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Tag Archives: service
Day in the life
Today we started with no appointments, and no plan, so sat down together and prayerfully started making a few phone calls. This is how things shaped up: Visit to Sister A (who is due with #4 in two weeks). … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy & Family History, Mission
Tagged military families, missionary, service
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A Special Kind of Missionary…
We got a call to help a sister whose husband is away. She needed to attend Ward Council and had no one to watch her children while she was gone. We readily agreed and arrived with all the materials for … Continue reading
Making Connections
Since this blog was initially dedicated to the synchronicities or coincidences in my life (I call them “God-winks”), I’ll share a few we’ve experienced on our journey to England thus far. We took the Shuttle from the Salt Lake City … Continue reading
Posted in Mission
Tagged Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, England, mission, missionary, service
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Called to Serve
Five months ago I suggested to my honey that he call and see what service options may be available to us for a Military Relations mission in Europe (we were thinking Germany) for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day … Continue reading
Posted in Life Lessons, Mission, Spirituality
Tagged church, mission, missionary, service
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Kids–What we (still) do for them…
Saturday before Christmas, I’m in line at the post office. Forty minutes later, as I walk out the door, my daughter calls me: “Are you still in line? Can I drop off a package for you to mail for … Continue reading
17 Myths about Organ Donation
17 Myths about Organ Donation I renewed my ID card this morning and was asked if I wanted to be an organ donor. I hesitated briefly, then said, “ok.” Went from there to work and first email in my inbox … Continue reading
A week of tender mercies
“I wrote down a few lines every day for years. Before I would write, I would ponder this question: ‘Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch our family today?’ As I kept at it, something began to happen. As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of our family members that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done. “More than gratitude began to grow in my heart; testimony grew. I became ever more certain that our Heavenly Father hears and answers prayers. I felt more gratitude for the Atonement of the Savior Jesus Christ. I grew more confident that the Holy Ghost can bring all things to our remembrance—even things we did not notice or pay attention to when they happened.” (“O Remember, Remember,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2007,67). In the spirit of Pres. Eyring’s example, and the example of Vernette’s Seven for … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Half-full, Serendipity, Spirituality, Synchronicity
Tagged answers to prayer, God, gratitude, Henry B. Eyring, service
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See for yourself(ie): I don’t mind!
My daughter had been texting me all morning while I was at work and she was out-and-about running errands. She’d stopped by and picked up a few items I had for her earlier and now wanted to go back and … Continue reading
Posted in DP Challenge, Family
Tagged daughters, DPChallenge, giving tree, postaday, selfie, service
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Weekly Photo: Welcome, Neighbor!
We’ve been anticipating getting new neighbors any day now. Saturday morning, when I saw activity in the house, I got to work. This bread takes 24 hours to produce, so I mixed the dough and set it in a warm … Continue reading
Posted in Books, DP Challenge, Family, Life Lessons
Tagged DPChallenge, hospitality, Jim Lahey, MY BREAD, neighbors, postaday, service
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Cosmic nod
My running goal this morning was 5 miles. The first three miles I was feeling good, running about a 10-minute mile. At 3.5 miles I came across a broken glass bottle in the road and stopped short to pick up … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Numerology, Synchronicity
Tagged 11, altruism, cosmos, exercise, good deeds, numbers, running, service
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