Tue, Mar 22nd, 2022: Mt. Timpanogos Utah Temple, Sleepless night, Jean's b-day, MacArthur's, Trip to town, The Trump, bunny, new audio books, bumped my head,

 

Mt. Timpanogos, Utah

49th operating temple

Dedicated: 13 Oct 1996

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Rock

Helaman 5:12

And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.

Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:19-34

"Come Follow Me"

Exodus 2; Exodus 1-2 Jesus Christ is my Deliverer.

 

OctGenCon

"Invite Christ To Author Your Story"

Camille N. Johnson

Primary General President

 Brothers and sisters, just one year ago our dear prophet asked:

"Are you willing to let God prevail in your life? . . . Are you willing to let whatever He needs you to do take precedence over every other ambition?" I humbly add to those prophetic inquiries: "Will you let God be the author and finisher of your story?"

"The Peace Of Christ Abolishes Enmity"

Elder Dale G. Renlund

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Let us follow the example of Saints from around the world who are successfully becoming disciples of Christ. We can rely on Jesus Christ, who "is our peace, who . . . hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; having abolished in his atoning sacrifice the enmity." Our witness of Jesus Christ to the world will be strengthened, and we will remain spiritually healthy. I testify that as we "shun contention" and become "like-minded with the Lord in love and united with Him in faith," His peace will be ours. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Up at 2:30. I can't sleep and my mind is racing. I move to the recliner in the bedroom and then to the one in the family room where I finally get some rest. May an hour or two. Surprisingly, I was not as tired during the day as I thought I would be. Maybe my Actemra infusion energized me. 

Today would have been my friend Jean Howard's birthday. She has been gone a year and I really miss her and think about her often. This was a picture taken a few years back of Jean with her daughter Deana.

I went to visit Chelsea MacArthur today. She is my neighbor and I am her ministering sister. Jarred, her husband was outside with the chickens when I drove up. I guess Scotlyn was out there too but I didn't see her. I complimented the chickens on their eggs.

Here is the handout I gave to Chelsea, except she didn't get Rollos, she got gummy bears.

Chelsea and Jarred's three month old baby boy was asleep in his swing. He looks a lot like Scotlyn. Peyton, there oldest daughter who is five, was at school. Jarred is leaving to go to Alaska on Saturday. He spends about 6 months up there as a hot shot, a guy who jumps out of airplanes to help put out fires. This will be the first time that Chelsea has been alone with three kids. She has family but they are not nearly as close by as I am and I offered to babysit anytime she needs me and I told her not to hesitate to ask. She also wants to plant a garden and I told her that James could help her with that. We will need to be better neighbors to her than we have been thus far. They gave me two dozen eggs before I left and I put $5 on their counter. When I got outside I talked to Scotlyn and told Jarred goodbye and that we would miss him because he has been a great neighbor. I told him to please be safe and we would try and help look after his family while he is gone. I told Scotlyn, who is three, that I had toys at my house that she could come and play with. 

When I got back home I told James I was ready to go to town. He said he wanted to come with me, which he did. The first thing we did in town was stop at Taco Bell for lunch. James got me the Taco Supreme's on accident. They cost more and have more calories but they are very tasty. James dropped me off at Walmart while he went to see about getting the fireplace glass fixed and to gas up and wash the car. I don't even want to talk about the price of gas. James will have to come back when he has the glass from the fire place and go to Demer's. Pierre Demer is our neighbor. He has a glass shop in Lakeside. 

The main reason I went to Walmart today was to get myself some coconut shrimp and to get Nutella and strawberries for the cake I am making for the Relief Society birthday celebration we are having on Saturday. Once I got everything put away I tried to take a nap but I just couldn't sleep. I looked outside and saw a bunny in our yard! He's the first one that I've seen in a long time! I also read from my Philadelphia Trumpet magazine and so did James. Their articles are very informative and they have basically the same views, for the most part, as we do. I couldn't help but compare their cover to the cover on this month's Liahona. The Liahona is to help us feel the Spirit and The Trumpet is to inform us of all the problems in the world.

