Brain dump

Thyroid cancer surgery, no ability to speak but still could communicate, andwas the sane brilliant,strong woman she hadalways been, just quieter. testimony that God works through people even if no voice things are done.


Class began by individually answering what we didn't like about church and how we wouldchange itm as if we were creating a church likethe cathloic did.

It is believed that is where the Apocropha came from. The church just didn't like those scriptures.

Story of how a branch in Japan was altered and Sunday school was no longer held because it was not easy enough to accomodate.

Apostasy is considered a famine.

Dark age was dark because it had no revelation (How sad for those people doesn't seem like a good way to learn about life),

Needed the Autority to organize among many other necessary things like the printing press and a land of religious freedom.

6 elders were needed to organize a church in the state of New York,

What if everyone could pass a temple reccommend interview,

Trust in the Lord's timing.

Short sale on house made an offer but months later still here,but things turned out better, Other things just fell into place although originally they wanted something else to work out.

Ltlle Children do not notice things that happen very often as being anything but common. We are commanded to be like little children.

We do not need fret over who will be speaking or presenting the materialm as lonng as the materialis good there is a master teacher, who is part of the godhead and will see that things are taught to meet each student's needs  (this could help teachers and speakers too).

We can talk about what we believe small as it may be.

But it is like stuffing aturkey from the beak oapproach what we hope for by starting with what we know will not be right.

Sometimes we feel that we desperately need something. And,we need to believe in a thing though it seems impossible ( impossible and improbable are very similar words). This iswhere Sis Monk told thestory about needing a blessing but her burse took her cellphone away and it seemed impossible,but she prayed anyway,and though she never said a word to anyone miraculously a guy showed up unexpected and asked if he with another guy could give her a blessing, Note: She lived andis doing quite well now while her husband died in the car crash.

The stripling warriors knew that their mothers knew it. How much do we tell our children what we know and how?

Donot be afraid to ask with full purpose of heart. God will send help.

Jesus prayed after he was no longer with us, and he still prays for us.

You can still pray for loved ones after death.

Story that Sister Joseph told about outtig the bane of her nother on the temple roll long after she died.

We do not have it all (like our church which we know there are books and truths that we do not have yet.) but are expected to live to the best we know how before we recieve more.

(I can't tell what this says. It might not be right or make sense) Frustrating to only the important people to deal with.

Be candid in your questions.

"I am too scared to not pay tithing." Sister Smellie shared owerful,believable,story of how she knew the commandment to pay tithing was inspired,

Side note...before a mission can have larger organization they must meet certain reqiuirements one of which is tithe payers,