Thoughts and stories, by Pal

I found this only a few weeks ago, and I've used it many times already!  I printed out an endowment, and initiatories from it, and did them yesterday!  It  is so amazing the helps we now have, to take names to the Temple!  If there aren't any names from your own family, it will bring up 5 names from the Temple file to do.  I got some for my grand-daughters to do baptisms for the dead during the Christmas holidays! This is from the Family Search Blog:  Sorry some words are hard to read! Ordinances Ready Is Inspiring Members around the World   The new Ordinances Ready feature simplifies finding family ordinances that are ready for the temple. Give it a try, then show others how easy it is. Read More What’s Coming to FamilySearch in 2019   FamilySearch.org has many plans for the new year, including enhanced record search and Family Tree search capabilities, new online discovery experiences, and more! Read...

Report on our Stake Conference this last weekend, with Elder Bednar and Elder Wade as visiting authorities.  I wrote this from the notes I took there.             Stake Conference this past week, August 8th and 9th, 2015.  Elder David Bednar, of the Twelve Apostles, and Elder Terry Wade of the 70's were our visiting authorities in our St. George East Stake Conference this past week, August 8th and 9th, 2015.   It was very inspiring.  We got there at about 6:10 p.m., and the Chapel was already full, and we had to sit 4 or 5 rows back, but we did get padded chairs!  I took our dear neighbor lady who is 91, and loves to come to Church.  It was packed both Saturday night and Sunday morning. On Saturday night, after 4 speakers from the Stake, Elder Wade began telling about 2 and ½ days of counsel from the First Presidency and Twelve, just before the last General Conference, all about observing the Sabbath Day.  Then h...

Dedicating your home or apartment.  This is a very important subject!  http://lds.net/blog/faith/belief/house-dedication/ Home Dedication: Set Your Home Apart from the World Jun 7, 2015 Our family has been uprooted often, and we consider ourselves nearly nomadic. We have lived in some lovely homes both in the U.S. and abroad. We’ve also lived in a neighbor’s unfinished basement, in apartments too small for us, and in fixer-uppers tainted by buyer’s remorse. Actually, most of our living quarters have been rented. But that’s OK. ALL earthly dwellings are temporary. Our leaders have counseled us to treat our temporary dwellings as if they are permanent — by settling in, by making them houses of order, by creating beauty and harmony, and by improving our living spaces. One thing we have done wherever we have settled is to dedicate our home. We never feel fully moved in until we do. Here are some guidelines you can follow to dedicate your own living space. S...