Fri, Apr 23rd, 2021: Anchorage Alaska Temple, Our talks for Sacrament meeting, Charlie, Scarlett, Tornado, wind here, James welding, Lanel's gift, cashew chicken

 

Anchorage, Alaska

54th operating temple

Dedicated: 9 Jan 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Power of

Colossians 1:11

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 14:1-15:9

D&C

43; 42:61, 65-68; 43:1-16

"Come Follow Me"

God gives revelation to guide His Church

AprGenCon

'Christ Is Risen; Faith In Him Will Move Mountains'

President Russell M. Nelson

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Faith in Jesus Christ is the greatest power available to us in this life. All things are possible to them that believe.

The Family Proclamation

P3

In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.

Sheri texted and says she wants to come up but she is afraid something will happen to Max if she does. She is also so tired she is afraid to drive. I wish she would come up and just relax and get some rest while she is here.

I wrote my talk on the computer today and James wrote his out long-hand. I typed it for him this evening before he went to bed.

I got my new phone case today and I love it. We also got Lanel Wilhelm's birthday present. A unicorn case with washable makeup inside. Lanel just turned 3. 

I made cashew chicken for lunch and served it over fried rice. James and I both liked it so I will probably put the recipe in my permanent file. 

James borrowed a welder from Pierce today and was doing some welding for the fence. He got to the last thing he was welding and it broke down. The temperature was in the 60's today but it was very windy.

I did some indexing today but I am still behind for the month.

Sydney, Australia

Thur, Apr 22nd, 2021: Monticello Utah Temple, Edward Partridge, Charlie and her pink hat, indexing, blogging, walking, Ander's mulberry pie, Easter card

 

Monticello, Utah

53rd operating temple

Dedicated: 26 July 1998

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Power of

Ephesians 1:22-23

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 13:5-35

D&C

42:61-93

"Come Follow Me"

42:30-42 How did the Saints "consecrate of their properties" to support the poor?

AprGenCon

'Our Personal Savior

Elder Michael John U. Teh

Of the Seventy

Because of His atoning sacrifice, the Savior has power to cleanse, heal, and strengthen us one by one.

The Family Proclamation

P2

All human beings - male and female - are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal

destiny of His children.

I had made an appointment with Sandra W. at 9 o'clock today to help her learn to do indexing. I waited and she didn't come. Later this afternoon she sent me a message: Oh my gosh I totally forgot, I am so sorry. I painted my bathroom this morning. I thought I set an alarm in my phone but it never went off. I am so sorry.

I responded to her by saying: No problem. Painting a bathroom is important! We will try again next week.

Edward Partridge is one of my new heroes. The Savior called him to be the first bishop of the Church because of his pure heart. He had only been a member of the Church for two months. Edward sacrificed everything to serve God and his fellow Saints. While living in Independence, Missouri with the Saints the following happened to him:

"I was taken from my house by a mob who escorted me about half a mile, to the court house, on the public square in Independence; and then and there, a few rods from said court house, surrounded by hundreds of the mob, I was stripped of my hat, coat and vest and daubed with tar from head to foot, and then had a quantity of feathers put upon me; and all this because I would not agree to leave the county, and my home where I had lived two years. Before tarring and feathering me I was permitted to speak. I told them that the Saints had suffered persecution in all ages of the world; that I had done nothing which ought to offend anyone; that if they abused me, they would abuse an innocent person, that I was willing to suffer for the sake of Christ; but, to leave the county, I was not then willing to consent to. By this time the multitude made so much noise that I could not be heard: some were cursing and swearing, saying, 'call upon your Jesus; others were equally noisy in trying to still the rest, that they might be enabled to hear what I was saying. Until after I had spoken, I knew not what they intended to do with me, whether to kill me, to whip me, or what else I knew not.  I bore my abuse with so much resignation and meekness, that it appeared to astound the multitude, who permitted me to retire in silence, many looking very solemn, their sympathies having been touched; and as to myself, I was so filled with the Spirit and love of God, that I had no hatred towards my persecutors or anyone else."

I am going to use this story in my talk that I am giving on Sunday. 

I indexed, blogged, walked and cleaned fans today. I listened to "Teaching with Power" and "Book of Mormon Central" and part of "Unshaken" all in preparation for this week's "Come Follow Me" lesson. 

James and I started a new e-book called, "Love in Disguise." I asked Trina to send me the book her book club is reading and she did. I looked at it and decided I couldn't read it. It is called, "Before We Were Yours". 

Told from the alternating perspectives of two women, "Before We Were Yours" tells the story of Rill Foss, the oldest of five children who were kidnapped from their family in 1939, and Avery Stafford, a successful lawyer and daughter of a senator. As the novel unfolds, Avery uncovers the links between Rill's story and her own family. Inspired by true events, Lisa Wingate's novel sheds light on the scandals of an adoption center and their exploitation of thousands of children.

