It
is thrilling to read of the good you are doing and the good people
you are working with. Exciting to think of lives being opened to the
goodness and promises of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
One
sees the Lord’s hand in how quickly your Vancouver home sold and
how quickly your folks found your Chandler home. I admit that a part
of me wishes you were staying in the PNW, but we trust the Lord in
His love and wisdom. I am sure that wonderful things await you in
Arizona.
My
replacement phone arrived and I managed to set it up myself without
having to ask Joseph for help! My old phone is now the Green
Lantern. The wifi works without being connected to my carrier, so I
can still get limited use out of it at home. The new phone is much
the same, but supposedly with better camera, storage, and battery
life. I tried to call a ministering-to sister. We could hardly hear
each other. Then I realized that the speaker and microphone are
positioned differently and the old phone case (which I really like)
covers them. I stuck tiny pieces of plastic under the edge of the
cover so the sound is better now.
Friday,
the Front Street Animal Shelter hosted Climb for a Cause at Peak
Adventures at Sac State. Unfortunately it was during work hours so
Joseph missed it. Andrew has Fridays off. He climbed and walked a
log walk several feet in the air and then a rope walk that was at
least as high. The support people were great.
Sunday
was a rare treat. At 9 we went to Hinds’ ward for their Children’s
Sacrament Meeting Presentation and at nooon, Andrew and I went to our
ward for our CSMP. Both had me in tears. Brighton Ward (my ward)
really scored by having the children sing both “Gethsemane” and
“Miracle”.
“Gethsemane”
is a most powerful and touching explanation of the atonement. I love
that song. I bought the music and choir rights to it when I was
Primary President. A couple of weeks ago, our RS 2nd
Counselor used it in the Relief Society lesson. It is awesome. Do
you know it?
“Gethsemane”
by Melanie Hoffman
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 hardest thing That ever was done
The
greatest pain that ever was known
The
biggest battle that ever was won
This
was done by Jesus.
The
fight was won by Jesus
Gethsemane
Jesus
loves me
So
he gave His gift to me
In
Gethsemane
Gethsemane
Jesus
loves me
So
he gives His gift to me
From
Gethsemane
"Miracle,” new to me this year, is amazing as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ2djzQ9J64
“Miracle”
Lyrics
by Shawna Belt Edwards
Jesus
walked upon the water
He
stilled the storm and calmed the angry sea,
With
His hands he healed the leper,
He
made the lame to walk the blind to see.
He
fed a thousand people with a loaf or two of bread.
And
when the ruler’s daughter died,
He
raised her form the dead.
Jesus
is a God of miracles,
Nothing
is at all impossible to Him,
But
I know this:
Of
all his miracles,
the
most incredible must be
the
miracle
that rescues me!
Jesus
bled and died to save me,
A
price that I could never pay alone,
When
he rose again he gave me,
The
greatest gift the world has ever known!
Yes
I can be forgiven every time I repent
And
someday He will lift me up to live
with him again.
Jesus
is a god of miracles.
Nothing
is at all impossible to him,
but
I know this; of all his miracles
the
most incredible must be the miracle that rescues me!
The
miracle that rescues you and me!
Love you!
Grandma Barbara
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