OUR FAMILY

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Friday, February 22nd, 2019

Caracas, Venezuela

96th operating temple

Dedicated: 20 Aug 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

John 10:36

Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 13:6-14:6

*Ezra Taft Benson explained that verse 12 is about Satan targeting the family. How do you see this verse coming to pass?

-Several of the verses talk about the decline of society - which also mean there is a breakdown of the home, and traditional family. Are we seeing the role of the woman changing? Some claim they don't need a man to provide or be part of the family. There is a lack of respect and authority in vs. 5. I believe some women in our day are becoming as wicked and evil as men. How about the celebrating of abortions, which cn happen legally for any reason now. Regard for life is gone in some circles. Vs 16 speaks to the YM/women of the Church. Are we becoming slaves to arrogance, materialism, and immodesty? Are we focused more on the world than our spirituality? In these scriptures we are being warned how Satan is targeting the family and how both men and women can be the weak link to the family. - Sue_heugly, bofm365, Instagram.

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 5:48 Does Heavenly Father really expect me to be perfect?

"For Peace at Home" Richard G. Scott, 4/13

Ensign

"Free to Choose," "From a Testimony of Tithing to Temple Covenants"

General Conference

The Role of the Book of Mormon in Conversion

"President Russell M. Nelson taught in a recent worldwide broadcast that 'these surely are the latter days, and the Lord is hastening His work to gather Israel. That gathering is the most important thing taking place on earth today. Nothing else compares in magnitude, nothing else compares in importance, nothing else compares in majesty. And if you choose to, if you want to, you can be a big part of it. You can be a big part of something big, something grand, something majestic!"

At the beginning of the day we had about 10 inches of snow. Before the day was over, when it stopped snowing, there was 20 inches. Vickie said they got 30 inches in Linden.

James says we are snowed in and when I went out to check it out I agreed with him. How do you move 20 inches of snow with a shovel, and where do you put it? We had to call the temple and tell them we would not be there in the morning. Sister Cochran said they were trying to shovel their way out and it just kept snowing. We had the same experience here. If feels like we are in a snow globe.

We had a huge flock of snowbirds playing out in the snow this morning. They are so fun to watch. James also said he watched a bunny hopping through the snow and sinking down until he could only see his ears.

Stacy called this morning to tell me about a couple selling on Amazon. She told me I could sell things other than books on Amazon which I obviously already knew. She told about a couple featured on the local news last night who have made over 1 million dollars by going to stores buying up the deals and re-selling them on Amazon. She seemed excited and I wonder if she is thinking about doing it herself.
She also mentioned that they have to move in April. Michael will be moving back in with them. There have been three shootings in his neighborhood in Phoenix and the last one was in his yard.

Kim something on Facebook featuring Bob Proctor, whoever he is, and a business opportunity he is featuring. I ended up listening to a guy named Adrian Morrison who is an e-commerce guru making millions selling "stuff" on his online Shopify store. Bottom line, it cost $3,000 to take his Success Adademy courses. I guess I won't be doing this business at least not right now.

James was able to "plow" his way out on the Razr today to go to the post office. When he came back he was covered with snow and I had to broom him off. He said no one had put the mail up at the post office.

We started a new online book by Sarah Eden today, "Healing Hearts." Every appointment I had this week was cancelled: Sister Barton, visiting Marie Robertson in Flagstaff, going to the temple with the Howard's, and working at the temple tomorrow.

Sheri's birthday fun continues

A winter wonderland

Our walkway to the wood pile.

James's desk/dining room table

Charlie loves her Valentines from Lola

Applegate's have fun in the snow

Ty almost buried. He built an igloo

and wants to spend the night.

Jimmy prefers snowmobiling

Janet and Clint's engagement picture

My Hallmark movies for the day:

One of my favorites

Friday, February 22, 2019

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

95th operating temple

Dedicated: 30 July 2000

By: James E. Faust

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Matthew 27:43

He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 12:1-13:5

*What are things you tend to idolize in our exciting day? What kind of idols did Isaiah see in verses 7 and 8?

