Sunday, November 6th, 2022: Hppy Bday Evan & Elder Uchtdorf, Fast & Testimony mtg, SS, James visits Peeler's, Blog & Index, Charlie, Trina,

Guadalajara, Mexico

105th operating temple

Dedicated: 29 Apr 2001

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Son of man

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 21:1-29

"Come Follow Me"

Review & Sunday School lesson

OctGenCon

"This Day"

Elder Ronald A. Rasband

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Pressing upon me "this day" is the importance of renewing our commitment to the Book of Mormon, which Joseph Smith called "the most correct of any book on earth."

Fasting is a commandment. (See D&C 88:76)

Up at 4:39. Roast on, scriptures and my prayer journal. 

James threw me a curve ball by asking me to give him a haircut this morning. I also had to iron his shirt. These are not things I want to do on Sunday morning. I need to repent and do better.

It was 8:50 when we left for church. We got there just before it was time to start. Ruth Wallace gave me two more temple names to do. I still have two of Maxine's. 

"How Firm a Foundation"

Invocation - Lindsay Shaw

Bishop conducted sacrament meeting. Alicia led the music and Pierce played the organ. I didn't see Pierce's wife today. I hope she is doing okay. Here are the people who bore their testimonies in our ward today:

Bishop Hunsaker - For the Strength of Youth is so inspirational! Expressed gratitude and the importance of prayer, scriptures, the sacrament and the temple

Lorraine Vaught - Thankful for the Lord's hand in all of the blessings she has in her life. Expressed her testimony of the power of prayer.

Rosie Lauritzen - She has been on a two year journey of daily scripture study. She has more peace in her life. This new habit has made such a difference! The words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.

Sister visitor - Loves the kindness she finds in this ward. Did I choose this time to be born? How can I be a strength and a help to others? The gospel gives me strength. The Atonement is a gift. Worried about her grandchildren.

Dagny Tesarek (child) She knows the Church is true and she knows that Heavenly Father loves all of us.

Jeanie Jameson - Grateful for the strength of this ward. Told the story of St. Patrick who was born in Scotland to a religious family. Kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Ireland. He recited scriptures he learned in his youth and decided he wanted to devote his life to Jesus Christ. He made it home to Scotland to see his parents and then had a dream that he needed to go back to Ireland to spread the word of God. In Ireland he used a bonfire to teach about the fire of God within us. He taught about the true Christian God. When Patrick died, there was not one heathen left in Ireland.

Barbara Sayer - Joseph Smith is a prophet. We have a Mother and a Father in heaven who loves us. Christ is our older brother and Creator of many worlds.

Christy Bowen (child)

Sean Bowen - I know it's true.

"If You Could Hie Kolob"

Benediction - Alicia Hunsaker - prayed for the Beckham's and I found out later that their daughter Michelle has stage 4 cancer.

Sunday School. Daniel 1-6. "There Is No Other God." Brother Applegate titled the lesson, "God Is the Defender of My Rights."

Phrase: "But if not......"

Jace Applegate was home for a visit. I welcomed him and gave him a hug. He was supposed to go on a mission three years ago but he never went.

The Hipps's are now members of our ward. Sister Hipps is probably my age. She said she was tired of the heat and so looking forward to wearing sweaters. 

When James and I got home we broke out fast. The roast wasn't quite done so we had pie instead. Each of us had two pieces. I layed down to take a nap. When I got up I had some roast and veggies. So did James. This is the roast the MacArthur's gave us. It was good but there was a little too much fat marbled through it. The fat had a funny flavor. The meat came from Chelsea's sister's ranch in Utah.

James went to visit the Peeler's this afternoon. He was going to visit the Snyder's but Cody was in Santan Valley. I guess he got a job down there and they will be leaving soon. I am going to miss them. His wife LeeAnn was one of my favorite Young Women.

I read Brother Corbitt's talk again and did some underlining. I wished Evan a happy birthday. I talked to Stacy and told her I would like to come down on Wednesday and go to the temple with her. She liked the idea. 

