***6/2/2004 MEETING NOTES: The Atonement of Jesus Christ - Bro. Dollar
1. 2Nephi4:15 - The atonement: So sacred and special, it is spiritual learning
2. Why should we focus on the atonement? Elder Holland:
A. The atonement was/is a voluntary sacrifice for all pain, sickness, affliction, and sin because Christ loves us.
B. The atonement is the compassionate foundation
C. Every truth a missionary teaches is an appendage to the central message that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Holy Messiah, the promised one, the Saviour and the Redeemer
1) The point of the restoration is so we can have access to the atonement again
2) Sacrifice, for us, is necessary to understand Christ's sacrifice
3. What does it mean to have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ?
A. To believe the He is
B. To live by His teachings
C. Understanding that it is only possible through Christ's grace
D. The first act of faith is not waiting for Him, but asking Him
4. The importance of the atonement:
A. It is the repeating message of the Book of Mormon: Have faith, repent, be baptized, the Holy Ghost
B. It is the ever present power to call upon in everyday life. Whenever we are racked or harrowed up or tormented by guilt or burden, He can heal us. Pres. Packer.
***June 2, 2004 JOURNAL: One Week In
So it's been a week. It's true that the days seem like weeks and the weeks seem like days.
Got to teach the 1st discussion today. Such an awesome experience. The spirit was so strong. We started by singing a song. <GOOD IDEA: SIS. WAGSTAFF> That was good for us. We were a little discouraged after trying to teach Bro. Robinson.
Feeling kind of down today. I don't know why. Homesick again, I guess.
GOOD: Sang songs, taught 1st discussion
COMPANION: got stitches twice, dad flies an airplane
GOALS: Smile, have a good day
28 November 2012
The babies woke up and decided they wanted to wear jackets today. 60 degree weather in Hawaii = jackets for babies.
We are still waiting patiently for our pictures to come in from Olan Mills. I am still convinced that our pictures were involved in the unfortunate 140 car crash that happened in Texas over the Thanksgiving holiday. It is still early. The projected arrival date for our pictures is 10 Dec 2012. But the lady at the picture place got my hopes up and excited because she mentioned they've been experiencing quicker turn around times, like under a week. Uh. Patience.
Cleaning up the house this week. Thankfully, Nake'u was home all of the Thanksgiving Holiday. That really helped to keep the house clean. Now I'm focused on upstairs. ... uh. No one likes cleaning upstairs. Probably because it's more utility than anything else. We are the only ones that come upstairs. So if it's a little more lived-in than downstairs, no one really knows. But, I still have this obsession with an entirely clean home. Most likely a result of too much tv. Because you could never predict when a random television (or feevee if you are Pwopwo) crew will show up at your home, welcome themselves in and tell you, your house is a mess or that you are a hoarder.
It is not even December yet and we may well be the last ones to put up our outdoor Christmas decorations. We got our tree on Black Friday, as usual and used the first Family Home Evening night there after to decorate our tree. But of the seven visible homes in our cul-de-sac, we are one of two that haven't put up our outdoor decorations yet! It's not even DECEMBER! We'll catch up. Probably in December, when outdoor decorations should be put up.
Lloyd already asks me if it's Christmas every morning when he wakes up. I have decided against doing an Advent count-down for the babies. It was a ton of work last year and we didn't make it out of the first week. This year we'll plan daily activities. One thing I want to do and have been working on is making coloring pages of Christmas songs, so we can learn and sing together. That will be fun.
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