Logan Temple Initiatory Session /Aunt Ruby

I Craig and I got up early at 6am to got ready to attend the temple this week. Leaving our Draper home early driving 2 hours to attend the Logan Temple at 9am.  A big time commitment to attend the temple this week.  We drove down to our Draper Home on Monday morning for Craig to meet with Gerry Gygi about his life Insurnace policies.  He is 85 years old and has out lived his life policy so he is having to pay more money to keep it in force.  Craig is so good at helping family with their insurance challenges and not being paid for his time.  Craig did sell him the policy over 30 years ago.  Gerry needed him to hold his hand so to speak to work thru the policy and figure out how much he needs to pay to keep it in force until he dies.  Craig told him it is going to cost him more money due to his age.  After visiting with him we went to our Draper home to take a nap we were both tired.  I got online to schedule a temple appointment this week.  I have lots of family temple names I’m working on.  It is so nice to be able to attend the temple again.  It is a challenge to schedule a time slot.  I have to be flexible with what Temple to attend, what ordinance I choose and what time.  Each week this past month I have taken a time slot I can find.  We scheduled baptism for the dead appointment months in advance- I then scheduled a sealing appointment at the Logan temple when we attended the primary outing.  Last week we're in Draper for a few days and I was able to schedule at time slot for an endowment session at the Oqurri'ah temple.  This week back in Draper when most of the temples are close to attend.  I really wanted to schedule an initiatory session so I could  continue my progress on several family names. The order is Baptism, Initiatory, Endowment and sealing, to complete a family name.  There is lots of work and time that goes into completing the temple work for just one name.  I first spend time doing research to verify sources of the ancestor, write a brief life history of the ancestor as I find sources about their lives- connecting their spouse and children to each family unit.  This can take hours and hours depending on the sources and how large the family is.  I then check family search to see what is on their data base for the ancestor and their family and what temple ordanices are needed.  I try to add to the family search data base linking sources from my ancestry.com account what I have researched and linked the two data family files the best I can.  I then reserve the family names that clear for their ordinances work to be completed. I can’t move fast enough!! There is so much work that needs to be done.  I keep finding family names who need their temple work done and are missing from the family search data base.  I especially wanted to complete the temple work for my Aunt Ruby Bailes, sister to my mother and my favorite Aunt growing up as a little girl.  I have a fond love for her.  She had several stokes in her latter years and left bed ridden and not able to speak.  She would just cry in Her bed not able to communicate in the end.  I’m sure was heart breaking for her.  Her daughter Judy had to care for her in the end.  Aunt Ruby had a hard life yet she accomplished much.  She became one of head surgical nurses at the Charleston, West Virginia hospital.  All the doctors loved working with her.  She did this career for many years.  She used to faint at the sight of blood and then over time came to be a successful nurse in many sugerys over the years. The doctors would say Ruby take over, She raised her 2 children alone when her older husband died.  She never remarried.  She lived in a small home in Charleston her entire life supporting herself-  I remember visiting her home as a little girl and as a adult.  I wanted to honor her by completing her temple ordinances for  her and the life she lived-  She died in 2016.  The next step on her temple card is to complete the initiatory session.  I searched all the local temples looking for a time slot.  I have been looking the past three weeks for an initiatory session.  Nothing coming up in any of the temples they were all reserved.  I couldn’t move forward until I completed the initiatory session.  I spent hours on the online temple account trying to find a time slot open.  Finally this week one opened up for 5:30 am at Mt Timpanogos temple in American Fork about a 30 minute drive from our Draper home.  That is early.  I reserved the time slot.  Tuesday morning Craig went to the gym for an hour and I got online to look at all the open temples in the area -to see what time slots I could find?   I found a couple of endowment sessions and then a 9am initiatory session showed available at the Logan Temple early Wednesday morning.  I canceled the 5:30 am appointment and scheduled the 9am appointment.  It saves us time going home Logan way on our drive back to the lake.  We had a lovely morning drive to Logan.  The Autum leaves are all in full colors of various shades of orange and red.  I just love the autum colors.  The mountainsides filled with Autum colors as the leaves turn.  Utah is very pretty this time of year. We arrived early for our session appointment.  I was able to serve in the session for additional temple names submitted by the temple and complete 6 of my personal family names I have prepared for the temple ordinances.  Aunt Ruby on the list.  It felt so good to be in the temple and hear the beautiful blessing bestowed upon my head as I acted as a proxy for these sisters that have past on and waiting, now their temple blessing are endowed upon them beyond the veil.  I felt joy for my Aunt Ruby, because I personally knew her and the life she lived on earth.   I’m now contributing to her eternal life progression by giving my earthly time for those who have passed on and have not yet received their temple ordinances needed to progess beyond the veil of death.  This belief is strongly rooted in my soul.  By my actions I’m being a Savior on Mount Zion by acting as a proxy for and in behalf of their eternal soul progression and look forward to the ressurction day of all mankind.  I felt joy serving in the temple for those who have died and need their temple ordinance completed- this is a Living ordinances it can only be done by a living proxy.  It is a blessing to me and them at same time.  It is a renewal to me I’m giving service to others and helping myself at the same time in my own life journey.  I’ve been struggling and feeling lost! What is my purpose at this season in life. The temple service gives me purpose and helps remind me of my Saviors Love-  which I felt strongly as I stood in the Logon Temple looking at masterpiece painting of the savior- painted in 1893 and placed in the Logan temple foyer area.  It is majestic and hugely placed and framed hanging on the wall.  I felt the Saviors love for me and knowing I’m doing his work.  This gives me purpose to move forward with my hard work in preparing family ancestors names for the temple work to be completed. This is his purpose to bring to pass the immorality and eternal life of all mankind.  There is a greater vision in this mortal life.  It is bigger than life itself as I stood there looking at this bigger than life painting of of the Savior.   This has been a blessed morning.  To my continued joy- I was able to look at all the beautiful flowers planted at the Logan temple.  The temple grounds feel as the Garden of Eden to me -a paradise to behold. I love the well kept grounds and flowers beds so beautifully grown.  

