheri's ice cream cake. She is coming up this weekend and Sunday is her birthday. She says she doesn't want any more pie because she ate the entire pie I brought to her. She says she needs to "calm down." I love that expression, calm down. When we calm down we are more apt to be in control. 

I also am going to make chili this week so I brought my Wendy's chili recipe with me. I got shakes for both James and I and I also got him some blueberry, pomegranate, acai juice, which he requested.

It's still snowing as I put my groceries in the car although it is a wet snow and not sticking to the ground. After loading the groceries in the back of the car, I looked at my phone as I got in the driver's seat. 

There was a call I missed from a 928 area code. I immediately  returned the call and spoke to a nurse at the hospital who told me James was in recovery and directed me where to park when I got to the hospital. 

As I got to the hospital I rang the bell and told the nurse I was there to pick up my husband, James Lambson. I was led back to cubby 9 

where James was in bed drinking a small box of cranberry juice and there was either a nurse or PA attending him. This nurse, I will call him, gave us a report of what they found during the procedure. Some polyps in the colon which they did a biopsy on. We should be getting the report sometime this week. He then proceeded to tell us about the reason for James's internal bleeding. Near his rectum is a rupture from the radiation treatment. It needs to be cauterized with a laser. The hospital has to order the laser from another hospital. When the doctor calls with the biopsy on this area, James needs to schedule another colonoscopy where this laser procedure can be done.  Am glad I was there because when we talked about this later, James didn't remember anything. 

James had not eaten for about 40 hours or since Monday night and he was hungry. I tried to encourage him to go through a drive-thru but he had his heart set on LaCasita so that's where we went. I kept thinking about the ice cream I had in the back of the car but I didn't say anything. James got what he always gets, a green chili burro enchilada style with a side of refried beans. I got something I've never gotten here before, a green mixed chimichanga with guacamole and sour cream. It was very tasty and not too big. I ate it all and James ate all of his food too. 

We drove home in a bit of a snowstorm but it was not sticking on the ground. I drove and did quite well. We did not stop to get the mail. Neither of us wanted to go in. 

I told James to go in and lie down when we got hom and that I would bring in the groceries, which I did. I had wrapped the ice cream in three bags and tied them together tightly and immediately took the two bags of ice cream and put them in the freezer in the garage. I then proceeded to bring in all of the groceries and put them away. James was asleep on the bed when I finished. I went to my spot on the family room recliner and turned on the TV to watch an old Hallmark movie. I fell asleep and caught the end. When I got up it was almost 4:30 and I have a presidency meeting at 6:00. I did some walking and then got ready to go. The sun was shining through the kitchen window which will melt any snow on the ground. When I came home from my meeting it was snowing again and James said it was supposed to snow all night long. Yay!

Tamara, Kerri and I met and made some ministering changes. Ruth Wilhelm came in with the activity day girls and I did a quick ministering interview with her. Pierce was our priesthood. He sat out in his truck in the parking lot acting as our guard. We were finished with our meeting around 8:00. We did not finish with our ministering revamp but we got a good start. I found out that Joe and Corrina Westbrook moved to New Mexico and Lynda Van Haren, our organist, is moving to Pine.

I have several assignments. I am to speak to Cyndi Pronger, a new sister who is 60, and ask her if she would be a ministering sister and what kind of schedule would work for her. I am also supposed to talk to Tanna and see if she is interested in learning more about the gospel. I also need to speak with Corinna about Mary Minnard.  We have not see Mary or her husband Christopher at church for a very long time. Corinna was her ministering sister. I am also supposed to check with Sandra Wilhelm who is Mary's ministering partner.

When I got home James was full of energy and positivity. He wanted to walk and listen to our new book, "The Slow March of Light." 

I had several thousand steps to walk and only ended up getting 10,000 steps before it was time to go to bed. Some days are like that.

 

 

Tue, Feb 15th, 2022: Ogden Utah Temple, Ginger, James's colonoscopy prep, Cammy's bread and cinnamon rolls,

 

Ogden, Utah

14th operating temple

Dedicated: 18-20 Jan 1972

By: Joseph Fielding Smith

Jesus Christ, Resurrection

Moses 7:62

 nd righteousness will I send down out of heaven; and truth will I send forth out of the earth, to bear testimony of mine Only Begotten; his resurrection from the dead; yea, and also the resurrection of all men; and righteousness and truth will I cause to sweep the earth as with a flood, to gather out mine elect from the four quarters of the earth, unto a place which I shall prepare, an Holy City, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming; for there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 8:1-25

"Come Follow Me"

Genesis 19; Genesis 18:9-14; 21:1-7 The Lord fulfills His promises in His own time.

OctGenCon

"Lovest Thou Me More Than These?"

President M. Russell Ballard

 Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

I TESTIFY that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ live. I TESTIFY

that They love us. The scriptures teach that "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." The scriptures also teach that Jesus "so loved the world that he gave his own life, that as many as would believe might become the sons and daughters of God."

Liahona

"Flood Warning"

Don L. Searle

How can I help those I love to avoid the obscenity, violence, and pornography in today's media?

Fight the Flood

Avoid the Filth

Build Above the Flood

Helaman 5:12

Ginger called today and we talked. I had asked her to call so we could discuss our gospel studies. I told her how I read a chapter a day from the Old Testament and then take a section of the lesson for the week and study it. I also read from the Book of Mormon everyday. She says she wants to do all of that but sometimes she gets busy helping her father-in-law and doesn't have time to study. I told her that's why I like to get up early in the morning when it's quiet and there are no interruptions.