I indexed Boston tax records, or I should say I reviewed them, for an hour this evening. They went quickly and I did over a hundred names. It made James happy.

I began listening to "Book of Mormon Central's" lesson on Hosea and Joel. It was very good and I look forward to finishing it tomorrow. No TV today.

Happy Sweet 16 Evan!

I absolutely love these pictures of Charlie!

LeeAnn & Cody Snyder

Happy Birthday Elder Uchtdorf!

Evan blesses the sacrament every week

in his ward.

 

Saturday, November 5th, 2022: Up @ 4:52, File cabinet dwnstrs, James town, I make a pie, Tomorrow is Fast Sunday, "Seeking Jesus", Ensign,

 

Winter Quarters, Nebraska

104th operating temple

Dedicated: 22 Apr 2001 

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Son of man

Matthew 18:11

For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 20:20-46

"Come Follow Me"

Follow Him & Daniel 6

OctGenCon

"Let Doing Good Be Our Normal"

Elder Rafael E. Pino

Of the Seventy

We all have customs and traditions that are personal, from our family, or from the community in which we live, and we hope to keep all those that align with the principles of the gospel. Edifying customs and traditions are fundamental to our efforts to stay on the covenant path, and those that are an obstacle, we ought to reject.

"The Eternal Principle of Love"

Elder Hugo Montoya

Of the Seventy

The eternal principle of love is manifested by living the two great commandments: love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength and love your neighbor as yourself.

I was up at 4:52 today. My goal is 4 a.m. James slept in until 7:30. He blames it on his neuropathy meds. He says they make him drowsy.

After scriptures, prayer and breakfast, James worked at the dining room table and I worked at my desk in the bedroom. I finished cleaning out the file cabinet in my upstairs office and James carried it downstairs into our bedroom.

Items look better in real life that

they do in this picture.

We had leftovers for lunch and then took a nap together. James got up from his nap and said he had to go to town to get some materials. He wanted me to go with him but I told him I wanted to do some painting this afternoon. I also walked, blogged, and made a cream cheese, Eagle Brand pie for tomorrow. I am trying to Fast but we haven't said our prayer yet and so I rationalized that we really hadn't started fasting yet. Why is it so hard for me. The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. One of the reasons I need to fast is so that my Spirit has more control over my body. 

While I was painting I watched a Christmas movie: "Lights, Camera, Christmas." James came in and we read a chapter from our book while we walked and then we watched, "A Maple Valley Christmas" starring Andrew Walker, one of my favorites. 

James said a prayer and our fast prayer. We are fasting for our adult grandchildren. Out of 14 adult grandchildren, only Autumn and Addy attend church. I also prayed for James's health, my self-discipline, and that Rowan, Joshua, and Evan would prepare for missions by reading the Book of Mormon and praying. I put five grandchildren's names on the temple today and will do five more each day until I have all of the adults and then the three boys, Joshua, Evan, and Rowan.

 

Friday, November 4th, 2022: Jared's bday, So much snow, James in Globe, Bro. Corbitt's talk, TWP, File Cabinet, Meatloaf, Seeking Jesus, No more Alaska Daily

 

Montevideo, Uruguay

103rd operating temple

Dedicated: 18 Mar 2001

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Son of man

Luke 22:48

But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 19:30-20:19

"Come Follow Me"

Teaching with Power & Daniel 5

OctGenCon

"A Framework for Personal Revelation"

Elder Dale G. Renlund

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

The scriptures form the first element of this framework for personal revelation. Feasting on the words of Christ, as found in the scriptures, stimulates personal revelation. Elder Robert D. Hales said: "When we want to speak to God, we pray. And when we want Him to speak to us, we search the scriptures."

