June 2010

Renewing Covenants through the Sacrament
Bread and water. Simple enough.

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As we take the bread and water each week, we "promise to remember the atoning sacrifice of our Savior as we renew our baptismal covenant. We promise to do as the Savior did—to be obedient to the Father and always keep His commandments. The blessing we receive in return is to always have His Spirit to be with us." --Elder Robert D. Hales

Personal Progress: Knowledge #3

This one requires going to some cultural event. I really struggled to find a performance or exhibit that was 6:30ish, local, free, and Tuesday. Most art exhibits close by 6:00. Most concerts or plays are weekends, far away, and/or expensive. I finally found one that I wasn't too thrilled about--a photography exhibit at the university library. I was going to go up in advance and see it and find a way to get the girls more involved in it, like a scavenger hunt or something.

And then my sister mentioned that my nephew's school is putting on a performance of The Music Man! It's 7:00, local, free, and Tuesday. Now I have to hope we have enough drivers and hope the girls are well-behaved and don't text during the performance.
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Hindsight advice:
Don't take the girls to something in which you have a vested interest. It's like when I was teaching, I would make sure not to teach a book I loved because the complaining adolescents would ruin it for me. The girls were polite, though, and didn't complain (too much) in front of me. And they posed for a scrapbookable picture with my nephew afterward.

May 2010

Our Relief Society presidency picks a Conference talk for us. This time it was Sister Beck's talk.
The talk had a lot about revelation--didn't we do that last month?--so I went for a magnifying glass.

"The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life."

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"As they seek and qualify for personal revelation, the Lord will pour out His Spirit upon His handmaids in these latter days."