James read the Covid Money article. I read one about improving health and one on the necessity of lowering our standard of living.

He looks a little distorted because I enlarged the picture.

He was sooo cute!

I hit my head on the open cabinet door in the bathroom and it bled profusely. I now have a scab about an inch long on the top of my head.

James and I started a new book, "Bargaining for the Barrister" and I started a new audio book, "The Valet's Secret."

James did some wheeling and dealing with the concrete company today. Their pour is on April 4th and the price of concrete is scheduled to go up on April 1st. James talked them into giving him the concrete at the old cost before the price hike. He was pretty happy and so was Mr. Rademeyer.

 

Mon, Mar 21st, 2022: Hong Kong, China Temple, Appointment changed, Trip to valley, AARA, Casa Grande for James, "Flower Child", Costco, Payson, Home Again

 

Hong Kong, China

48th operating temple

Dedicated: 26 May 1996

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Rock

Jacob 4:15

And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto prophesying; for I perceive by the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that by the stumbling of the Jews they will reject the stone upon which they might build and have safe foundation.

Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:1-18 Allegory of the Olive Tree - The branches are dependent on the nourishment from the trunk. What are some types of nourishment we can receive?

OctGenCon

"Daily Restoration"

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Do you want to change the shape of your life?

Change the shape of your day.

Do you want to change your day?

Change this hour.

Change what you think, feel, and do at this very moment.

A small rudder can steer a large ship.

Small bricks can become magnificent mansions.

Small seeds can become towering sequoias.

Minutes and hours well spent are the building blocks of a life well lived. They can inspire goodness, lift us from the captivity of imperfections, and lead us upward to the redemptive path of forgiveness and sanctification.

Inklings

"Trust Again"

Gerrit W. Gong

Luke 15:11-32

When I opened the window to look outside this morning I noticed there was snow all over the ground and in the tree and it was still snowing.

It's a snowy, snowy day, Let's all go

outside and play!

James too my blood pressure and it was 163/88. James gave me one of his nifedipine pills and when I got my blood pressure taken at AARA it was 118/73. That medicine works!

I got a call from AARA this morning. It was Angela from the infusion center. She wanted to know if I could come in at 10:45 instead of 3:30. I told her I was sitting at my desk in my pajamas and it was after 7 a.m. It takes three and a half hours to get to the valley and it would take me a little while to get ready. She then asked if I could come in at 12:30. I said I could. James and I left the house at 7:40. We went the Globe way because James was afraid there would be snow on the Rim. Instead of snow we had roadwork we had to wait for. Gas was $4.59 in Globe. We were hungry so we stopped so James could get a couple of Breakfast Jacks. I ate half of one of them. Here is what the traffic looked like. On the way to Mesa we listened to "Follow Him" with Dr. Riveria. One of the things said in the podcast was: "Israel was enslaved, redeemed, and set apart."

James says this is the fast way.

I say, Not!

We went straight to AARA when we got to town. I texted Kim and told her my appointment was earlier and I wouldn't be coming by but I looked forward to seeing her on Sunday. James dropped me off an hour and a half early. He had a work meeting in Casa Grande. I walked around the building several times and got about 3,000 steps before going inside. I waited a few minutes inside with my mask on watching "Love It or List It" when Frances came in and called me back. I had my pick of any chair when we got back to the infusion center. I was so happy with my blood pressure results! A new girl, new to me anyway, Jeanne, put in my infusion, got me my cold water and pillow. I settled in to watch the Drew Barrymore Show. By 1:40 my infusion was done and James was waiting for me outside when Frances told me I had an appointment with the PA at 2:15. I asked her if she could message her and tell her I was finished with my infusion, which she did. I saw Edith and I told her about my flare-ups and that I thought it was because I had not had any Actemra since January 7th. She said if it happens again to let them know and they would give me some prednisone. Edith wanted me to schedule a chest x-ray before leaving but it was too busy and I knew James had been waiting quite awhile. I will do it next time. 

James was standing out in the parking lot when I went outside. He was not happy. I think he was thinking he could have gone to Bass Pro but didn't because he thought I was going to be finished earlier. 