Our Temple Endowment Session

We attended the Oquirrh temple today.  It felt so good to participate in an endowment session today.  We have not done that since Cole left of his mission in July 2020.  The temple are open now on a limited basis and have to book a time slot on line.  The times fill up fast so have to check each day to see what is available at the different temples.  We drove down to Salt lake again yesterday for Craig’s yearly doctor appointment.  That went ok - not real happy with our doctor - we need to find another another one that thinks more like I do.  I’m more the natural healing type doctor mixed with prescriptions as needed.  Dr Romany has been no help in figuring what is going on with Craig.  He still is dealing with the numbing tingling in his arms and fingers still no answers.  He is just learning to deal with it.  We had a late lunch combine dinner at Olive Garden - fun to eat out at a nice place.  We were tired afterwards and had to take a nap.   We took a walk around the Neighborhood and watched a beautiful sunset.  We were going to go see the Burbidge family but Trisha is now sick with what Buck had last week.   They tested negative for Covid yet they have all the symptoms, I told her to watch carefully-  the virus is an all time high in Utah and on the average 20 people are dying daily due to the virus.  It is very contiguous right now.  With the rise we were asked to wear a mask at all temples announced on the local news last night.  My Nephew Randy Rodgers is very ill  and in the hospital too.  He is only 33 years old.  He had one vax’s shot and had not felt good since.  Cassie and her mother were sick and now Randy is very sick doesn’t look good for him.  He was admitted to the hospital last Saturday night.  His oxygen as low as 71.  He has been coughing up blood.  His lungs look terrible.  They are putting a feeding tube in today- he has not been eating.  I put his name on the prayer roll today.  My sister is very worried about him. She started a go fund account for him to help with their finances due to his illness and not able to got to work.  He is going to have a long recovery.  He is the danger zone so pray he can recover from this. Shannon called last night to gives us the report of Ashtyn’s testing last week which is not good.  She is the youngest 6 year old the doctors have seen with the illness she has been diagnosis with.  It is colon inflammation if not treated she could lose her colon over time.  It is all very frighten right now how they are going to treat her.  They are starting her on steroids for the next three weeks to see if it will help bring down the inflammation in her colon.   So my heart felt heavy hearted this morning and felt I needed to attend the temple.  I woke up early and got online to see what time slots I could find for what temple would be available in the Salt lake valley.  I found a time slot at noon at the Oquirrh temple in west valley which is not far from us to drive from Draper.  It felt so good to be in an endowment session and pray for our love ones.  I got very emotional at the veil, as I repeated the blessings given to us and our prosperity as I strive to live righteously.  Pray Randy and our little Ashtyn can be healed.  Put both of their names on the prayer roll and my mother recovering from her broken hip.  We are heading back to the lake.  It was a 24 hour trip up and back.  The Bishop is out of town and  Craig is hurrying back to have temple interviews with the Findlyson family- they  need to renew their recommends so they can attend the temple tomorrow.  On our way out of the temple today we saw Sharea Pettit.  She was serving the afternoon shift and was at the door as we were leaving.  They live at Daybreak now I was thinking about her when we drove out to her temple district- so blessed to be able to renew our friendship with her today.  So grateful to attend the temple the this day.  

