Toy Store for the Ladies

 Thursday was the ultimate in playing for four of us ladies. Sister Kacher drove (not pictured as she had to go move her car) and we all went to Bernice's fabulous sewing shop. Sister Kacher had quite a few orders and wanted to get advice from Bernice on several different projects like a king size quilt she is making and a few other things. I was checking up on my Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls and also to see if she could make the four OGC ladies a sling bag for our trip to Kenya in a week or so. 

Jerie and Lisa could not resist buying something. It's like that when I get there. There is always something cool that catches my eye.

Bernice F. Ankrah - gifted seamstress and artist

Juliet has her fridge!!!!

 Juliet makes lunches on Tuesday for the Senior missionaries. All of those missionaries participated in an endeavor to get Juliet what she needed to be sustainable after I leave to go to California. She is very grateful and so am I

Giving lunches to Sister Porter

Sister and Elder Youngberg have a standing order every week

Emmy was the one who spearheaded the refrigerator campaign. Lots of love all the way around. 

Quiet and Still

 I find myself on a quiet Sunday afternoon, with all the hubbub and effort gone. I am reminded again of Jeffrey's analogy about the burnt offerings. All the effort and care to present something and - poof - gone in a flash. Kind of like the cookies and banana bread I made for the Primary and Young Single Adults this morning. I am hoping that this was an acceptable offering to the Lord.

Men of Wednesday Night

 

Back row: _____ Bobi, Samuel, Lynn, Jeffrey, Walker, Prince
Front row: Lorenzo, Walter, _____

We had a really nice evening where Jeffrey talked about holiness and what it meant. He told us about the chapters coming up in the Come Follow Me manual in Exodus and Leviticus would be talking about holiness and how God was trying to get the children of Israel to a strive for a higher purpose and then he likened that to what President Nelson is asking each of us to to in his conference addresses.

Jeffrey read about the meaning of holiness in regards to places and events and said if you added people to that description, then holiness would mean set apart for a sacred purpose. He then went through quite a few scriptures in the New Testament, Old, and Doctrine and Covenants that all had holiness associated with them. He was able to point out how President Nelson's talks since he became president are all geared to leading us as a people to live in holiness or live our lives with a sacred purpose rather than just checking off a list of good things to do.

Until we meet again -- July?

Esther and James came over to enjoy lunch and chat about life

They are on their way to Utah for three months with their little boy CJ - who was with his grandmother today

Hopefully we will see them when we visit Utah in July

 

More Chairs in Church today!

 

Are we near the end of Covid?! Today I walked into church and noted that there were double the amount of chairs than have previously been. I love the signs of the times! Fewer places to wear masks, more people invited to outings, more chairs in church. Yeah!!

Class in Sunday School

 I love this class! Today we had some very interesting questions on who goes where after life in this world is over. One man said how much his grandfather loved his idols and enjoyed worshiping them. Jeffrey had some great answers about the system organized by Jesus Christ to let everyone know of His eternal plan and the steps necessary for salvation and eternal life that has been implemented in the Spirit World. We had a very interesting and great discussion today. Most of it was centered on the fact that the laws of this land and the United States were not applicable to the laws in the Celestial world. Only the authorized laws from God will be applicable there.