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46. Special Sunday, quotes, and tomorrow the Prophet Joseph's birthday!

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Toda y was a lovely Sunday, with our Choir doing our Christmas Cantata.  Then we had a family dinner, with our daughter Anita,and her 3 sons -- one, Sam, a returned missionary on October 29th, 2013.  The 2nd son Ben of the 4 boy family is now on a mission in Taichung, Taiwan, where they are 13 hours ahead of us.  We still are not sure when he can call home for Christmas --  He loves his mission, and has had a couple or so of baptisms. We also have a granddaughter, Skye, who just left last Wednesday, Dec, 18, on a 12 week mission, after which she will receive a formal mission call to somewhere else for the remaining 15 months. I'm including some quotes below about Christmas, by Pres. Monson, and Pres. Hinckley.  After spending a very inspirational Sunday, and it being just 3 days until Christmas, I have felt such a desire in my heart to try and improve my life, study the scriptures more, be kinder, etc. and think more about Jesus Christ, His life, and teachings.  The Gospel m