We were able to complete endowment for Emma Jane Simms who married in my Fitzwater family tree -  I need to do more reasearxh for her family they are not on family search.  Craig completed the endowment for Jospeh Hart who is an ancestor on my Hart family tree-  he needs more research too.  

Sabbath Day At Our Bear lake Ward

Sitting in sacrament today thinking about this week.  This has been an emotionally hard week for me. Craig ended up driving down late last Sunday arriving about 2am in the monrning.  He gets lonely without me.  I’ve just needed time to think and figure out what I’m going to do with myself-trying to figure out my purpose at this season.   Bear lake is hard for me yet I get lonely too and don’t like being at our Draper home without Craig even when I get frustrated.  Monday we slept in.  Craig ran a few errands.  He picked up the four wheeler at Bridger’s. Bridger gave back our old four wheeler he bought from Craig in about 2012.  Bridger bought a new one.  Craig thought we could go for a ride yet they have blocked off all the trails from motorized vehicles.  We went to Teriyaki Gill for lunch our favorite place to eat.  We both were tired and had to take an afternoon nap- Craig watched football for the evening and I watch my Netflix series I started Abby Downtain.  Craig surprised me with some chocolate rasinettes.  He is trying to be kind and to make up for our disagreement.  Tuesday we had a full day.  It was a beautiful fall day and in the high 80’s.  We took an 18 mile bike ride on the Jordan River trail to Thanksgiving point.  I enjoyed our ride. We had lunch at Firehouse.  I was beat and had to push myself the 9miles back was a challenge, but luckily it was easier going back and not as many hills to go up and over.  It did kick my butt.  We had to go home and take a nap.  We met Mike and Jody at 5pm to play Pickelball for two hours.   

Attending Church in Draper

I  attended church in our Draper area at the ward we would be in if our records were here.  We have owned our draper home for two years now.  The time goes by so fast.  This is my first time to attend this ward. I have thought of going a few times but didn’t want to go alone.  But so glad I made the effort. Speakers today were a young couple from Ireland. They came from a small village.  So this has been a challenging time they are here due to his work but now with the Covid virus they can’t return home. There are No temples in Ireland- a great source of strength to see temples. You are never lost when you can see the temple that leads in trials of darkness.  She served a mission -she got really sick on her mission.  Why would the Lord told her go on a mission? and still get sick and not able to serve for many months-  she felt the power of the missionary priesthood to lift her and taught her patients - this trial would teach her skills she needed for motherhood-  struggles in our lives give us strength as we rely on the strength of the gospel.   She sing the hymn -“ Count your many blessings- lifted her soul in her challenges.  When we are feeling down and discouraged this song is a good reminder the Lord is there to Lift us.  I love the hymn we sang after her talk 

Hymn sang today - 123

Oh, May My Soul Commune with Thee

1. Oh, may my soul commune with thee

And find thy holy peace;

From worldly care and pain of fear,

Please bring me sweet release.

2. Oh, bless me when I worship thee

To keep my heart in tune,

That I may hear thy still, small voice,

And, Lord, with thee commune.

3. Enfold me in thy quiet hour

And gently guide my mind

To seek thy will, to know thy ways,

And thy sweet Spirit find.

4. Lord, grant me thy abiding love

And make my turmoil cease.

Oh, may my soul commune with thee

And find thy holy peace.

