good #1
our cute cousin, annie, got baptized! i love baptisms, the spirit is always so strong. cousins are important to my kids and they wanted it to be a good day for her. sadie made her a candy bar poster. the cousins all sang, my brother kelly gave her a beautiful blessing about receiving the holy ghost. it reminded me of this
the bishop spoke. he explained that when we are baptized we become part of the Lord's team. there are almost 14 million member of the church compared to almost 6 billion people in the world. that means the members of the church make up 0.2% of the population, yet it is our job to share the gospel with the world.
he then told the story from the bible. the israelites were in bondage to the midianites. the lord calls gideon to gather an army to go against the mideonites, who were described as 'the sand by the seas side for mlititude', which means there were a lot of them. so gideon gathers an army of 22,000 and the lord says, "the people that are with thee are too many for me to give the midanites into their hands" so he tells gideon to ask who is afraid and let them go home. so now they have 10,000 men. the lord says it is still too many, so he has them drink water and only the men that drink from their hands will make up the army to fight against the mideonites. 300 men are left. he tells gideon to give every man a trumpet in one hand and in the other, a pitcher with a lantern inside. when night comes, the three hundred men surround the mideonites and all at once they blow their trumpet, then break the pitcher and the light shines all around them. the mideonites are startled and fight against themselves, then flee, and the israelites are delivered.
even though we are small, we are so much more when we have the lord's help, and because we are on his team we can have his help, and we can do great things. he encouraged annie to look around school and make a difference. i really loved this story and the application. i also was touched at the thought of being a family forever, and seeing all my family trickle in, feeling love for them and feeling happy to be connected to each one.
good #2
we quickly headed to ogden for the high school 5A championship game. tj, another cousin plays for lone peak who was playing in the championship....and they won!
what a great day. students rushed the court. i told abe, kai, and their cousin gabi, they could go on the court so i lifted them over the railing. abe was really concerned that they were breaking a rule, but i reassured them it was ok. next thing i knew, they were being escorted back to the stands by this little old usher. abe gave me a look and said, "i told you mom." my brother marty asked britton johnson to let them down. he said anything for a fellow red-head and walked them past the usher and next thing we knew, they were on the court, a little nervous, but happy to be up close to the celebration.
way to go teej!
good #3
dave's sister in getting married and the girls spent the evening shopping, then we headed back to dave's parents' house to hang out. one thing about dave's family is they can laugh and laugh. i love it. we had a fun time talking about wedding plans.
i'm grateful for all the experiences we've had and the awesome places we've lived, AND i am so happy to be back in utah so we can celebrate with our families.