Up at 5:11. Prayer journal. I then help James pack his lunch as he is waiting for Greg to come so they can go to Globe. I make him a peanut butter and Nutella sandwich. He also takes a couple of apples. Before James leaves I decide to send my mail with him. I was going to go to the post office today but there is so much snow on the roads this morning I decided against it. I sent Evan's birthday card, Quintana's title, and Trenda's baby gift card and card. Trenda has a baby shower tomorrow but I won't make it so I'm sending her gift in the mail. 

I watched this week's episode of "The Great British Bakeoff."

This is pastry week. The Signature challenge was to make a dozen vol-au-vent pastries. Shabira's were the best. Maxy made hers square and they were very misshapen. She used to be my girl but she like to put her on spin on things and often that doesn't work out.

The Technical challenge was to make 8 spring rolls. Sandro won this challenge.

The Show Stopper challenge was to make a 3-D pie of their favorite childhood nursery rhyme. Again, Shabira won. Maxy has not had a good week and she was sent home. I was sad but felt like she deserved it. Those who are left, one girl, Shabira, three guys, Abdul, Janusz, and Sandro. I hope Shabira wins.

James called me when he arrived in Globe. He was e so excited about a talk he heard on CWIC Media by Brother Ahmad S. Corbitt, second counselor in the Young Men's General Presidency. This talk was given at a meeting of LDS Chaplains. The talk is called "Activism vs. Discipleship." I told James I was aware of the talk because I had seen it on the Church News app. I listened to the talk and I loved it so I made a written copy so I could study it. I sent out a message to our kids and their spouses and ask them to please read the talk. I think that Kacey and Jared are the only ones who did. 

Today is Jared's 46th birthday. I hope he knows what a blessing he and Kacey and their family's are to our family. Jeanne Wallen's Facebook post today showed James Hayden visiting in Arizona. I texted her and asked what James's plans were. She said he is planning on moving to Philadelphia with his girlfriend as she has a job waiting for her there. I shared this news with James. Jeanne and I had a nice visit. She is a very likable, kind person. She told me she loves Jared and wishes all the very best for him.

I took advantage of the fact that James was gone today by sweeping, mopping, and polishing the kitchen and dining room floor. I also began cleaning out the upstairs filing cabinet I am planning on moving into our bedroom. James said he would move it for me tomorrow. 

I watched "Teaching with Power" and drew the graphs Brother Wilcox made regarding three of the stories found in this week's "Come Follow Me" lesson about Daniel and his three friends. Brother Wilcox titled the stories: The King's Meat, The Fiery Furnace, and Daniel in the Lions Den. On the right side of each graph there were two question boxes. The first one was: What did they do? The second was How can we be like them? There were four graphs: The Pressure, The Reaction, The Threat, and The Results. Using the scriptures, each box for each story under each heading was filled in. 

This is why I love to watch these videos. It gives me a visual summary of what were the important parts of the lesson and how I can apply them in my life. I recorded all of this in my Gospel Study notebook.

Around 3 p.m. I went into the kitchen and began preparing dinner. I turned the oven to 350 and prepared the last three potatoes that I have by washing them, scrubbing them, and coating them with butter and then wrapping them in aluminum foil. I stuck them in the oven and then prepared a meatloaf and stuck it in the oven. Dinner should be ready when James gets home. All I have to do is heat up some green beans. He got home after dark and we enjoyed a nice meal together. We also read a couple of chapters from our book as we walked. 

I began studying lecture two of "Seeking Jesus" with John Hilton III.

I watched a new Christmas movie while walking, "The Magical Christmas Village" starring Allison Sweeney, Luke McFarlane, and Marlo Thomas. Marlo Thomas's mouth was a big distraction. She has had too much botox and her mouth reminded me of Howdy Doodie's. I did like the movie.

We watched this week's episode of "Alaska Daily" but decided we don't want to watch it anymore because they take the Lord's name in vain. I liked the characters and story lines but can't tolerate profanity.

James Hayden & Jeanne

James & his cousin Jackson

Jackson is leaving on a mission

to Brazil

Summer posted this

No, this is not Jared's cake,

I just post these cakes for Charlie.