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 5:17-48; Luke 6:27-35 The law of Christ supersedes the law of Moses.

"Be Ye Therefore Perfect - Eventually" Jeffrey R. Holland, 10/17

Ensign

"How Do We Judge Righteous Judgment," "Three Things Teens Want Parents to Know"

General Conference

The Ministry of Reconciliation

Jeffrey R. Holland

"Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven," Christ taught in New Testament ties. And in our day: "I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men." It is, however, important for some of you living in real anguish to note what He did not say, "You are not allowed to feel true pain or real sorrow from the shattering experiences you have had at the hand of another." Nor did He say, "In order to forgive fully, you have to reenter a toxic relationship or return to an abusive, destructive circumstance." But notwithstanding even the most terrible offenses that might come to us, we can rise above our pain only when we put our feet onto the path of true healing. That path is the forgiving one waled by Jesus of Nazareth, who calls out to each of us, "Come, follow me."

I woke up to the message that we sold another book; "The Indian Triology," the story of the Indian in the cupboard.

In other good news someone deposited $920 in my bank account. Good things to wake up to.

This quote from one of my Hallmark movies of the day, "Lucky in Love:" "It's how we rise to a challenge that defines us."

James and I split, hauled and stacked wood while it was snowing the morning. Snowmageddon is supposed to hit sometime tonight or tomorrow, depending on what part of the state you live in.

I came in from the wood project before James to start the Book Profits webinar. The news for the day is the group coaching, which I would love to do but it costs another $2,000. I would love to be a part of Kris and Kathy's group. Oh well, I guess we will spend out money on buying more books.

Tilapia for lunch. Score: James 3, Karen 1. We both loved it.

We went into town today to check the mail. A book James ordered came but the two books he ordered to trade to Amazon still haven't come and he is supposed to mail them by the 23rd. On the way home we stopped at the library to source some books. We had been working in the .10 cent room for probably 30 minutes when I changed positions and found just the kind of book we were looking for, a textbooks called Anatomy and Physiology. I scanned it and the low Prime price on Amazon was $42.95. Yipee! This made the entire trip worthwhile.

We were supposed to go to the temple today with the Howard's but they cancelled because of the snow. It is supposed to snow all afternoon and evening and they were afraid they would not be able to get back up their road home.

This evening we sold another book, "The Rosie Project." All of this selling is probably the result of James doing some re-pricing.

I inventoried several books this evening. We are selling the anatomy book for $40 and will make $25 if it sells. This is exactly the kind of book we needed.

This book is big...8x10 and about

2-3 inches thick.

Brian texted this evening and wanted to know how much snow we had. Right now it is minimal. He said there was 14" in Payson and 33" in Flagstaff. This storm is coming from the west and the brunt of it has not reached us yet.

Happy birthday Kathy. She worked in the temple

this afternoon. James went over this evening and

delivered some Hershey's hugs and kisses and

a card to her.

You can't tell in this picture but it was snowing.

White Mesa Arch

Our little cuties!

We actually sold 3 books today.

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

94th operating temple

Dedicated: 16 July 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

DC 68:25

And again, inasmuch as parents have children in Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized,that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 10:18-11:8

These verses show that we only have two sides to choose between: the Lord's side, or the Devil's. Why then is it so difficult for us to make the right choices when we are presented with what the devil wants?

- "If it wasn't difficult for us to make the right choices we would all be translated, and there wouldn't be much purpose to our being tested. the plan, the one we voted for, gave us the option to choose for ourselves between good and evil vs. 23. If we are smart we will make more agency choices that bring us closer to God." (Sue_heugly, Instagram bofm365.)

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Matthew 5:13 Why did the Savior compare His disciples to salt?

"Perfection Pending" Russell M. Nelson, October 1995

Ensign

"A Mighty Force for Good," "You Really Can Make a Big Difference," "Influence the World," "Women in the New Testament - Anna."