He wanted to go across the street to Costco but I asked if we could go to eat first and then do Costco. Trina and Darrel gave us a $40 gift card to "Flower Child", Trina's new favorite restaurant. I had the chicken enchilada's because Darrel recommended them. They were delicious. James had the Rebel wrap which was filled with thin slices of steak and he loved it.

Flower Child,

Trina's favorite

Chicken enchiladas

Rebel wrap

After lunch we drove about a mile to the Gilbert Costco. James is out of pomegranate juice and I am out of pistachios. We also got a couple of vitamins and spent $72.00. 

At my request we went back the Payson way although James said we were backtracking 28 miles. I'm not so sure about that but the ride home was more pleasant than the ride there and there was no snow on the Rim.

Gas was $4.29 at Circle K in Payson without EasyPay. When we got to Show Low we went straight to Walmart to pick up my hydrochlorathiazide. We were home by 7:40 which means we were gone 12 hours. James immediately went out to feed Luna. When James got back inside we walked and read, finishing our book. I then walked and finished my book. 

To Sheri

From Ian

My table

Fool Hollow Lake

Lynn and Kathy Jones family

 

 

Sun, Mar 20th, 2022: Bountiful Utah Temple, Sunday School Joseph's Timeline, 4 Judd boys pass sacrament, Teebo's baptism, snow & rain,

 

Bountiful, Utah

47th operating temple

Dedicated: 8 Jan 1995

By: Howard W. Hunter

Jesus Christ, Rock

1 Nephi 13:36

And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and my rock and my salvation.

Book of Mormon

Jacob 4:1-18

"Come Follow Me"

Review and Sunday School Class

OctGenCon

The Faith To Ask And Then To Act

President Henry B. Eyring

Second Counselor in the First Presidency

The more we have the doctrine of Christ in our lives and hearts, 

the more we feel greater love and sympathy for those who have never had the blessings of faith in Jesus Christ or are struggling to maintain it. It is hard to keep the Lord's commandments without faith and trust in Him. As some lose their faith in the Savior, they may even attack His counsel, calling good evil and evil good. To avoid this tragic error, it is crucial that any personal revelation we receive be consonant with the teachings of the Lord and His prophets.

Liahona

"Similarities Joseph of Egypt and Jesus Christ"

I got up this morning to prepare for Sunday School. Our teacher, Brother Applegate, sends out an email of questions or things he wants us to prepare for. This week it was the sequence of events in Joseph's life and how Joseph was a type for Christ.

James got up at 5:30, quite early for him, and took a shower and began to index.  I ran out of one of my blood pressure meds so James took my blood pressure and it was quite high. I think he is more concerned than I am. After he took my blood pressure we have scriptures and prayer. 

We were excited when we went into sacrament meeting to see that the Judd family was here. They have four boys who helped pass the sacrament along with Curtis Wilhelm. The Hunsaker's are gone to Hole in the Rock and so is Pierce, Brother Sedig, Brother Grombach and many more. We had no organist so John Wilhelm has to push the automatic button and we could only sing certain hymns.

Brother Allen conducted the meeting and did a good job. Elder Goodwin and Elder Johnson bore their testimonies after the sacrament and the announcements. Elder Goodwin is from Inkam, Idaho and Elder Johnson is from Magnolia, Texas.

Chloe Watson, the niece of Brother Owens from the high council, was our first speaker. President Nelson's talk from April 2020, "Hear Him." Hearken is the first word in the Doctrine and Covenants. When we go the extra mile we come closer to God. Listen to revelation because it could be to help someone else.

We sang "Teach Me To Walk In The Light" and I was reminded of our family singing this song at Kim's baptism. I asked James what memory he had of this hymn and he said, "We sang it at Kim's baptism and we did quite well."

Brother Steve Owens from the high council was the final speaker. 

