I am a disciple of Jesus Christ

  I. love. this. picture. Thoughts from Sister Sherri Dew's book  "Amazed by Grace" What is Grace? How do I gain access to it?  What difference does grace make in my life?  Can it help me with loneliness, with overeating, with bad relationships, with weaknesses and temptations, with insecurity, with heartache and stress?  Can it help me with my family?  Is grace always present, or do I have to do something to get it?  Is it a feeling?  How can I tell when grace is helping me? 

 I woke up this morning singing a song from the new hymnbook called " Believe ."  Then what happens? I come to zone conference for the Service Missionaries and the choir was practicing a song for it.  Of course, it was this song.  This happens all the time!   You know what Albert Einstein said. " There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."  Here are the words to the song.  Believe Because He walked the path, I know the way. Because He calmed the storm, I'm not afraid. Because He made the lame to walk and caused the blind to see And blessed the children one by one, I feel His love for me.  And I will praise forever t he Savior of the world. And I will sing together with all the Saints on earth. Because He gave to me ev'rything He had to give, I breathe, I see, I hope, I love, I live. Because He died for me, I'll live again.  Because He is my Friend, I'l...

Why did the Lord call the Zion's Camp ?  Wasn't it a failure? Well, No. But that's not my point here. Why would the Lord do this? Why would the Lord send these people to sacrifice and suffer, just to fail?  What can I learn from this?  I ask myself this all the time, when I feel impressed with something and then it falls through. Or doesn't happen has I pictured it to happen. One of these things is that I felt so impressed that I needed to go to Idaho Falls .  I planned to go on a mission there. I spent time in Idaho Falls, thinking, pondering, visiting the mission and temple and visitor's center.  I felt so good about it.  I planned to submit mission papers to go there Sept 2025. And it fell apart! I started to not feel so great about it.  There weren't any missionary opportunities there. Ian and Savannah announce a new baby! September 2025. And  I felt I needed to be home for this. and other things started to happen. So what to do, delay my miss...

 16 SEP 2025   ZONE CONFERENCE It started with this!    Song is powerful.  GETHSEMANE Jesus climbed the hill to the Garden still; His steps were heavy and slow. Love and a prayer took Him there to the place only He could go. Gethsemane! Jesus loves me, So He went willingly to Gethsemane. He felt all that was sad, wicked, or bad, all the pain we would ever know. While His friends were asleep, He fought to keep His promise made long ago. Gethsemane! Jesus loves me, So He went willingly to Gethsemane. The hardest thing that ever was done,  The greatest pain that ever was known, The biggest battle that ever was won His was done by Jesus! The fight was won by Jesus! Gethsemane! Jesus loves me, So He gave this gift to me in Gethsemane. Gethsemane! Jesus loves me, So He gives this gift to me from Gethsemane. K. Packer 🕮🕮🕮🕮🕮🕮🕮 Sister Lee Search the Scriptures Learn something new every day. Pg 17 Preach my Gospel Chapter 2 Search the Scriptures Jesus Chr...

Senior Missionary Luncheon Elder and Sister Wadsworth spoke.   I loved what they said.  The difference between Sacrifice and Consecration. Sacrifice: A weakness or sin or worldly thing that you place on the alter and give up to be burned or consumed.  Consecration: You have to be able to live the other laws to live the law of consecration.  And it is giving all you have that he Lord has blessed you with, your gifts, your money, your time to the Lord for His work. Understanding these two distinctions was so profound for me.  

People in the Salt Lake Valley are so good! Many think of the missionaries and missionary staff and want to help. One brother in the neighborhood brings the mission staff Jamba Juice EVERY WEEK. Another brother came in and wants to help missionaries at Christmas that may not get anything from home. Many people donate suites and other clothes to our missionaries.  People are already calling us to see what they can do for the missionaries for Christmas.  It is a beautiful thing!