James has a colonoscopy tomorrow so today is his prep day.  He has to drink this nasty liquid that helps to clean him out. He has had a colonoscopy before and he says this is the worst part.

I signed up for the Circle K Easy Pay card which is quite a process. It still isn't complete until they deposit money in my account, withdraw the money, and then I contact them. It just seems weird but I'm trying to jump through the hoops to save 10 cents a gallon on my gas.

I think listening to Brother Millett's book, "Whole in Christ" is creating within me a desire to be better. He talks about types of sins and he believes that the sin against charity is one of the worst. As a result I am trying to be more patient and use a kind voice when I speak.

Cammy delivered homemade bread and cinnamon rolls tonight. Emsley brought the cinnamon rolls to the door and Leland brought the bread. It was so good to see them but I told Emsley I couldn't give her a hug because I was sick. She said, "I know." 

Cammy makes the best bread and it smelled delicious. Benson has not gotten his birthday card because they haven't picked up their mail.

Our friend Donna Peeler is sick but she doesn't have Covid, she has the flu. She is already so fragile I hope that she can fight this off.

This evening while James was indexing I watched an old Autumn Reeser and Andrew Walker movie, "The 27 Hour Day." The little pig in the movie was the best part. Autumn and Andrew are two of my Hallmark favorites.

Cleansing of America

The divine destiny of America cannot be completely realized until at least nine things have happened. Here are number 7-9:

7. After the Battle of Armageddon, Jesus will appear to the Jews, and the leaders of the military dictatorship will be wiped out. With only a sixth of the army surviving, the battered remnants will flee back to their homes. America will no longer need to be sealed off, and thereafter the New Jerusalem in Americal will be the ZION from which "shall go forth the law" with "the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."

8. Afther the fall of Gog and Magog following the Battle of Armageddon, the remnants of the remaining nations will be fighting and quarreling amongst themselves. Meanwhile, the ten tribes will make their miraculous journey to the temples in America. Twelve thousand will be chosen from each of the tribes and these 144,000 will go out among the nations to warn them for the last time. Those who reject their message will be sealed up to destruction at the time of Christ's Second Coming.

9. Just before the Second Coming, there will be many gigantic changes on the surface of the earth. The continents and islands will become one land, the mountains will be lowered, the seas will be forced back to the poles, and the earth will be restored to its paradisiacal glory, just as it was before the Fall. The Lord says all of this must occur before the ushering in of the Millennium. 

Mon, Feb 14th, 2022: Oakland California Temple, Happy V-Day!, J's brkfst, DMT, Tacos & a Frosty, Trina's hike, Charlie, Pres. Nelson's Valentines, Elder & Sis Cook

 

Oakland, California

13th operating temple

Dedicated: 17-19 Nov 1964

By: David O. McKay

Jesus Christ, Resurrection

D&C 133:55

And from Moses to Elijah, and from Elijah to John, who were with Christ in his resurrection, and the holy apostles, with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, shall be in the presence of the Lamb.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 6:8-7:11

"Come Follow Me"

Genesis 18; Is Anything too Hard for the Lord? Genesis 18-23

OctGenCon

"Simply Beautiful, Beautifully Simple"

Elder Gary E. Stevenson

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

As Brother Jens prays each morning for help to recognize promptings from the Holy Ghost, even something as unusual as to immediately change a light bulb, he also prays that he can be used as a tool to bless God's children. Jens lives the gospel by seeking divine direction each day, striving to be worthy, then doing his best to follow that direction when it comes.

Inklings

"The Greatest Possession"

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Mark 10

Mark 12:30-31

"If we love God enough to try to be fully faithful to Him, He will give us the ability, the capacity, the will, and the way to love our neighbor and ourselves."  - Elder Holland

Some days it's a struggle to get up out of bed. James fixed a nice breakfast, scrambled eggs with onion, potatoes, and green chilies, and toast. The onion was very strong and I had to light the candles in the kitchen.

James and I had scriptures and prayer this morning but Ginger never texted me today about our readings. I guess she either must be busy or not feeling well.

I told James I was hungry for tacos and he was on board to go into town and get some. We went to Taco Bell and got four tacos and then he took me to Wednesday's and I got a Frosty. 

James indexed today, he is so good! He also rescheduled concrete and took advantage of the good weather by doing some tractor work in the backyard. He also brought over some firewood from what I call the "ugly" woodpile. We are all out of the wood that Jarrod MacArthur brought us. We started a new audio book called "The Slow March of Light." This is some information about the story:

In the summer of 1961, a wall of barbed wire goes up quickly in the dead of night, officially dividing Berlin. Aware of the many whose families have been divided, Luisa joins a secret spy network, risking her life to help East Germans escape across the Berlin Wall and into the West. 

Bob Inama, a soldier in the US Army, is stationed in West Germany. He's glad to be fluent in German, especially after meeting Luisa Boigt at a church social. As they spend time together, they form a close connection. But when Bob receives classified orders to leave for undercover work immediately, he doesn't get the chance to say goodbye.

With a fake identity, Bob's special assignment is to be a spy embedded in East Germany, identifying possible targets for the US military. But Soviet and East German spies, the secret police, and Stasi informants are everywhere, and the danger of being caught and sent to a brutal East German prison lurks on every corner.

Based on a true story. The author, Heather B. Moore, interviews Bob Inama at his home in Idaho.

I am also listening to a book by Robert Millett called, "Whole In Christ." 

Happy birthday Benson. I wonder if he got my birthday card. Pam got her Valentine and loved it. I don't know if Ginger got hers.

President Nelson and his first wife

Danzel White

President Nelson and Wendy Watson Nelson

Elder Quentin L. Cook

and his wife Mary