Revelation comes, mysteriously sometimes. The Lord's purpose should become our purpose. We need to hear Christ through revelation and prophets. We must have the ability to recognize guidance and have the courage to act upon it. Joseph of Egypt had many trials yet the Lord was with him. Trials are preparation to be tools in the hand of the Lord. Elder Rasband, love God, love your neighbor, and love yourself. Refining of silver. The Lord will take us out of the flame when we are refined. "You can have what you want or you can have something better." - Jeffrey R. Holland

 Brother Applegate had a great Sunday School class today. Great participation! People who normally don't participate were answering questions. It was great! He and Tamara brought a couple of friends to church. 

This afternoon at 12:30 the Reynolds's friend Teebow Murphy, his real name is Terry Lane Tignor,  was baptized.(Don't ask me about the nickname, I'm as confused as you are!). The first time he attended our ward he said he felt something good. After the meeting James had an elders quorum meeting. They are still working on the ward mission plan. 

We had snow and rain today and it's supposed to snow through the night. Nice was to start spring. One last hurrah. 

Today I read from "The Hidden Christ" Beneath the Surface of the Old Testament. I like James L. Ferrell who also wrote The Peacegiver.

I did three blog posts, sent out six ministering messages, and indexed. I talked to Kim and she said I could hang out her house tomorrow while James went to Casa Grande for a meeting. My infusion is not until 3:30.

Ruthie taking Lanel for a ride.

Sat, Mar 19th, 2022: Orlando Florida Temple, Brian to be ordained a high priest, Scarlett's Tea Party, Power of Everyday Missionaries, cake tools, James's trip to town, indexing, movies, Mark Huish

 

Orlando, Florida

46th operating temple

Dedicated: 9 Oct 1994

By: Howard W. Hunter

Jesus Christ, Rock

1 Corinthains 10:4

 And did all drink the same spiritual drinks: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

Book of Mormon

Jacob 3:1-14

"Come Follow Me"

Genesis 50; Genesis JST 50:24-38; Jacob and Joseph both buried.

OctGenCon

"To Be A Follower Of Christ"

Elder Alfred Kyungu

Of the Seventy

"Through His infinite Atonement, you can forgive those who have hurt you and who may never accept responsibility for their cruelty to you. It is usually easy to forgive one who sincerely and humbly seeks your forgiveness. But the Savior will grant you the ability to forgive anyone who has mistreated you in any way". -Russell M. Nelson

"Hold Up Your Light"

Elder Marcus B. Nash

Sister Tiffany Myloan accepted the invitation to support the missionaries despite very heavy personal struggles, including questions about her faith. She recently told me that supporting the missionaries has renewed her faith and sense of well-being. In her words, "Missionary work is so healing."

Joy. Hope. Sustaining power from God. Protection from temptation. Healing. All of these - and more (including forgiveness of sins) -distill upon us from heaven as we share the gospel.

Liahona

The Lord Was With Joseph

Elder Kelly R. Johnson

James got a call from Brian this morning asking him if he could ordain him as a High Priest. He wasn't sure if it would be tomorrow or next Sunday. He called back later and said it would be next Sunday. Brian has a new calling which I am not able to divulge at this time. 

I listened to some news reports on YouTube regarding the war in the Ukraine. I want to know the why but really war never makes sense to me.

I read from "The Power of Everyday Missionaries." I am loving this book although I have read it before I needed to be reminded of how important missionary work is and how it should be done. 

I took the plunge and ordered three cake tools off Courtney's website. I am making one of her cakes next week for our Relief Society celebration and I want the tools to make the cake look like one of hers. I just hope they come in time.

James went in to town today to get some horse feed and vitamins. He asked me if I wanted anything and I said a cherry dilly bar. He said when he went to Dairy Queen it was very busy so he did another errand first and when he went back he totally forgot to go to Dairy Queen. He offered to go back to town but of course I said no. He actually did me a favor by forgetting. 

I did some indexing reviews and watched a Hallmark favorite, "Summer Villa" starring Hilary Burton and Victor Webster. I also took 12,000 steps and did two blogposts. Another Hallmark favorite with James starring Alicia Witt, "Backyard Wedding."

James saw Mark Huish and his wife on Relative Race. I told her Mark was LeeAnn Huish's brother.