First week of March 2010

Well it is finally March 2010. I can hardly believe it. Spring is almost here. I can't hardly wait to be planting a garden soon. I hope that I will get to plant some floweres and more stawberry plants. I hope our garden does well this year it was so fun to bottle the things that we grew last year.

March has started out busy as usual. There are less linemen at work so Robert is getting more overtime. Which means that we see him even less. I hope that he can keep up with the stress of everything. Church, work and life. The children have spring fever very bad....they don't want to go to school or do anything. I have to admit I have spring fever too. I am so glad that spring is here. The winter was great. But, so is spring.

I am most excited about General Conference. It will be on Easter weekend this year. So very special. I love it when it is on Easter weekend. I am so looking forward to hearing from the General athorities and the President of the Church. I hope that I will be able to listen and learn all that I need to learn.

I was reading an article last weekend by Elder M. Russell Ballard when he spoke to Brigham Young University-Idaho at a fireside. The talk was about 'Treasure truth and prepare for the future'. He said "I want to try to pull this together, not to frighten you but to wake you up, we've got to be so solidly anchored in our testimonies of the gospel of Jesus Christ that regardless of what may come next, we will not waffle; we will stand firm in our belief;we won't question the doctrines that are part of our belief." He talked about marriage and why the church has taken a stand on marriage. He said "It's a pretty simple answer, God created this world and he put Adam here and he gave Adam a helpmate whom he called Eve. They had a charge and a responsibility to multiply and replenish the earth. It is a marvelous and glorious experience to bring forth children and have a family, and that is done between a husband and a wife who are married. Marriage is a vital, Devinne institution defined by God that as a church also established by divine authority we must defend"

Elder M. Russel Ballard also talked about the second coming of the Savior. He said "I'm telling you what the Savior said would be the signs of the acceleration towards that day when he shall come, we could stay here for a couple of hours talking about all of the prophecies of what will occur in the last days. We're in the last days---you can quote me on that. And it is moving more rapidly."

If you want to read the whole article it is posted in the Church News it is written by Jamshid Askar Church news staff writer published Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010

I wish the whole talk was able to be published. But, I don't think that it was recorded because it was a fireside. It is one of those times when being there would be so special. I wish that I could have been there. Maybe we will have some talks like this one at General Conference or at our Stake Conference. I am so thankful for spiritual inspiration. It is so needed in these last days.