The message today -enduring our trials 

And challenges- her husband spoke- saying all his blessings since serving his mission have been because he did serve a mission giving him the strength he needed to withstand the trails that lie ahead - in 2008 the economic collapse-In Ireland lost his job- the Lord helped them to survive those trying years-  1 Nephi chapter 1, born of goodly parents but he had trials and afflictions too - Expressed his wife- is my greatest blessing and my greatest challenge-  we all had a good laugh!!  How we respond to our trials expresses what we have become- trials are opportunity for our personal growth- Christ is our perfect example to not become bitter-president John F Kennedy quote - “we go to the moon not because it is easy but because it is hard” Our growth comes from the hard things.  Without commitment you will never start but with consistency you will accomplish much-  god can only be a strength as we accept his will-  he was raised in a family of 15 children-  he is the beneficiary of the trials of his great parents.  What we do today will echo in the eternities !! We have so much to bless our lives in these latter days.  The gospel keeps us grounded.  Thru our lives we don’t pick our trials but Heavenly Father knows how to lift us.  I was very touched by both of their messages spoken today.  Beautiful closing song- 

If You Could Hie to Kolob

1. If you could hie to Kolob

In the twinkling of an eye,

And then continue onward

With that same speed to fly,

Do you think that you could ever,

Through all eternity,

Find out the generation

Where Gods began to be?

2. Or see the grand beginning,

Where space did not extend?

Or view the last creation,

Where Gods and matter end?

Methinks the Spirit whispers,

“No man has found ‘pure space,’

Nor seen the outside curtains,

Where nothing has a place.”3. The works of God continue,

And worlds and lives abound;

Improvement and progression

Have one eternal round.

There is no end to matter;

There is no end to space;

There is no end to spirit;

There is no end to race.

This closing song I have only sang a few times in my life - God does know each of us and is there to lead us along.  I also enjoyed Relief Socity-  I already knew a few sisters which was comforting.  It was a great lesson and enjoyed sharing with the sisters in this ward.  My dear friend I know is the Relief Society president which is nice to know her and visit with her.  She lived in the ward we moved from too at one time.  She is originally from Canada.  She has loved this ward which is good to know.  It is a good mix with older and younger families. It is not all seniors like I imaged it would be.  We have serval apartment complexes which adds the younger families.  Lesia  said they had 22 new move in’s this past month.  It keeps her busy.  I so enjoyed seeing the two sisters I know-  Karry and her husband Doug Richards talked to me after the meeting we know them from our 1st ward moving to Sandy in 1980.  It's a small world meeting friends from different seasons in our lives.  I drove over to see the Thomas family after church.  Their back yard is still a working process as they add the cinder block retaining walls. It is going to be really nice when it is all done.  I’m resting now and then going to Trisha for Dinner at 6:30pm-  this has been a nice sabbath day - I sent my hubby - I’m sorry note and we are talking now.   He just got home from church and he is tired too.  This has been blessed day to renew my baptism covenants and feel peace attending my church meetings -  we do have challenges in life the Lord will lead my path  as I look for answers?  

Settle My Anger

I woke up early 4:45 am reading the come follow me lesson this week -  attached is the supplement reading of a Confernce talk - The Ministry of Reconciliation

By Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Craig and I have read this talk together before given at General conference Oct 2018-  this morning it has even greater meaning to my heart as I understand I let my anger at my husband overtake me -  I need to say I’m sorry for getting mad at him -  we both were angery over the dumbest miscommunication-  I don’t know what Craig was thinking and obviously I hurt his feelings too by getting anger at him.  These are some quotes from this talk that have touched my heart to forgive quickly-  

you who are letting … [someone’s] heart ache for a word of appreciation or sympathy, which you mean to give … some day, … go instantly and do the thing which you might never have 

another chance to do.”

The Healer of every wound, He who rights every wrong, asks us to labor with Him in the daunting task of peacemaking in a world that won’t find it any other way.

Whether we have caused that pain or been the recipient of the pain, those wounds need to be healed so that life can be as rewarding as God intended it to be. Like the food in your refrigerator that your grandchildren carefully check in your behalf, those old grievances have long since exceeded their expiration date.  This quote made me laugh -  my Saydee bug was doing this same thing this summer checking the expiration dates of the food in our fridge-she was looking after us.  I hadn’t even noticed it had expired. 

Jesus has asked that we “live together in love” with “no disputations among you.” “He that hath the spirit of contention is not of me,” He warned the Nephites. Indeed, to a great degree, our relationship to Christ will be determined—or at least affected—by our relationship to each other. 

“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more [destructive] than the injury that provokes it.” But the miracle of reconciliation is always available to us,

Regardless of who was right- Savior’s injunction to “agree with thine adversary quickly” and Paul’s counsel to “let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”

This talk has spoke to my heart in a different way than when we first read it together.  A lesson to me to controll my anger and be kind to my spouse-  even when it is really hard at times-  I’m sorry I got mad at Craig- we both let our anger flair at each other-  

I know I have got to figure somethings out and that the angery moment at the Marina opened up my emotions - angery at Craig about a lot of things I’m not happy about right now.  Just have to be patient with one another and say I’m sorry.  

