Thoughts and stories, by Pal

  President Kimball once had a powerful dream about his deceased father. Here’s how it shaped his testimony by Dennis B. Horne, Contributor  | Jul. 14, 2021 Editor’s note: The following excerpt comes from a book about special witnesses of Jesus Christ. You can  read this chapter in its entirety  at  truthwillprevail.xyz  as well as other chapters as they are posted. This excerpt is republished here with permission. In a quarterly meeting of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles held in 1957, while speaking to his beloved apostolic associates, Elder Spencer W. Kimball “recounted to them a dream of a visit from [his] deceased father.” 1   The dream came while he dealt with deeply concerning health problems, while he pondered his life and possible death. “I tried to piece together my bits of knowledge to anticipate what the life beyond the grave was like,” he said. “There came back to me vividly a hallowed experience when about a year ago my own father, Andre...

This is a lovely story about a dream, which has a deep spiritual meaning, from LDS Living. A Hawaiian Man Shares His Dream of Heaven That Might Change the Way You Pray by Cameron C. Taylor, excerpted from "The Way of Aloha: Lanai"  | Jun. 10, 2017 Makes You Think Mormon Life Comments The following is an excerpt from the book  The Way of Aloha: Lanai  by Cameron C. Taylor. Manu is a Hawaiian Kahuna teaching two missionaries, Elder Taylor and Elder Balane, who are serving on the Hawaii island of Lanai. Keahiakawelo, also known as Garden of the Gods, is a rock garden located in the mountains of Lanai. Manu gestured to the scene before us. “Welcome to Keahiakawelo, the Garden of the Gods,” he said. This landscape was different from anything I’d ever seen. It was as if we’d traveled to a different planet. The garden’s beauty went beyond merely its external appeal. The Garden of the Gods had a distinctive spirit of peace...

First I will tell briefly the story of Wayne's ancestor, Phillip Kirk.  He was living in Arnold, Nottingham, England, not far from the well-known Sherwood Forest which is in the famous story of Robinhood.  His full history is posted in entry # 197, which was printed on July 24, 2014.   Mary Ann was 17 years old when she married Philip Kirk, 20 years old. They had 10 children, four of whom died young. Early in the 1840’s, Mormon missionaries had been sent to England to tell the people there of a new religion in America.   In 1849 some traveling Elders found the Philip Kirk family in Arnold, Nottingham, England.  He was then a baker with a pastry shop.            His conversion to the Latter Day Saint religion was the result of a dream.   He dreamed that as he was standing by his gate, he saw two men coming down the road toward him.  He then awoke.   Several days later he saw the two men of his d...

I first posted the blog below on December 9, 2013, and it was blog # 30.  My mother, Ruth Allen Miles, was in the very first extraction mission, in March 1977, which was the beginning of what is now Family Search Indexing.  It began right here in St. George, to help provide names for the Temple.  Just last Sunday, a worldwide record was set.   The information is here: First of all was this notice sent out early in July, 2014: On July 2, 2012, a total of 49,025 FamilySearch indexers and arbitrators joined together to set the all-time record for the most indexing participants in a single day. That lofty record is about to be broken—by you! Join volunteers from around the world on July 20 and 21 for an international history-making event! The goal? For 50,000 indexers and arbitrators to submit at least one batch in a 24-hour period! Then, on July 23, 2014, this notice was sent out: FamilySearch volunteers are amazing! On July 20th and 21st, FamilySearch indexer...