David Journal

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  • Scary reaction

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    Out of the blue tonight I suddenly had an allergic reaction to something. I hadn’t eaten anything in hours so it doesn’t seem like it was related to food but my throat started swelling and I knew I would be unable to breath if it continued. I quickly took an antihistamine and then monitored how…

  • Congress Dream

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    I woke up this morning from a very fun dream of hovering around the halls of Congress. It felt like flying at times but the tech I was wearing was distinctly hovering and my last landing (nearly crashing very close to where Nancy Pelosi was standing) convinced me that this experimental tech should be regulated…

  • A New Building

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    Sister Ellie Vargason reminded us that President Nelson said the name of the church is non-negotiable. Jesus Christ said “for thus shall my church be called…” This makes me think that this principle illustrates how was mortals we can so easily stray. Christ was completely clear from the days of Joseph Smith what the name…

  • Savannah to Brazil

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    Today Savannah got word of when she would finally fly to Brazil. She will be flying out on November 11th. She wanted to be there before Christmas and she got her wish.

  • Hymn Doctrine

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    I was struck in a new way by the hymn Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (177). The hymn is hardly new to me but it has never before really touched me. I felt the love of the author for his Savior come through the words. Elder Dunn’s concept of “micro-betterments” (improving something by…

  • Malleable in the Lord’s Hands

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    I was struck by a phrase in the closing prayer of sacrament meeting “May we be malleable in the Lord’s hands.” There was apparently an invitation in the Saturday evening session of conference to do a daily meditation/study—I need to review and figure out what that invitation was exactly.

  • Another police interaction

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    We’ve had a few interactions with police over the year—like when Ezra left church and was walking along a major road or when Isaac got lost on his bike in Orem near midnight. This time the police showed up at the house because Isaac called them after he rode away from the house to complain…

  • Sleeping?

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    This afternoon Laura was talking happily about how easily she had been able to fall asleep these last few days because she wasn’t taking an evening nap. After going to bed she came back upstairs and asked for a blessing because she’s has a hard time falling asleep the last couple of days. (irony much?)

  • Adversity is required

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    On a trip by bus from the east coast to Utah Connor Nebeker read the Book of Mormon in 9 days. (“you have a lot of time on a long trip by bus”)—I immediately knew what that experience had been like for him as he had such a concentrated dose of the truth in that…

  • Sunday School Presidency training

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    Teacher counsel for parents? That would be fascinating for parents to talk about teaching in the the home and share ideas of challenges they gave and approaches that have succeeded for them. Perhaps teacher council for parents broken up based on their stage of life (pre children, young children, youth, children out of the home;…