Arrived At Our Draper Home

I woke up early 7:30 am and out the door to drive down to our Draper home.  I stayed at the lake for 9days.  I just arrived safely.  It was foggy all the way and started to rain in the Salt lake Valley. It is a good rain storm.  I didn’t sleep well at all.  It was 3am before I finally fell asleep and still not in a deep sleep.  I going to have to take a nap and rest from my drive down alone.  This has been a good week until Craig and I had a disagreement yesterday.  I don’t know what happened.  Trying to figure it out? I sleeped in until 11am which I usually dont sleep in that long.  Craig wore me out on Thursday.  We took a 15 mile bike ride that morning and had lunch at Mike’s deli - I was on the phone an hour with my mother.  Did a few chores and we went and played at 4pm, two hours at Brower’s house Pickelball.  We played with Denise and Rich - Craig's friend from the Car wash.  We had fun playing-I played ok.  I was so tired afterwards my butt cheeks were killing me.  We had a full day of exercise. I had to take a hot bath.  Miss our hot tub- it broke down the end of June.  Craig acts like he can get it fixed but we might have to buy a new one.  Monday we took an 8 mile bike ride down to the pickleball courts and back-  I’m trying to be more active and it does feel good to be feeling better finally.  It has been a long two months.  I have been faithful taking my supplements each day to build up my strengthen. Tuesday I started working on the highway easement moving rocks on the Biesinger side trying to get the last section level out so it looks better to me when I look our our bedroom window.  Trying to beautify it yet no one else cares but me.  It is hard work for me.  I just got irritated from it all- asking myself why I’m slaving out here when we have the money to pay someone to get it the way I would like for it to look and then Irritated that it is september and still no progress on our driveway.  I’ve waited five long years for Craig to get it done and still it is n where near being done.  The weather is going to change fast.  I just don’t understand why he keeps dragging his feet about getting it done.  I’m so tired of it looking so bad on the Gygi’s side with the fence falling apart and the gravel driveway that is now chipping up our inside driveway floor.  It’s county living, more laid back-  but this is suppose to be our home fulltime and I would really like for it to look cleaner and finished.  I started feeling upset -  I have given up so much moving fultime to the lake.  I’m trying to make the best of it and please my hubby- but I feel so unhappy at times.  There is so much I miss.  I miss my hug closet and having my own office and space. Craig has taken it all over-what is allocated for a small office space upstairs in the bonus room, yet he has to spread it all out on the dinning room table and make a mess there too when he works own bills and miscellaneous insurance stuff.  He’s just booted me right out - so I just let go of it. I guess it gives him something to do in our retirement years. I was feeling stir crazy on Tuesday and feeling like I’m wasting my time I should be doing something more productive. I just don’t know what to do with myself right now I feel so lost. I’m just feeling so done with the Ward situation and needing a fresh change. We are going on five years now living at the lake. He has one more year to serve in the bishopric till the fall of 2022. I don’t know if I can last another year I feel like there’s days I just wanna scream, I feel like I’m backed into a cage. I was feeling this way before I got sick. Craig could sense I was irritated and suggest we drive to Montpelier to have lunch at the Arctic Circle. Not my favorite place to eat but it was at least something to do. You are limited on where you can eat at the lake. Craig had young men’s that evening. I stayed home and watch the crazy news -our world is falling apart around us it’s so frightening right now.  Wednesday I tried to stay busy cleaning and doing a few things in the cabin. I sorted my clothes which doesn’t put me in a good mood either. I’ve gained about 20 pounds and can’t fit in any of my clothes -they look horrible on me. So I packed up what I can’t wear right now -looking in the closet seeing clothes but nothing to wear.  