1. President William J. Williams
A. Challenge to keep the doctrine pure - Dallin H. Oaks
B. Teach the simple doctrine of the church
C. Some times it is okay to say, "Well I don't know that, but here's what I do know..."
2. President James G. Andrus
A. We are here to learn what to be, then we won't be salesmen, we'll be Saints
B. How do you judge a missionary's success - we judge not by any numbers but by the attributes of the Saviour that we see in their grandchildren
C. The Saviour will know us because we will be like him
D. The people we teach will pick up the attributes we project
E. If we stay tuned we will pick up the attributes of our Saviour
F. We change as we are called to serve and as we serve we gain the attributes of Christ
3. Sister Andrus
A. We live in an impatient world
B. We get frustrated or impatient when things are slow
C. "Be still and know that I am God"
D. Everywhere in nature demonstrates patience
E. "continue in patience until ye are perfected"
F. The opportunity for patience comes to each of us in different ways
G. Patience is not a gift, it must be cultivated
H. Bearing pain calmly
I. Patience is not indifference, it is caring very much, but being willing to submit to the Lord
J. Just because we are willing to move on doesn't mean those around us are ready
K. Christ is the perfect example of patience
L. Do not let discouragement overcome us, be patient with ourselves
M. Prayer + Patience --> The Lord with his patience for us, will help us gain patience
***6/5/04 PERSONAL STUDY JOURNAL NOTES: Studying/Teaching by the scriptures
--The scriptures are useless unless we apply them to our own lives
A. Know and describe the background
B. Use relevant scriptures
C. Let them read the scriptures
D. Make it easy to find - know the page numbers
E. Don't pick scriptures that are condemning
F. Break it down
G. Use questions to gauge understanding and encourage thought, questions and application
***June 5, 2004 JOURNAL
This morning started out kind of slowly. It was alright for most of the day, I was not all here. Although not depressing my thoughts kept on returning to home. I really wish there were more hours in the day. I'd like to be able to study more and to write to more people at home. I'm hopeful tomorrow isn't going to be hard like last Sunday. But at least I know I will be able to go to the temple on Monday.
Every time I learn about the sacrament i gain a deeper appreciation for it. We talked on it some yesterday. It helped me to re-realize that we re-new covenants. All covenants made. Every week the Lord gives us a chance to try again. So great!
We got to teach the first discussion to Elder Foster and Elder Ale tonight. Elder Ale is from Maui. The spirit was strong during that time. It's really great. Elder Ale has such a strong testimony of the gospel. He's only been active again for a year or so, and he says he doesn't know much about the gospel. But when he bears testimony there is no doubt in my mind that he know i'ts true.
GOOD: learned the fourth discussion, had some time to think to myself
COMPANION: working on being able to see the good in people, working on trying to say more sincere prayers
GOALS: simple summary - 4th discussion, pay attention during sacrament meeting, have a good day, not to feel too homesick, smile
3 January 2013
Uhgg. It's the pits when one spends the whole day cleaning and loses something important... Or when one spends lots of time folding clothes and the baby decides to re-organize said clothes.
It's been a long, slow process (because I move slowly these days) (two days ... o.O) to rehab the upstairs of the house after week of fun. Week of fun was totally worth it! Also downstairs was forced to stay clean because we had family over for the new year. Upstairs wasn't too bad, I'm just slow at folding clothes. But all the clothes are folded now, and there's just pwopwo's room left to be cleaned and to put her clothes away. I dread putting the kids clothes away most weeks, because without fail one of them will decide that all their clothes needs to be pulled out of the drawers and spread out on the floors. And only one of them knows how to, albeit reluctantly, put clothes away.
In November I started working on a home management binder and a planner binder. I will talk more about these later. I want to get my personal system straight first. They have both been very useful, as I can't find an app on my kindle fire that can do everything, the way I want it. Also there's something about writing things down on paper and being able to cross it off that appeals to me. It's my planner binder that I've managed to misplace in all my cleaning. I'm sure it will beanbag (for future reference) frog itself tomorrow.
I want to remember today that I feel blessed and loved by a loving Heavenly Father, by my wonderful, amazing husband, by the crazy babies and Dwight the Dog. Thank you Finale of Les Miserables: "To love another person is to see the face of God!"
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