Sisters In Zion

This was the title of Elder Joseph B. Wirthlins last general conference talk he gave. With the news of his passing today I was pondering this talk. It was one of the most memorable talks to me during the October 2008 General Conference.  Elder Wirthlin said “Yet in spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser, and happier as a result.” This is so true! Those stressful moments when my husband and I keep our spirits up we seem to come up with a solution to our problems much quicker. Even if we don’t find a solution at least we are not in a stressful situation and miserable. Learning to laugh during times when things do not go my way is difficult for me but something that I striving to do more.

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On saturday JJ and I went to the temple for the first time in three months. While walking to the temple doors we joked about how we were more spiritual before we had children.

We went to the temple twice a month. Now with babysitters cancelling and busy lives we don’t take the time to go as often as we should.

Read at least one chapter from the scriptures then had long discussions about what we read. Now we read 10 versus over little voices and squirming bodies on our laps.

We actually paid attention to all of sacrament meeting. Now it seems that most of our effort is focused on keeping the children happy. 

After our Temple service we picked the kids up from the babysitters and went to Costco. While at costco there was a section of Greg Olsen paintings of the Saviour which caused  a lot of excitement  among my daughter as they continually pointed at the pictures chanting “Jesus! Jesus!”. This experience of course changed my outlook of being more spiritual before children. The greatest opportunity I have now is to teach my children the gospel.

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My husband and I have recently began using the Church’s Online Nursery Manual to prepare our Family Home Evening Lessons. The Manual which is entitled Behold Your Little Ones has 30 wonderful lessons that make it easy to teach the gospel to very young children. You can find many fun and simple activities and stories to help you teach along with tips on teaching the children.  It is so exciting for us to see our toddlers have an increased love for our Saviour and Heavenly Father and know that reading scriptures and praying are important.

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This is a special temple for me. As a youth I would often pray that British Columbia would have a temple built and wonder if maybe I would get married in the future Vancouver Temple. However a year and a half after I got married (in the Salt Lake Temple) President Hinkley announced that a Temple would be built in Vancouver (actually it is Langley but temples usually go by the name of the main city in the area).

The temple construction recently passed the 50% completed mark. It is so exciting to see the progress. I sure do hope to be able to attend the Temple Dedication! Crossing the border to attend the Seattle Temple is difficult for many people so I am so excited that the people of British Columbia will be able to go to the temple without crossing the border.

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The Mormon Times has listed these Bejing olympians as members of the LDS church.

Competing For Team USA:

Josh McAdams of Orem, Utah will run in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Lindsey Anderson of Morgan, Utah will compete in the Olympics’ first-ever women’s steeplechase.

Jill Camarena of Tucson, Arizona will  compete in shot put.

The following women are members of the US softball team: Tairia Flowers of California, Laura Berg of Santa Fe Springs, California and Alicia Hollowell of Arizona.

Ryan Millar and Rich Lambourne, both of Southern California will both be competing in Indoor Volleyball. 

Jake Gibb of Bountiful, Utah will be competing in Beach Volleyball.

Melanie Roach of Bonney Lake, Wash., will compete in the 53-kilogram weight class for weighlifting.

Lacey Nymeyer of Tucson, Arizona will compete in the 100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay swimming competition.

Natasha Kai of Kahuku, Hawaii will compete on the women’s soccer team, she is currently the No. 3 goal-scorer on the U.S. team.

Competing For Team New Zealand

Noni Wharemate, Charmian Purcell and Natalie Purcell will all compete with the women’s basketball team.

Hayley Palmer will compete on the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay team in swimming.

Competing For Team Sweden

Niklas Arrhenius will compete in the discus event.

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