14 Apr 2021, Wednesday

 14 Apr 2021, Wedneday

Prioritized Daily Tasks. 

Take to pair of dress paints to drycleaners

Tate Hobbs 10th Birthday (talked to Jamie, Tate was in school, call back at 2:15 PM to wish him a happy birthday)

I did not hear back yesterday from SoJo Dental Lab about the dentist bill that differed from the Humana Medicare Supplementary Insurance statement indicating the amount we owe. I talked to the office manage this morning and paid $65.00, $13 for Debbie, and $52, for our visit Feb. 18th.

Check with Brett about Liberty Mutual homeowner's insurance on their home in Clovis, CA.

I talked to Dan Guinn this morning and he is sending a contract triple net lease for the Cason Road building tomorrow.

I had breakfast, fruit/vegetable smoothie, egg, toast, and grapefruit.

Come Follow Me Insights (D&C 37-40, April 12-18)  The members of the Church are to move immediately (January 1831, to Kirtkland, Ohio).  There was little to no prospects for anyone to purchase their farms.  Brigham Young joined the Church during this period of time, 14 April 1832 in Mendon, N.Y. It was over 340 miles to Kirkland, Ohio.  This is Brigham Young's comments as recorded in the Journal of Discourses Volume 11.  "WHEN WE ARRIVED IN KIRTLAND, IF ANY MAN THAT EVER DID GATHER WITH THE SAINTS WAS ANY POORER THAN I WAS - IT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD NOTHING.  I HAD TWO CHILDREN TO TAKE CARE OF - THAT WAS ALL.  I WAS A WIDOWER. 'BROTHER BRIGHAM, HAD YOU ANY SHOES?'  NO; NOT A SHOE TO MY FOOT, EXCEPT A PAIR OF BORROWED BOOTS.  I HAD NO WINTER CLOTHING, EXCEPT A HOMEMADE COAT THAT I HAD HAD THREE OR FOUR YEARS.  'ANY PANTALOOMS (pants) NO. 'WHAT DID YOU DO?  DID YOU GO WITHOUT?'  NO; I BORROWED A PAIR TO WEAR TILL I COULD GET ANOTHER PAIR.  ....BUT JOSEPH SAID: 'COME UP;' AND I WENT UP THE BEST I COULD...."

This speaks volumes of the faith of the early saints.  I wonder how we would perform if we were asked to leave our homes in the middle of winter to go hundreds of miles to gather with the saints.  Keep in mind the Church is only months old and there were only a few hundred members.  You really had to have a testimony and be willing to sacrifice.  Many members did, but others did not.  Ones that believed were baptized, but some were not willing to move to Kirkland as was James Coville, a Methodist minister; one that did was Sidney Rigdon, a Baptist minister.  

This is the only dispensation in the history of the world where the good guys win.

We got a nice email from Sister Alexandra "Alex" McAlpin and wrote her a letter from Debbie and me.

I went to the Legacy Center to exercise.  I called Ora and Dan.  Ora gave me a thought to think about.  James Coates, the minister of Grace Life Evangelical  Church, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was arrested for the members not public distancing with more than 15 people in the building.   A chainlink fence was installed around the church and the parking lot was blocked.  The church has been physically closed by the health department for violating coronavirus public health orders.  When this was reported Vasil Chakalarov tweeted, "Never forget:  The airports never closed, the subways never closed, the busses never stopped running.  Jeremiah tweeted, "The law is not a moral compass.  The people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law.  The people who killed her were following it." 

Office B. Susov, of the Lehi Police Department, came by the house and bought the West Elm packing label from the box the two teenage boys took from our front porch while Debbie and I were in Florida.  He said the boys will go before a juvenile judge and will have some service work etc to do and their father will add more punishment.   

Jalna went into work at the Senior Center in Shelby, Idaho.  It has just opened back up from the coronavirus shutdown. 

At 10:30 AM Debbie and I had prayer.   I read some and went to bed around 11 PM. 

                          Jalna Searle, Debbie's mother, 89 years young