I just can't stand to see children abused or exploited. I'm going to let Trina read it and then ask her how she liked it, then I might consider reading it. In the meantime I will continue reading my proper English romances with James. I did start reading another book about Emma Smith. It's called "First" and is an audio book on Deseret Book Plus. For my birthday last year my friend Maxine gave me a book about Emma Smith called, "Glorious Truths About Emma Smith" by Susan Easton Black. I'm reading it too. The more I read about Emma Smith, the more I like her. 

James and I both worked on our talks for Sunday.

Sheri was so stressed and worried tonight I asked Cathi if she would talk to her. Cathi reported back that she talked with Sheri about 40 minutes and told her to call her anytime. It's so hard not being with your child when they need you. Thank you Cathi for your help.

Rebecca made this journal

Easter card made by Dawn and Lois

The message inside the card

I love this picture!

Dave and Emily

 

 

Wed, Apr 21st, 2021: Preston England Temple, Sheri's Blessing, Walmart, Costco, Lois, Payson, Vernon, Charlie, Scarlett, Autumn, Luna

 

Preston, England

52nd operating temple

Dedicated: 7 June 1998

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Power of

1 Corinthians 15:24

 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 12:17-13:4

D&C

42:30-60

"Come Follow Me"

God's laws govern His Church and can govern our lives.

AprGenCon

"God Loves His Children"

Elder Taniela B. Wakolo

Of the Seventy

I would like to share three specific ways our Heavenly Father manifests His love for us, His children.

"They Cannot Prevail; We Cannot Fall"

Elder Chi Hon (Sam) Wong

Of the Seventy

If we build our foundation on Jesus Christ, we cannot fall!

The Family Proclamation

P1

We, The First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children.

I woke up this morning in Rowan's bed. If felt like I didn't belong, so I got up and got dressed. We left Darrel and Trina's about 7:20 and thanked Trina for letting us stay and Rowan for letting us use his room. James wanted to go to IHOP for breakfast. IHOP is on Southern and Signal Butte. We went in and there were already quite a few gray haired people there, a few younger ones too. James had fried eggs, sausage, hash browns and toast. I had a bowl with scrambled eggs, crumbled bacon, and hash browns and cheese with salsa on top. We also order a couple of harvest nut and grain pancakes and shared them. We did leave some leftover food because our eyes were bigger than our stomachs. From IHOP we headed to the Walmart on Gilbert and Germann. James wanted to see if they had any of his dark chocolate shakes.

This is one of my favorite Walmarts because it is nice and clean. I got myself a new phone cord because one of mine no longer works. James could not find any of his shakes. I talked him into getting some of the high protein shakes I get, only instead of caramel like mine, he could get chocolate. He said they were too expensive. They are $7.47 for a four-pack so he's right, but I talked him in to it anyway.

From Walmart we went to Sheri's. We got there about 9:15 thinking she wasn't there we waited in the car. She texted me and said she was lying down and to text her when we got there. We went in. Max was there cooking breakfast. I wondered why he hadn't gone to school and then I remembered that he was going to Alex's to work on homework today. Max went outside to eat and Sheri was concerned because he had lots of carbs and had not done a blood sugar check and had not taken any insulin. I can see that she is in a constant state of worry with him.

Sheri sat at the dining room table and I sat there too while James gave her a blessing. It was a good blessing and I hope Sheri wrote down some of the promises made in the blessing. 

James said he needed to go to Casa Grande and wanted to know if I wanted to go with him or if I wanted to stay here with Sheri. I knew Sheri was either going to go back to work of take a nap so I told him I would go with him. I noticed that Sheri left when we did so she is probably going back to work. 

James decided against going to Casa Grande. We went to Costco instead. I have a $40 rewards coupon and James needs hearing aid batteries and I wanted to get some walnuts. 

Costco isn't nearly as much fun as it used to be when they had free samples. We did find Premium shakes, 18 for $21.99. That's better than 4 for $7.47 at Walmart. I got some caramel and James got chocolate. James also got some supplements, his batteries, and I got a bag of walnuts. We didn't stay long. We also got gas for $2.81 a gallon instead of $3.00 in Show Low or Payson.

After Costco we decided to go see James's mom. We called to make sure she was home and yes, she was.

Dawn was home too but she was on a conference call. We had a nice visit and Lois showed us the latest cards they had made. They were graduation cards with owls on them. I'm not sure why I didn't take a picture. She also gave us an Easter card she and Dawn had made and a small book that Rebecca had made. After saying our goodbyes we were on our way home, the Payson way again. 

We stopped at Del Taco in Payson for some tacos, crispy beef, fish, and soft chicken. They were small but good. 

James stopped at Dairy Queen in Show Low and got me an ice cream cone and a box of cherry Dilly bars. They will last me six days if I just have one a day. 

Luna was happy to see James when we got home. She is always ready to eat. Thanks to our friend and neighbor, Chuck, who took care of her this morning.

Somehow I managed to walk 12,000 steps today.

Diagon Alley, Universal Studios, Florida

Joshua holding an alligator???