Moses Lake, Washington
182nd operating temple
Dedicated: 17 Sept 2023
By: Quentin L. Cook
Book of Mormon
Alma 30:43-60
Come Follow Me
Alma 30:39-46
All things testify of God.
April General Conference
"Fruit that Remains" Elder Matthew L. Carpenter
D&C 109:49
O Lord, how long wilt thou suffer this people to bear this affliction, and the cries of their innocent ones to ascend up in thine ears, and their blood come up in testimony before thee, and not make a display of thy testimony in their behalf?
I was up at 5 this morning. I printed the transcript for "Teaching with Power."
Kim and Brian left around 10 o'clock this morning. They had a low tire so James brought home the air compressor from the Hipps's so Brian could air up the tire until getting in to town where he will get it patched. When they got to Discount Tire it was determined that they not only needed the back tire patched but they needed new tires in the front. The salesman said they had them and went to check to make sure. When he came back he said his boss had them transported somewhere else, so no new tires. The tread was coming off one of the tires so they put the spare tire in place of that one, patched the back tire, and said a prayer the other tire would hold up. I also prayed they would make it home safely, which they did.
James came in this morning looking rather discouraged. I asked him what was wrong. He said that Daryl Johnson & his wife had just been yelling at him because they are so far behind in their finances that their car was repossessed. They are demanding $11,000 because the job has taken so long to finish. There is no way. He owes us almost $5,000 for extras. Daryl begged James to let him use his credit card to get his car out of repo promising he would pay him back on Friday. I told him if he would sign a document saying he would pay us back on Friday he could use the business card to help him. Daryl said this was the last day for him to get the car. James used my Chase Freedom card which has a $30,000 limit. My credit score is 855 and we only have $3,400 on the card right now so I thought there would be no problem. In order for Daryl to get his car he needs to pay the loan company $3,759.56. The first time James tried to pay it was declined. I called the number on the back of the credit card and was told that the security number on the back of the card was entered wrong. I told James and he tried to make the payment and it was declined again, I called and got the same answer.
It was declined again. I called this time and spoke to a customer servant agent. This guy said maybe the problem was our PO Box number. He asked for our physical address. Our physical address was changed by the county so it was different than what the bank had on file. We tried both physical addresses and nothing worked. The agent I was talking to turned me over to the fraud department.
First I spoke with Edith. Whatever she did, didn't work. I called back and spoke with Ann. She assured me that she had taken off all security locks and this time there would not be a problem. She hung up. James got Daryl and the loan company on the phone and tried again. It was declined. By this time we have been on the phone well over an hour, almost an hour and a half.
I called back again and this time I spoke with Alice. She said, I know the problem, you have had an address change. Make sure the loan company is using the right address. Yes, they are. Alice was gone for awhile. She came back and said, I've taken care of it. It will work this time, but I will stay on the line just to make sure. It worked! We were all shocked that after two hours we were finally able to make the transaction to go through. What an ordeal. I was beginning to think it was never going to happen.
James went back to check on the Hipps's job and had a blowout. Jarom, Owen Peeler's grandson helped him by coming and changing the tire for him. When James got home he said he needed to go to town to get some nails and asked me if I wanted to go with him. I said yes and then asked if we could stop and get a watermelon. He agreed that we could.
James got his nails from Home Depot in record time and then we went over to Walmart. He said there were no watermelons left. I told him to ask someone. He did and they found two watermelons. James got one of them. On the 4th of July we got a watermelon for $3.00 This one cost over $7.00.
I had already eaten dinner but James hadn't. We stopped at Culver's and James got his cod fillet sandwich. He also ordered two waffle cones, a vanilla and a raspberry. I ate the raspberry. James ate most of the vanilla and then he threw it out the window. I was upset and asked him why he didn't just give it to me. He didn't think I wanted it. I was a little miffed that he threw it out the window.
Back at home Tom had been sleeping int he house on the bed when we left. Now he was awake and ready to go outside. He came back in at bedtime, had a little something to eat and then spent the night outside. I guess he has gotten over his fear of whatever it was he was afraid of.
James didn't use my phone to walk tonight so I just got around 13,000 steps instead of 16,000 like last night.
Notes & Quotes
"Christ directed us to "go and bring forth fruit, . . . that your fruit should remain." But He wasn't speaking about peaches. He was talking about God's blessings to His children. If we make and keep covenants with God, the blessings associated with our covenants can extend beyond this life and be sealed upon us, or preserved, forever, becoming fruit that remains for all eternity." - Elder Matthew L. Carpenter, "Fruit That Remains"
Some people have a bear rug.
We have a cat rug.
Thanks for coming
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