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Sunday Best!

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“Because the Spirit is often 
described as a still, 
small voice, it is also important 
to have a time of quiet 
in our lives as well. 
The Lord has counseled us to 
‘be still, and know that I am God.’ 
If we provide a still and quiet 
time each day when we are 
not bombarded by television,
 computer, video games, or personal 
electronic devices, we allow 
that still, small voice an opportunity 
to provide personal
 revelation and to whisper sweet 
guidance, reassurance, 
                and comfort to us.”                                                                      
Vicki F. Matsumori
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We all need to take a few minutes (at least) each day to just sit still, and to listen. What is God trying to tell you about your life. He is there and He will guide you and help you along the way, I know it. Hope your Sunday was the best! Love, Joy  

My darlin’s Birthday!

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My darlin!
(getting a little salt and pepper in that beard!)
Today is my sweetheart’s birthday!
Happy Birthday! 
We had a fun day in Salt Lake City. 
We rode the Front Runner down, and had a big adventure. 
The Gilgal Garden was pretty neat. 
This guy was pretty busy for a long time 
doing all of this to his yard. It’s now open to the public. 

There were scriptures and thoughts and 
songs written on a lot of the rocks.

Fun and interesting!
Then we went to Trolly Square. 
We ate lunch, and decided to go to see this antique car collection. 
We had seen information about it on the internet.
We rode Trax as far as we could, then walked and walked, for blocks and blocks.  
We saw this on the way! 
Good idea!!!! I will. 
Notice the raindrops on the Trust Jesus sidewalk sign? 
Yes, it rained too. 
So we walked and walked, I know I said that, 
and we got to the building and guess what.

 It was closed! 
What the..! 
No way, did we just walk and walk 
to get here, and have it be closed!!! 

Are these some of the antique cars? 
My little darlin ran over to the front door to see if anything was on the door. 
There was a sign that said, “Running errands!” with a phone #. 
So we called the number, (remember we walked and walked), 
and they said they will be back tomorrow. 
Sorry, we won’t!
We headed up to the Trax station. (More walking.) 
I need it to be clear, 
I had no intention of burning the massive 
amount of calories that I burned today. 


-Sorry-
We stopped at the 
Hope Gallery and Museum. 
We both loved it!
We made a quick pass through the Gateway. 
My darlin loves Dick’s Sporting Goods. 
He is always looking at racquet’s.
 I can’t believe he doesn’t get tired of looking at them. 
I went into the Brighton store.
 He can’t believe I never get tired of looking at the Brighton store. 
It’s a great relationship we have.
 I’m just grateful the stores are right across from each other. 
After that we headed for home. It was a fun day, 
mostly because we were together.
 I think my sweetheart had fun too. 
Happy Birthday, Sweetie!

Howzit-Elder Flexy!

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Elder Flexy 2:1  -Email-
MAMA (Zulu for mother)
ya its great to know that things are going well! this place is so cool!!!!!! i love it here i’m learnig so much cultural stuff its crazy i’m gonna try to learn Zulu before i come home anyway. so the teaching here is really slow teaching muslums and Hindus is really hard and we taught this man named Frank and he just fights everything we say its actually kinda funny. so the work is going well no baptisms yet but they will come. This place is so differant when you can go to the store and not know what cold cereal to buy its a strange place. We ate Indian food the other day its FREAKIN spicy!!!! but its was good and its part of there culture to eat with there hands so that was kinda gross but it was good fun. oh ya the other day we went to this little Zulu families house and their daughter Gugu was sitting by me so i started showing her my pictures and i showed her the Provo Temple and she kissed the camera! that just goes to show that even little children in Africa know what is sacred. anyway I’m doing great better go love you.
                                                                                                                    Love, Elder (Flexy)
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Good news! 
That’s what the word “gospel” means! 

Sunday Best!

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John 15:10-12

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
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In primary today we talked about the “good” Samaritan.  In the story, a man is traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. The man was robbed, wounded, and left for dead. A priest came by and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side of the road. Then a Levite came by, and looked on him, then passed by on the other side of the road. Then a Samaritan came by, and saw him, and had compassion on him. He bound up his wounds, took him to an inn, and took care of him. And the next day, he gave the inn keeper money to take care of the man. He told the host that if he spent more money to care for the man he would repay him when he returned. 
Jesus used this example to teach that 
we are all neighbors.
 We should love and care about each other. The reason the example was such a good one is because the Samaritans were hated by the Jews. In fact, the Samaritans hated the Jews too. The man who was wounded and left for dead was a Jew, and even his own people wouldn’t help him. But the Samaritan understood how to love and care about others, and didn’t let the differences between the two groups of people stop him from being a good person. We all need a reminder about how to treat each other. 
Hope your Sunday was the Best! Love, Joy

Beautiful Places!

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My yard!
I think this is a weed in the lawn! 
Beautiful little yellow flower! Thank you, Heavenly Father.

I love daisies!!!

Lambs Ear! Love it!
Our maple tree!

My sweet friend Julie gave me this fountain. 
I love it so much!
Thank you, Julie!
I feel so blessed to have 
such beauty in my life!

Howzit! Elder Flexy!

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Dear missionary Family,
This is just a short note to let you know that we have received Elder — and he is awesome. He is tired from the long journey, but ready to enter his field of labor and we know he will change lives while here.  His trainer is Elder Martin, a South African and they are serving in the Durban North area
Stay well
President Von Stetten
Elder Flexy is there! 
He looks great. Although he does look a little tired to me. I feel so thankful that he has arrived safe and is ready to go to work. 
The church is true!!

Family History Friday (FHF): She really wanted to be baptized!

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Mary Malden Peek 
was my 4th great grandmother. She was born in England. When she was just a young girl, she lived a life similar to other girls her age. 
One of her favorite things to do was sew. 
Another was to enjoy tea,
 when she was invited with her mother and some of the other ladies. While she was still quite young, her father died, leaving the family with not enough money to live on. Mary took jobs sewing to help with the family’s income. One day their family met some missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “the Mormons”, and they were touched by the things the missionaries said. 
Mary knew in her heart that what the elders were teaching her was true, and she wanted to be baptized. 
At the time this happened, there was some persecution happening to members of the church, as well as the missionaries. They had to meet in barns and other places that they might not regularly meet. Also, when someone wanted to get baptized, they would have to do it in secret. Mary wanted to be baptized so bad, she didn’t want to wait until others were okay with it. So they made a plan. She would be baptized in the shed. They dug a hole and spent the whole day filling it with buckets of water till it was deep enough for her. That night, after dark, she was baptized. When I was baptized the water was clear and clean and warm. My family was there and it was safe and wonderful. Mary must have really wanted it, to go through all that. I’m not sure if she felt safe, but I’m pretty sure that water wasn’t clean or clear or warm. She and her family later left England to come to Utah to be with other members of the church. Mary walked to the Great Salt Lake Valley. She married a good man, and lived a good life full of happiness. She never regretted her choice to join the church. I love her for all she went through, for her courage, drive and purpose.
Her life was full! 
Find one of your ancestors who was amazing and tell the story to your family!  Happy Family History Friday! Love, Joy