General Conference

Becoming a Shepherd

Bonnie H. Cordon

"We want our sheep to be gathered into the fold of God. To do so, we must consider where they are on the covenant path and be willing to walk with them on their journey of faith. Ours is a sacred privilege to come to know their hearts and point them to their Savior."

Happy 44th Birthday Sheri!

Sheri with those she loves the most

James left for the valley this morning at 6 for a pre-construction meeting for the Chacon job in Mesa. He took Sheri's birthday card, a jar of peanut M&M's and the Chili's gift card he got for his birthday. When he went by Sheri's work to take her card and candy Ian was there getting his eye dialated. James invited them to go to lunch with him at Chili's, which they did.

I think this was a special birthday for Sheri. Ben got to skype the family and offered the family prayer while the entire family was there. Sheri said she and Ian were bawling their eyes out when it was over.

James also went by to see our friends Reed and Janis Willis. They need some work done on their patio roof and he is the man for the job. He did another roof repair for them a few years back and the insurance agent told them that whoever did that job is the one you should get to do this one because that's the best job he's ever seen.

Kerri and I had planned to go to Flagstaff to see Marie R. I am communicating with her ministering sister and dear friend, Marilyn Tice. When I tried to call Marie's phone, the one that her husband answered the other day, no one answered. Marilyn told me that Joel, Marie's husband, is meeting with the doctor today and Marie may be coming home. Well Kerri took the day off work and I didn't want it to go to waste. She came over this morning with the March birthday cards for me to sign and we got out our list of possible people to visit. I tried to text one sister but never got a response. When I saw the name Candace Sommer I remembered I had told Tamara I would visit her. I knew her mother, Aggie Brown who passed away a few years ago. I found out from Collin DeWitt that Aggie went to Creighton School just as Collin and I did. She was several years older but still, I felt a bond with her because of that. Aggie's husband always greeted everyone out in the foyer when we came to church. I miss them.

Candace lives way out near highway 61 which is the highway that goes to Concho and St. Johns. Kerri had the address on her GPS. The map showed two different routes and of course we took the wrong one first. It took us to the property but we were on the wrong side of the fence. We took "Buddy Blvd." a dirt road out in the middle of nowhere and found the house. We knocked on the door but no one answered. There were three medium sized dogs on the porch that greeted us but thank goodness did not try to jump up on us. There was also one tiny dog that had a bone. He kept coming around the other dogs trying to make them jealous of his bone.

Soon a woman came around the side of the house. We introduced ourselves and asked her if she was Candace and she said yes. She was a very nice woman, about my age. She told us about her miniature horses. We went down to look at them with her. She had two sorrel mares and a goat or two. She said the goats were going to go to someone else. We had a nice visit outside in the cold. I asked her if she preferred Candace or Candy and she said Candy at which point I handed her a Hershey's candy bar. She laughed.
Kerri happened to have a "Come Follow Me" manual and we asked if she would like to have it. She seemed excited and said yes. She said she would come to church but she works on Sunday's as a dog groomer at Pet Sense.

Before we left we met Candy's son, Bruce. We talked for a few more minutes and then we were on our way.

We stopped by the Vernon library to see if we could borrow Tamara's key to go into the clerk's office and look at the map on the wall that Brother Diewald created. We had to go to Tamara's house to get the key from Jordyn, then on to the church.

We are the last numbers on the far bottom right.

We wanted to visit the Neubert's but we never could find county road 3009.

While I was at the library I bought three books and spent $2.10.

Kerri took me home. I had leftover spaghetti and a salad for lunch and took a quick nap. I walked today and ended up getting over 22,000 steps.

I got a text from Marilyn this afternoon that Marie made it home safely. She was very tired and went straight to bed. Her husband will be staying her for a week before he goes back to Houston.

James got home at 5:45. I am always so grateful when he makes it home safely.

In the last 30 days we have done $135.76 in Amazon book sales.

I got a call from Brother Curtis. He set up a training meeting for our family history consultants with the stake on Sunday at 3 pm at the Vernon building. James was pretty happy because he is anxious to receive some training.