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Pondering Hearts: The Temple as a Lighthouse in Troubled Times
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For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them. ( 2 Nephi 4:15. Sunday, October 04, 2009. The Temple as a Lighthouse in Troubled Times. In April general conference, Elder Gary E. Stevenson told a story about the temple:. Realizing his grandsons were in a place they had not been before, my father stopped the truck. “Do you think we are lost? The point of reference I want to speak about today is the temple - the House of the Lord. In this life, the temple is our lighthouse and our pl...
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Joey's Mission: 2 August 2009
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Joey's Service in the Japan Hiroshima Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sunday, August 2, 2009. The rain is finally starting to let up. Now, the intense heat comes. But thats okay. I prefer dry heat ANY DAY over pouring, wet heat. So, Im happy. :-). So this will be fun. Hopefully, I will have good news to report next week. Well, Im glad everyone is doing well and vacationing hard. Waydago! I am healthy and happy and thankful for your love and support. Talk to you later!
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Joey's Mission: 28 September 2009
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Joey's Service in the Japan Hiroshima Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Monday, September 28, 2009. I hope WIllie is doing better. I assume he is. Tell him Im rooting for him! That would be really great if you could check up at EGHS for a tutoring opportunity for me. Kiuchi sensei was my teacher. I havent gotten in touch with her for so long, but I hope it would be alright once I get back. Ill pretty much work as hard as I can minus Sunday. I really do appreciate it!
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Joey's Mission: November 2008
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Joey's Service in the Japan Hiroshima Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Monday, November 24, 2008. Hello Another rainy day in Hatsukaichi! It just decided to turn waaaay cold here all of a sudden. So, its been a little hard, but we will pull through it! Not a whole lot to report this week.the last letter I have here is from the 14th. The last days truly are here! I wonder how things will be different when I get back there.hmmm.no time to think! Tuesday, November 18, 2008. Well, ...
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Hogge: July 2011
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Saturday, July 16, 2011. Great-Grandpa Joe's Old Barber Chairs. Lunch at the Senior Center. I made my John Day Senior Center Thursday Luncheon debut today (Thursday, July 14). We are visiting Kim’s grandmother in John Day, Oregon, population 2,075, and Grandma West wanted us to come with her to the luncheon. Lunch came family style. We passed around the fruit, buns, hot dogs, chili, cheese, and onions, followed by birthday cake supplied by the local mortuary. Milk, coffee, or buttermilk was also ...Once ...
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Pondering Hearts: March 2010
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For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them. ( 2 Nephi 4:15. Tuesday, March 23, 2010. The Blessings of the Fall and the Atonement. Before we came to this life, we lived with our Heavenly Father and wanted to be like him. Knowing that simple truth makes all the difference. He prepared a plan for us to be exalted. It involved coming to this earth to gain a body, be tested, and obtain sacred ordinances. Brigham Young said: "When I look upon the faces of intelligent beings I look up...
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Hogge: December 2012
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Christmas Letter to Jack. Elk Grove, CA. Dear Jack of Noble Birth:. I know I call you Cap’n Jack, but I don’t want you to forget that you are really Jack Richard Niu of Noble Birth. You were born. We lived in California, so Grandma Hogge drove to Utah to be there for your birth and to help your Mom take care of you for a few days. There is, however, another name that I would also have you known by. There’s a story about that name:. When King Benjamin ended his talk, his peop...
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Pondering Hearts: June 2010
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For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them. ( 2 Nephi 4:15. Monday, June 28, 2010. Sunday and Parley P. Pratt. Sundays can be busy. Today is Sunday, and I have a 12-hour schedule of meetings, interviews, confirmations, and ordinations ahead of me, starting in one stake center and ending in another on the other side of town, on a 100-degree-plus day. Sundays can be busy, and for that I am blessed. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sunday and Parley P. Pratt.
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Pondering Hearts: Eternal Perspective
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For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them. ( 2 Nephi 4:15. Monday, July 20, 2009. My topic today is eternal perspective and the role of the temple in developing eternal perspective. Elder LeGrand Richards said:. 8220;Patriarchal Blessings,” New Era, Feb. 1977, p. 7). One of the Parables of Jesus urges us to obtain and act on an eternal perspective, rather than a temporal perspective. In Luke, chapter 12, the Lord states:. Knowing Who We Are. When we meet new people or when we ...
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Pondering Hearts: January 2010
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For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them. ( 2 Nephi 4:15. Friday, January 01, 2010. You have come so recently from our Father’s home. We are happy to receive you here, very excited, but you are peacefully complacent. As you have aged in the two months that you have been with us, your spirit has gradually awakened from the natural sedative of birth, giving us a glimpse of the personality and character you developed in an eternity of life before you came here. Your blessing was...