Atlanta, Georgia
21st operating temple
Dedicated: 1-4 June 1983
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Teaching mode of
John 3:34
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
Book of Mormon
2 Nephi 1:30-2:10
Come Follow Me
John 2-4 "Ye Must Be Born Again" Introduction
Jesus's Name
Rabbi/Teacher
Lesson Words
"Born again", Everlasting life, "I am he."
Favorite Scriptures
John 3:5; John 3:16
OctGenCon
This Day
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
I invite you, this day, to give a Book of Mormon to your friends and family, your associates at work, you soccer coach, or the produce man at your market. They need the words of the Lord found in this book. They need answers to the questions of everyday life and of eternal life to come. They need to know of the covenant path laid out before them and the Lord's abiding love for them. It's all here in the Book of Mormon.
When you hand them a Book of Mormon, you are opening their minds and hearts to the word of God.
100 Favorite Verses - Calling on the Lord
Alma 37:36
Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever.
I got up at 4:45 for prayer, etc. We left for the valley at 6:30. James and I had our prayers and scriptures in the car. We listened to "The Storm Descends" all of the way to the valley. That's because we went the Payson way. It would never happen the Globe way as we found out on the way home.
We arrived at AARA around 10 o'clock and my appointment isn't until 10:30 but I went in early because then they will take me back early and I will be done early. That's a lot of earlys but it's better than a lot of lates.
James is trying to get on a conference call with the doctors at St. Joe's but it just didn't happen. The secretary told him the oncologist doesn't do phone calls, only Zoom calls but since James doesn't have internet in the parking lot at AARA he can't do Zoom. He didn't want to drive all the way to Sheri's, do his Zoom meeting, and then drive all the way back to get me.
After my appointment for my infusion James and I drove to Sal's house and picked up $200 that Sal owed James. He always gives us cash, which is nice. Now we can go to Costco.
I arrived before Karen at Firebird's, our favorite place to eat. She had reserved a booth, which was nice because there aren't very many. Karen Schneider, my friend, came in less than 5 minutes after I did.
We both ordered baked potatoes, and Karen ordered veggies and I ordered a salad. We really love their sourdough bread so we enjoyed that while waiting for our meal. We both used to order coconut shrimp and then a chocolate sundae for dessert but they don't have the coconut shrimp any more and Karen doesn't eat sugar so no ice cream sundae.
She told me about her health issues and I told about mine and James's. We talked about Inklings and Emily, family history, and David Archuletta. Karen used to be a big fan of David's but she doesn't like how he is talking against the Church right now.
We had a great visit and we went outside in her car to wait for James to pick me up. I forgot to turn my phone on and when I remembered to look at it, James had texted and said he was walking around the building while waiting for me. James said hello to Karen and then we said our goodbye's. I gave her a birthday card because her birthday is on February 24th.
James and I headed back to Chandler, first to Kim & Brian's to give them their valentines and to drop off cake supplies for Kim who is making Joe a CakebyCourtney birthday cake.
Instead of getting something to eat while I was having lunch, James went to check on a job so he was starving when we left Kim's. I suggested we got to Elmer's and get some food before going to Sheri's. I texted Sheri to see if she wanted us to get her something at Elmer's but she didn't answer. As we got out of the car at Elmer's the first person we saw was Sheri coming out of the building with a bag of food. I laughed and told her we were getting some lunch for James and then we would see her at her house. I ordered a mini bean and cheese because Sheri said they were great but not nearly as big as the regular. I ordered mine deep fried but next time I won't. It was good but I felt guilty the entire time I was eating it. When we got to Sheri's I saw Ian and told him how sorry I was about his dad. We ate at Sheri's with Ziggie begging, and we chose to ignore her.
We gave Sheri her birthday card and left valentines for everyone before leaving for Stacy's. At Stacy's we visited with Paul and Stacy and the surprising thing is, the dogs didn't even bark at us. It was a real shocker. Maybe Sophie recognized me and remembered having to be in time out when she barked at me. We gave Stacy her birthday card and left valentines for everyone. I tried to run off Lela Strickland for Stacy to do at the temple on Wednesday but was not able to. Paul said Tara and Jeff are visiting from Wales and would be here any minute. We left before they came.
On the way to Darrel & Trina's we stopped at Costco. The weather is absolutely perfect today. Sunshine and 70 degrees. I see now why there are so many winter visitors here. My Costco card is compromised but the woman who checked us out was so nice about it when I told her they were sending me a new card. Out of the $200 we got from Sal, we spent $163.00. I got egg bites, James got 3 bottles of juices, I got alkaline water, we got toilet paper, pistachios, and walnuts. I also got some storage containers. Anyway, we love going to Costco because we always find something we didn't expect. We saw Marcy, Kevin's first wife, and I had a nice chat with her. Bremen, her son is going to a school where he is learning how to drive heavy equipment. She says he loves it. It was so fun talking to Marcy.
Trina said she and the girls were gone rollerblading but when we got to their house they were home. Darrel was at work and Rowan was upstairs sleeping off a trip to the dentist. We gave Trina her birthday card and cash and left the valentines. Lola was watching TV. I gave her a hug and she showed me her valentine box for school. Ruby was getting ready to make German pancakes. Trina had just gotten back from the store with strawberries. We visited a few minutes and then we had to leave.
On the way out of town we stopped at the Walmart just north of Darrel and Trina's where I got some more valentine supplies. It's going to be after 9 when we get home.
The first thing James did was go feed Luna. There was a light dusting of snow in Show Low when we stopped at Speedway for gas, where it was cheaper than anywhere else we saw today at $3.31 a gallon. There was snow on the ground in Vernon too. Just like a dusting of powdered sugar.
After putting things away we walked and listened to our book. It was 11:00 when we finally went to bed.
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