October Week 2

Thursday we decided to stay around and start to get things ready to move out of Zion's Camp. We are washing down the trailer getting it ready for winter.

This is the Wildey Family. They are in the Palmyra Ward. They are on their way to the temple and Autumn gets to stay with me for the evening. She is such a sweetheart. They are expecting their second child, a boy, in November. Heather is 2nd Counselor in the RS. This is as close as I get to grandchildren. I offered to baby sit when I first got here and Heather is the only one who took me up on it. What a blessing it has been for us.

Saturday the temple was closed for General Conference. It was shown here at 12 noon, 4 pm and the Priesthood session was at 8 pm. We were invited to President and Sister Siebach's home on Saturday and enjoyed it with them and the Warrs, another missionary couple. That evening the Sisters had a girls night out during the Priesthood session and we all went to dinner at the Great Wall. (Chinese food) We decided we should have been having more of these outings.

Sunday morning we took a walk up the Hill Cumorah through the trees and came out on top by the corn field. We decided we had never walked the length of the Hill so off we started. When we reached the edge of the property we went down the back side and all the way back to Zion's Camp. It was wonderful morning. We then had to hurry and get ready for 12 o'clock session of conference which we watched at the Stake Center. For the afternoon session we drove out to Fayette, the Peter Whitmere Farm. In 1980 President Kimball broadcast the 1st satellite broadcast from here and dedicated the visitor center and the Whitmere home.

We are so blessed to belong to this marvelous Church, restored to the earth again. Our Heavenly Father loves us so very much that he sent His son to show us the way. How blessed we are to have living prophets on the earth today and it was wonderful to be taught by them this past weekend.

Tonight for FHE we had a special treat. Elder and Sister Ed Pinegar, who are site missionaries here in Palmyra taught us about the Book of Mormon. His background is that he was a dentist and taught seminary every morning for a number of years and then went to teaching Book of Mormon at BYU fultime. He also was President of the MTC. Just a few one liners we learned from him tonight.

The Book of Mormon will bless and save your soul

• David O. McKay said grow, self mastery, spiritual life


• All growth begins by remembering the tender mercies of God
  The scriptures are to be lived
• Read together with your spouse every night 5 pages, if so you can read it 3 times each year
• The spirit and the word are inseparable
• Faith--you hear the word; moves us to repent
• Prayer is the most vital link to God Laman and Lemuel murmured because they did not ask
• 1 Ne 15 :24 "it was the word of God and whoso would hearken unto the word of God and would hold fast unto it neither could temptations or the adversary overpower them" If you know this will you have scripture time?
• Faith is to accept and repentance is to live it
• Sacrifice your very souls; give your will over to God's will

We saw a doe and fawn on the way from from Fayette.

Have a great the get reading and praying.