Tag: church
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Winning today
We expected today to be hard because Laura was unable to get refills on a couple of key medications before today so she is only partially medicated. We thought she would spend the day consumed by the sensations of her bipolar. Hoping for some extra help same decided to go to church today (first time…
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Promising developments
This morning I saw emails from both stake and ward leaders sharing the plans for us to begin attending sacrament meeting again – the first one being in two weeks. I’m excited for the opportunity to have the kids start practicing dressing for church and behaving in church for short meetings (40 minutes) and only…
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Conducting meetings according to the spirit
I love that we have a clear record of how crucial ordinances were conducted (baptisms, ordinations, sacrament prayers) but I like the experience of the last couple of months where we have conducted sacrament in our homes and I have had the opportunity to conduct the meetings in the best way I can to bring…
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Grandpa dropped by
In church Suzie Driggs, the new primary president, arranged for Enoch and Noah to go to their regular classes while I dealt with a non-compliant Ezra. She also suggested the goal to have those older two back in their regular classes by the end of the year and then I could go as an extra…
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Crossing the Desert
Last night the boys had a rough night and consequently I was not at all rested this morning. As we were getting ready for church we discovered that Ezra’s mouth was bleeding. It looked like his lip had become caught between his budding front teeth. I’m not sure if that was really what happened but…
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A Couple of Feinauers
We had a nice day today. I am still spiritually depleted but I know I will eventually be replenished. Scott Bleak spoke about Elder Holland’s Laborers in the Vineyard talk in sacrament meeting. I wish I had been able to hear more of it rather than chasing the boys because it really gets to the…
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Increasing My “T”
The task today was to increase my testosterone levels (the post shortened it to T after the first mention or two) and it was interesting to learn how that could be done. Eating animal protein and good fats were two ways as well as vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower. Resistance training like lifting weights also…
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25 October 2009
Happy day – my presidency received their calls today and they all accepted – Alex Monson’s face positively lit up when the call was extended. He couldn’t say yes fast enough. Laura happened to have a chance to talk to Lisa Monson (Alex’s mom) later in the evening and so we know a few more…
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15 October 2009
I had a good talk with Bishop today where I gave him a list of eight names I was considering. During our talk he nixed one name (because that particular brother is especially engaged in his current calling – this was not unexpected for me). Also as we talked I felt confident about the best…
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11 October 2009
The deer saga is over – Laura got up this morning and found that our gate had been opened and our “pet” had left. Now onto the real news of the day. I mentioned yesterday that I (we) had an stake interview today at 8:30 A.M. – they first separated us, letting President Eggett chat…