David Journal

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  • Goodbye Ellis

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    In the middle of work today Mariah called but I couldn’t take her call. When I texted to ask what she needed she said she would tell me when I got home. I immediately began to worry about the guinea pigs. Ellis has been in pain for a couple of weeks and had been losing…

  • Blessed day

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    Today was truly blessed. Last night I arranged for us to stay in a private condo (not shared) during the gap between houses. That was a blessing but today it was further perfected as the dates were changed to match our need perfectly. I no longer need to try deleting recording by signing late on…

  • Lachoneus the prophet

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    I have a feeling that due to so few words being with if him we understate how powerful a prophet Lachoneus was. Perhaps like President Nelson who seems fairly understated (at least this early in his tenure) and yet today I saw his picture and the spirit testified to my soul that he is the…

  • Finding our house

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    I have been remiss in sharing the happenings if the last week. After we got our house under contract we started getting more serious about finding a house to buy. We even decided we should expand our search to include Lehi even though we wanted to be (and felt that we should be) in American…

  • The Samaritan

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    The Samaritan not only served but also arranged to give what was necessary to provide whatever was still required for the man to be healed. We serve where there is need, not when we have time. “Ministering is about acting on impressions.” – Craig Parry (the point being that we don’t just hold general well-wishes)

  • Personal Revelation

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    Speaking about how prophets – and the rest of us – receive revelation. Two ideas strike me as significant. First, the gift of the Holy Ghost is a constantly broadcasting radio signal or tuning fork which we can attune ourselves to in order to hear it. Second, the Lord speaks to our mind through thoughts,…

  • Real estate rollercoaster

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    I didn’t have time last night to record that our contract for the house fell through just before the close of business. We immediately turned to accept the offer from the Young’s (the second family) and were verbally told that they were still interested. Then they wanted to come see the house again today and…

  • Multiple offers

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    I woke up this morning and checked all our debts and discovered that we have $18000 less debt than I had calculated. Then over the course of the morning we got to official offers either of which was enough to retire our debts and get into a house. We are truly blessed. We have to…

  • The windows of heaven

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    I said yesterday that we showed the house three times and expected at least one offer from that. We showed it three more times today. One was a daughter whose parents came yesterday and they indicated that she was likely to make an offer near our asking price based on what she had heard already…

  • Doing our part

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    Helaman was confident that they would not suffer more for the fulfilling the oath that they people of Ammon had made. In order to make that happen he accepted the invitation to lead their sons in keeping another oath. How often does the Lord require something hard at our hands as a means of securing…