I’ve lost about 5 pounds but I’ve got a long ways to go.. Being sick I didn’t lose any weight even though I wasn’t eating much my body was just hanging onto the weight. Wow yesterday morning after I got up Criag wanted to take the boat out because wind was going to be blowing in.  We enjoyed a boat ride on Wednesday and he watered skied at 66 years old the first time since his birthday on august 10th the last of our 85 degree days the past few days.  The weather this Week is cool in the morning and warm by late afternoon. I did like I always do I watch for him to leave in the boat and I headed down to the marina. I got there and had to wait in line worried he would be there before me and then I back down and waited a half an hour I could see him floating out side of the Marina-I didn’t take my phone with me which I don’t always do and I could see him so I don’t know why he wasn’t coming in? I waited there and waited. I thought something must be wrong with the boat so I drove back to the cabin to get my phone -where he has been texting me Mayday Mayday I’m at the marina.  I called him to tell him I was on my way back down- what in the heck is he doing? I was mad at him for just sitting out there in the boat. He got mad at me because I didn’t have my phone with me. So that set us both off -we’re both mad at each other. It’s a stupid thing to be mad about. I tried to calm down and just not say anything came in the house did the dishes, tidy things up in the cabin and just feeling like the wind was taken out of my sails so to speak. He didn’t say a word to me the rest of the day either,  we both were pouting. I had it- I packed up my bags and I was going to drive down to Draper by 6 o’clock I just was tired and all I could do was cry in secret- I’m not going to get any comfort for my hubby that’s for sure. I drove down to get something to eat but everything seem to be closed so I skipped dinner and just got a drink at the Shell station and sat in the car and cried. I decided to wait and not drive down because it would be getting dark and I don’t like driving at night. So I came back and watched the crazy news for something to distract my mind and watched two movies -so I stayed up late. Craig just went to bed. I guess -he slept - he didn’t sleep well the night before. We are just cross threaded right now and I don’t know what to do -I know I am unhappy at the lake but making the changes are really hard at this point. I run out of steam yet I feel like I’m going to scream at times. I feel like I have been very supportive and I’m trying really hard to make things work. I was just so upset last night I don’t know what to do - I’ve  got to make some changes somehow. My drive down I just thought all the way- thinking about our situation and what are some solutions. I need to find my purpose right now in this season of my life.  Right now I don’t even want to go back to the lake I have such a sour taste in my mouth.  I’ve got to figure out what my purpose is right now? I’m emotionally beat.  I told Craig I wanted to come down by myself - I need some time out.  He really stresses me out.  All I can say is this has been a hard year in many ways.  He has his church calling tomorrow and that will keep him busy.  He’ll be watching sports all afternoon and tonight is the big Utah and BYU football game.  I really dislike the football season-  just the noise ways on my nerves. I can’t sit there for hours watching a game I’m bored out of mind- just to support Craig in what he likes to do.  I really dislike the football season and it is here!  All I can say is Lord give me strength to endure and figure out what I going to do with myself.  It's hard at our Draper home I’m disconnected from all our old friends and not sure what to do.  It all just feels so strange and I’m feeling so lost right now. One bright moment for me when I arrived at our draper home I looked out the window at our tiny back yard and there are wild sunflowers blooming this year.  Cheered me up-  I’ve had to take a nap and get some energy back from my sleepless night- 

