Scott will be home from priesthood meeting soon and I haven't even started to blog -
The Uturaldies don't have internet so they came down and had lunch with us and watched conference. It didn't start here until noon. What a great idea to lower the age of missionaries.We all know that the girls are much more mature at 19 than the boys so that is great for them. It seemed to me that much of the theme of conference was on how important it is to have a strong home because the world no longer supports a value system of any kind. It is so evident here where the gospel is fairly new how important teaching kids in your home is. I am so grateful for having been a member of the church all of my life. Even though I did not make good choices at times, I still knew what I had been taught was true. These kids don't even know there is a good choice because they are surrounded by immorality at every turn and think it is just the way people live, which it is. L.Tom Perry said strong family culture provides a layer of protection for our children, I know also that should be our first priority. I am so grateful for the time I have been blessed to spend with my family. Today's meetings were filled with advice on how to live our lives, to help our families, and serve others. I loved it! I am so grateful my grandchildren are being raised in the gospel - it will be a great help to them as they meet the trials and temptations that face them as they grow. While some think the gospel deprives them of freedom, I know that the gospel actually frees you so you are not bound by habits that bring only unhappiness.
We have had so many electrical storms here this past two weeks. It seems to be so close because it is very noisy- then someone mentioned that it is so loud in our apartments because we have nothing to absorb some of the noise. No carpet, few curtains, etc. In fact I don't remember when I saw carpet last. Anyway, it is raining again. They should not have to worry about drought this year!!
We are so grateful to our kids who have been working on our yard this weekend. It's a little scary to see pictures of your daughters driving the big backhoe though. How we love them!
Doesn't it seem like conference is the peace in the middle of a big storm! It certainly is for me.
The Uturaldies don't have internet so they came down and had lunch with us and watched conference. It didn't start here until noon. What a great idea to lower the age of missionaries.We all know that the girls are much more mature at 19 than the boys so that is great for them. It seemed to me that much of the theme of conference was on how important it is to have a strong home because the world no longer supports a value system of any kind. It is so evident here where the gospel is fairly new how important teaching kids in your home is. I am so grateful for having been a member of the church all of my life. Even though I did not make good choices at times, I still knew what I had been taught was true. These kids don't even know there is a good choice because they are surrounded by immorality at every turn and think it is just the way people live, which it is. L.Tom Perry said strong family culture provides a layer of protection for our children, I know also that should be our first priority. I am so grateful for the time I have been blessed to spend with my family. Today's meetings were filled with advice on how to live our lives, to help our families, and serve others. I loved it! I am so grateful my grandchildren are being raised in the gospel - it will be a great help to them as they meet the trials and temptations that face them as they grow. While some think the gospel deprives them of freedom, I know that the gospel actually frees you so you are not bound by habits that bring only unhappiness.
We have had so many electrical storms here this past two weeks. It seems to be so close because it is very noisy- then someone mentioned that it is so loud in our apartments because we have nothing to absorb some of the noise. No carpet, few curtains, etc. In fact I don't remember when I saw carpet last. Anyway, it is raining again. They should not have to worry about drought this year!!
We are so grateful to our kids who have been working on our yard this weekend. It's a little scary to see pictures of your daughters driving the big backhoe though. How we love them!
Doesn't it seem like conference is the peace in the middle of a big storm! It certainly is for me.
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