Obedience brings blessings, but exact obedience brings miracles."  President Russell M Nelson Miracles happen all the time. One day as I passed out all the passports to the departing missionaries. One missionary didn't get his. I looked through all my stuff and could not find it.  We looked and looked all over.  He was to return the next day to his home and he needed his passport.   The next thing I knew, a small group of us were kneeling in the mission office and praying that we would find it.  When the prayer ended, this missionary stood up, walked to my desk, looked under my desk, behind a filing cabinet.  Guess what? His passport was there.  Right there.   I love the miracles of missionaries. 

  Today was a beautiful day in the mission. We had a mission conference with Elder Quentin L. Cook, from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He bore such a powerful testimony and I must record what he said.   He spoke of his great love for the Polynesian people and I knew at that moment that he was called to minister to our mission today.  We have a large population of Polynesian missionaries. As he spoke of his love for them it overwhelmed to see the response of these missionaries for him.  And then he said he couldn't reveal the sacred things of God.  The sacred are meant to keep personal. But he said, "I can tell you this.  I know Jesus Christ's voice and I know Jesus Christ's face." Wow! I knew what he was saying was true. I know that this is something to we can all seek to have. 

I call it sending "knee mails" when I kneel down and think of  missionaries in our mission that need special prayers.   Missionaries can find themselves in my prayers every morning as I think of their needs. Some have health problems. (Broken bones, aching teeth, kidney stones, not able to sleep, just to name a few.) Others get calls from home about a family member who has passed away. Others are struggling with keeping the rules. I pray that they will have that extra power to do the right. I hear of emotional problems and pray for that. These missionaries are so dog gone special to me.   I pray for all of them every single day. 

Today was officially my first day as the mission secretary for the Utah Salt Lake City mission. Oh man, I am so excited.  It's just the best! I love serving so far. I am being trained by Sister Maughan, the currant secretary.  She is so helpful in learning the ropes.  I love seeing the missionaries come in and talking with them and learning about them and building a relationship with them and serving them.   I love saying to them as they leave, "Have a blessed successful day."  Today is a big day in the mission field.  It is called Transfer day. I am here from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. This is the day that all the new missionaries come in the mission and all the departing missionaries go home.  It is a very busy fun filled, joyous day. 

One day early in my mission and early in the mission of President and Sister Lee,  being insecure about how I was doing and if I was good enough for them, President Lee told me a story.   He said they had been called but no specific place had be designated for them to go.  In Jan 2025 they got the call to the Utah Salt Lake City Mission.  They were thrilled but said they were hoping to get a call to the San Antonio mission for one reason.  That they could have their friend as their secretary.  Now that they weren't going to that mission and wouldn't going to have that secretary they started praying for their secretary!!! Pres Lee told me that I was the answer to their prayers.   Isn't that wonderful?  I really feel special.  I already love them dearly.

  On June 1, 2025 at 2:00 pm I was set apart by the stake president as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  I couldn't have been more happy about anything. My whole heart and soul were so happy.  I was fasting and so prepared to receive this blessing. My blessing.  Pres Dunkley blessed me to have the spirit to guide me in my duties. He blessed me with the ability to love the missionaries and to form life long relationships with them. He blessed me with health.  Here's the kicker! He blessed me that my arms and legs function properly.  I was a little surprised about the last words in the blessing. You see, the night before, Saturday, May 30th, I was in the emergency department at the University of Utah hospital with a terrible pain in my right leg.  President Dunkley did not know about this visit to the hospital. This was all made known to him though the Spirit.  I thought I had a blood clot in my leg and I know how se...

I was called and set apart on 01 Jul 2025 as a fulltime service missionary for the  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints  as the Mission Secretary for the  Utah Salt Lake City Mission. I n the beginning....how I landed here on this mission at this time. The details. I have wanted and talked about going on a fulltime mission for several years.  The desire has been so great.  I've said, "When I retire, I'm going on a mission! Well, Last October I lost my job and after a time of careful thought, I decided to go on a mission rather than get another job.  I prepared, filled out missionary paper work and was ready in April 2025 to submit for a fulltime away mission when all of life unraveled. And I questioned myself and my decisions.  Long story short, I became aware of this particular position and everything fell into place and by 01 July I was called and set apart as a fulltime missionary .  It all happened so fast.