Sabbath Day / Labor Day weekend

Sunday was a good day.  I taught the Adult gospel doctine class this week. I slowly studied all week long preparing my mind and heart to teach.  I was feeling nervous to teach.  It has been two months since I had attended church due to my illness.  I felt nausous and anxious at the same time.  I always feel nervous when it is my turn to teach.  I prayed Heavenly Father would strengthen me to fulfill my church calling.  It was fast and Testimony meeting.  I felt I had to bare my testimony as others shared theirs.  I had to express my gratitude for recovery from the past two months.  I wanted to Thank my Heavenly Father for the gift of life.  I feel so much gratitude in my heart. The lesson went well.  I felt the Holy Spirit in our lesson time.  It was a big crowd we filled the chapel.  I expressed my gratitude to the pioneer saints who build the foundation of the first Temple of the house of the Lord in this despention - the Kirtland Temple at great sacrifice.  They were poor and only 150 saints living in the area at the time. The Kirtland temple is a miracle to me- what they were able to accomplish.  It was necessary for the restoration of the keys that needed to be restored for the process of the gospel to be taught to all nations of the earth which we are witnessing now in our life time.   I shared that President Nelson announced 20 new temple to be built in 2020 with temples closed and the most temple announced in any General conference.  President Nelson has announced 69 temple in the three years as prophet of the church.  We are now at 251 temple thru out the world.  This was incomprehensible to our pioneer saints in 1833.   I shared from my blog this historical note I had recorded about the historical Rome, Italy temple dedicated in March 2019.  President Nelson said this temple dedication was a hinge point for the history of the church and that we will begin to see an accelerated pace in temple building.  I also liked how in reading the talk printed in the September issue that we as saints are witnessing what Nephi spoke of in the Book of Mormon-  we are part of the miracles happening in the last days before the second coming of our Savior. We have a front row seat witnessing these events as prophiesd 1000’s of years ago.  The Lord knew we would be valiant enough to succeed. I’m so honored to be apart of this great cause to prepare the world for the second coming and the on going of the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ on the earth today.  Sigh of relief after teaching.  I called my mother to see how she is doing at the rehab.  She is making progress but very slow.  After talking for an hour, I had only 30 minutes to rest and then we headed over to the Biesinger family reunion Sunday dinner they have ever Labor Day weekend each year.  Fun to visit with them all.  We thought we were going to have a quite weekend with no family this year.  But Ryan ended up coming up with Jaxon and his two friends for his birthday with Micheal and Landon too.  They arrive about 11 pm saturday evening.  It has been a nice weekend having them here with good weather.  They are Leaving later tonight.  I have to thank my Heavenly Father for a good day.  I woke up feeling like my old self again.  I feel this illness is finally lifting and I’m starting to feel better.  I feel Heavenly Father has blessed me for my service I give teaching at church.  Just a thought whispered to my heart.  I’m being strengthen for sharing my testimony and fulfilling my church calling when it was hard for me me.  I was still not feeling well yesterday but- I pushed myself to do what was needed and I feel I have been strengthen by his love.  Today has been a good day to be out an about and feel some renewed strength.  Craig went to play pickleball tonight in the Bear lake group.  I’m starting to run out of steam.  The Chaudhry’s are leaving tonight- I didn’t want to run out on them.  This has been a lovely Labor Day.  The nights are cooling off and a touch of fall is in the air. 

Love ❤️

September 1, 2021 posted on Facebook- I really like the insight about love in our lives - 

Sometimes love leaves scars. 

That's because love makes us vulnerable.... when we open our hearts to give, we expose our hearts to break. But while love is always risky, there is also nothing more beautiful and wonderful than love. 

Paintings are made for love, symphonies are composed for love, novels are written for love. 

As the earth revolves around the sun, so the essence of our lives revolves around love. 

And in the end... regardless of the possible pain... Love is ALWAYS worth it!

Love in human form knows better than anyone how much love can leave scars.... 

Yet His eternal example shows how much He sees that love as "worth it"! 

Although He was raised from the dead to a state of perfection, He chose to keep some scars of His mortal probation to remind Him forever why He lived, and what He was willing to die for.... 

LOVE.   While none of us will be asked to endure so much pain for love, I think we have all experienced our share of heartache.  In those times, let's remember that Christ showed us that love is worth the scars!  That doesn't mean we should allow ourselves to be hurt for the sake of love, but it does mean we should keep our hearts open to love no matter what.  Love is patient and full of goodness. 

Love knows no envy, no vain show, and no complacency.  It is not rude or selfish; it does not allow itself to be resented or reckon evil.  For the purpose of life is to be loved, and to give love. To love is to live.  Let us be grateful to the Lord for His unsurpassed eternal love.

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Brother Preem.

Thunder Show

I was woke up Early this morning by craziest thunder and lighting rolled over our place at the lake.  It rumbled the entire mountain valley like I’ve never seen and lighting that was purple one right after another- right on top of us.  It was so loud.  It was flashing in our window which woke me up to witness such a Spectactical.  Message I sent to the kids -The most amazing lighting and Thunder show I’ve ever seen rumbling over the mountains and over the lake, echoing the entire valley -with bright purple lightening strikes.  It was Crazy to witness !! 

Back At The Lake / Jaxon’s 18th Birthday

Craig road back with Michael and Landon from the Lake on Tuesday afternoon.  He was coming to get his wife and bring her back to the lake.  I’m still just feeling so fragile and not doing a whole lot.  I started my gospel study time - it is my turn to teach the adult gospel doctrine class this Sunday.  I’ve got to buckle down and prepare.  Craig took me for some lunch on Tuesday.   We watched the crazy news.  So much turbulence growing on in the world around us.  We do live in the last days.  President Nelson says we have a front row seat in witnessing the events Prophets have foretold centuries ago.  Pray for the guidance we need to go forward in our lives and not live in fear.   We drove back to the lake yesterday.  Craig had church meetings he needed to attend by evening.  Today I’m doing chores.  I was gone a week.  Today is our Jaxon's 18 birthday.