Grateful for a Living Prophet

I'm grateful for a living prophet that is such an example of faith, hope, optimism, energy, and charity in spite of his 94 years.  He is a representative of the Lord, Jesus Christ.  

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Grateful for Plumbing

I'm grateful for indoor plumbing . . . and for my new bathroom fixtures.  DH and DS spent several hours over the weekend working to replace the sink and toilet in our master half bath.  It's not quite finished, so I won't post a photo, but it is nice to go to sleep without the sound of the dripping tap and to see the shinny new fixtures!

Grateful for Primary Songs

Currently at church I have the blessing of team teaching an Old Testament class in Primary, our church's organization for children, with my DD1.  After our lesson each week, our class of 9 and 10 year olds gathers with the other children's classes for a 20 minute singing time.  Learning the truth's of the Lord's gospel through song is one of my favorite things, and I also love listening to children's voices sing these simple truths. Today we sang several different songs reminding us to be grateful for all of the wonderful things our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have blessed us with. Here is a link to some of our favorite Primary Songs:  LDS Primary Songs on You Tube

Heavenly Father Loves Me

Thanks to our Father

Gratitude for The House of The Lord

Last night on Facebook I came across these photos of the soon to be dedicated temple for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Barranquilla, Colombia.  I lived in the city of Barranquilla for about six months many years ago when I was serving as a missionary for the Church, and I fell in love with this beautiful city and many of the people who lived there.  I'm so very happy and excited to have this temple so near to being completed for the people of this wonderful area.  The temple is scheduled to be dedicated on Sunday, December 9, 2018.

"Holiness to the Lord"

"The House of the Lord"

I love this painting of the Savior located just inside the entrance to the temple.  

It just seems perfect for the area.

One beautiful piece of stained glass art.

 A sealing room inside of the temple where couples can be married and families can be sealed together forever through the power of God's priesthood.

The Celestial Room.  

A beautiful, calm and peaceful place where individuals can spend a few minutes  to meditate, pray and feel the love of the Lord after their temple worship.  

The Celestial Room is one of my favorite places on earth!

Such a beautiful and wonderful new building for a beautiful city!!

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To find out more about temples, check out this website:

Why do we build temples?

Gratitude for a Loving Father in Heaven

I'm grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who knows me and loves me.

Gratitude for Neighbors

Today I am grateful for wonderful friends and neighbors, and for this thoughtful quote and meme that I borrowed from Fred Rogers and The Family--A Proclamation to the World Facebook Page:

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Have a wonderful day!

Ten Things of Thankful: Summer's Tender Mercies

It has been several months since I have posted anything here on the blog, but I just ran across Kristi's "Ten Things of Thankful" post from this past Friday and decided that I'm long past due for recognizing some of the Lord's most recent Tender Mercies in my life.  It has been a rather crazy summer, but a very blessed one too.  Here are my ten most recent Tender Mercies:

 1.   Re-dedication and opening of local LDS Temple and at least monthly visits to the Temple
 2.  Wonderful trip to visit with kids in California and siblings in Washington State in June
 3.  First time visit to the Seattle Washington LDS Temple
 4.  New calling/responsibility to teach the 9 and 10 year old children in Sunday Primary at church
 5.  Visit from all of the 6 kids and 2 grand kids in July
 6.  DH successful pacemaker surgery in July
 7.  DH successful angioplasty with placement of 4 stents two weeks later
 8.  New job promotion and raise for me
 9.  Fresh beans and peas and squash from the garden

10. 35th wedding anniversary celebration with DH this past weekend!

I'm sure that there are many many more blessings showered down upon me each day, but these are my top ten for the summer so far.   What Tender Mercies have you seen this summer?

And here are a few of the beauties of the earth that I have enjoyed this summer so far:

Have a Happy Week!