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  • A good stake conference

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    I think this might be the first stake conference since Emma was born that didn’t feel like some party of it was a battle. Laura and I went to both the adult session and the general session. None of the kids came to any of it but we also didn’t try to convince them to…

  • It is not good for man to be alone

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    It struck me in the temple this morning that “it is not good for man to be alone” isn’t exclusively about the value of marriage—that men need women to help balance them and provide an alternate viewpoint. I believe it also applies to the fact that humans are social beings by nature—we are to be…

  • Give new experiences

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    Stake Conference – leadership session Sacred times come AFTER lots of preparation and effort. I need to do the work to find a place where I can get away. Maybe I’ll take one or two people each month from April to August down to the area around Fairview until I can settle on a place.…

  • New Stake Presidency

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    New stake presidency D Reece DeMille 5th Ward Brian Bowers 5th Ward Matthew Brady 12th Ward (Only President Bowers is new. President DeMille was 1st Counselor and President Brady was already 2nd Counselor.) Sister Bowers: “I’m a simple person, I don’t sing, I don’t dance, I don’t play the piano but I love the Lord…

  • Notes from Stake Conference

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    President Livingston Quoting from The Most American Religion (article in The Atlantic by McKay Coppins) President Nelson believed that when he is judged by God he won’t be judged on his medical and scientific accomplishments or even on the growth of the church under his watch. He expects to be judged based on his faith…

  • Stake Conference notes

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    President Smith: Sometimes we feel like we are forgotten or overlooked but we are not. Heavenly Father and our Savior at watching over us. Howard W. Hunter said “Anything the Savior lays His hands upon lives. … If He is allowed to lay His hands upon a marriage {or} a family it lives.” Sister I…

  • New guinea pig

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    Mariah has been doing everything she can for a while to earn a new guinea pig. I have concluded that I’m probably ready to have a new one in the house and Mariah has done research and compiled a book on caring for guinea pigs. Today we finished constructing a larger cage since her research…

  • Reorganizing

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    Today in stake conference our stake was split and we, along with 7 of the 12 wards, were formed into a new stake, the Pleasant Grove Manila Creek Stake. We managed to get the same Stake President though. The 1st, 6th, 9th, 10th and 11th wards remained in the Manila stake while the 2nd, 3rd,…

  • Stake Conference Leadership

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    Apparently in our last stake conference Elder Bednar taught that “the most important priesthood responsibility we have is to be a ministering brother/sister.” Elder S. Gifford Nielson Whenever we get a new call we should do 4 things: Go to heaven to learn about our call Go to the scriptures to learn about our call…

  • Poor in spirit

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    I am finally understanding a purpose for why we have gone through the extreme stresses that we have. The Lord needed me to comprehend what poverty really is. Poverty isn’t about financial limitations although there are usually financial components to poverty and mitigations that can be had with financial means. The truth is that I…