Sept 1, 2019

Dear Father in Heaven, I am thankful for the American flag, I am thankful for a car to drive and the health to drive it with, I'm thankful for feet and legs that work and for hands and arms, I am thankful that I could play my guitar and sing at a baptism today. I am thankful for the spirit of joy that was there. I am thankful to feel thankful.

In the afternoon I drove Cindy Carlson to Walmart to get a deposit

Sept. 1
Visiting Willa and talking wedding. I picked up Cindy, we got Joshua, trouble with Joshua's pants

I did singing time in church

From Trisha

I thought I'd write down the testimony I shared in sacrament meeting today in my journal to remember how strong the sprit was. I also thought I'd share it with you:

I am so grateful for this life! I am so grateful for God's plan for us. He has such individual personal plans for each of us to learn what we need to while we're here. The good and the bad we all experience are such blessings to be able to progress the way we need to. He knows. Our family had a dear family friend pass away from a quickly spreading cancer a couples weeks ago. She's an author and her death led me to read some of what she's written. She said this:

"Yet how differently we may define ‘good gifts’ from the way He does. A child would define candy as a good gift. However, any parent knows that to give in to a dearly-loved child’s pleading for sweets instead of nutritious food every meal would compromise the child’s long-term health and well-being. How much more so does our loving Heavenly Father give priority to our long-term interests. He mercifully withholds blessings that might taste sweet to us at the moment but would erode our spiritual health in the long run. He gives us gifts with the most eternal dividends, even when they may seem anything but “good gifts” to us at the moment. The Lord cares less for our present comfort and more for our ultimate growth and education. He cares less for our momentary ease and happiness and more for our eternal joy."

He loves us so very much and wants what's best for us eternally. I love that my Mom said, "It's ok! She's ok! She's graduated! I'm so proud of her. She's now onto get a higher education." We are all just babies and children here on Earth. Here to learn as we need to and as He knows we need to in order to recieve a higher education. How much more does "I am a child of God" mean to me in this context. I know this to be true.
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I visited with Willa then Our neighbors Kenny and Janice went with us to the breakfast at the park with the ward this morning. I think we all had a good time. At night we went do the porters for steak fry and brought some of the food
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Visiited Willo. Thedr. Said she may get married on the hospital. Joshua was discharged so we took him to Sr. Citizen with us!! We also almost did deliveries. We went to the adult learning open house.
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We had an interview with President fail and afterwards talked with Roy about the possible wedding. Helped at the House of Hope adult learning center. Dan helped Bro. McNew. Visited Coby

We have to Wellness Group at our house. Afterwards I was driving Cindy back home when I got hit with a fender bender on the right side. We called the police. The three men in the other car are saying that it was my fault!!
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Today I went to help willo and was so thankful that later they could finally get their marriage license, we helped at The Adult Learning Center, Joshua needed help moving things to his new apartment, we helped with come follow me then we drove the route when I was in my accident and it was so hard to remember what to say on the video and how to do it and the right timing. I'm exhausted
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I worked on wedding thinks most of the day. We took Joshua to the barbecue at langdon's. DJ came to after I sent him a message
Today is the big wedding cake for Willa. Iris busy finishing the red velvet cake and getting things over to the hospital and visiting Willa in the morning and praying a lot.
I worked with Janice on wedding things. Dan got the giant sandwich from Walmart and I went to the hospital with Janice to bring everything up at 2. The Wedding rice at 6. Our friend at in the word judge Thompson performed it. If it's magical! Since so many at the hospital had helped transform a board meeting room into a fairyland waiting room and because God had helped so many other miracles to happen
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Church with Joshua van visiting better reads and taking him sacrament and visiting Carol about her move then visiting the Zara Abbas and having dinner with them after that we called the family and did video chats.
9. Willo, read to succeed, Sr. Center, auto car email. Visiting Dean beggs, Porters
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Willa, read to succeed, we got news from geeicp that they won't pay for our car repair 😢. rs at night..
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Adult education, Willa ended up in the hospital because I gave her an amino acid suppliment. wellness support group at night