040526, Sunday COMPLETED YOUTH AND CHILDREN PROTECTION - ON LINE

Vitals: 

     Weight: 229.0

     BP and Pulse: 114/75, 64

     Reported Sleep: 7:11

     Yesterday's Steps: 4,250

Journal Entry:

Last evening after conference, Cathy and I drove over to University Place Mall and walked a little. It was, as you can easily imagine, quite crowded. Then we drove to In-n-Out Hamburger shop and each got a burger. I really like that place because the burgers are very good and reasonably priced. I took the photo to show that we aren't the only ones to feel that way. It's amazing how many people they can serve and serve well.

Anyway, General Conference was very good and we were glad that they no longer have a third session on Saturday evening. We shall watch both sessions today and, of course, we will record them and the church web site will have them available for review within a couple of days. 

Today being Easter Sunday makes it even better. I think we as a people (especially me) are finally realizing how important the events that cause us to celebrate Easter are to Heavenly Father's plan for us. 

Come Follow Me 

Easter Sunday

John 16: 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

"Dear brothers and sisters, my message to you today is that because Jesus Christ overcame this fallen world, and because He atoned for each of us, you too can overcome this sin-saturated, self-centered, and often exhausting world.

Because the Savior, through His infinite Atonement, redeemed each of us from weakness, mistakes, and sin, and because He experienced every pain, worry, and burden you have ever had, then as you truly repent and seek His help, you can rise above this present precarious world.

You can overcome the spiritually and emotionally exhausting plagues of the world, including arrogance, pride, anger, immorality, hatred, greed, jealousy, and fear. Despite the distractions and distortions that swirl around us, you can find true rest—meaning relief and peace—even amid your most vexing problems."

President Russell M. Nelson 

040426, Saturday, General Conference Solemn Assembly to sustain President Oak

Vitals: 

     Weight: 228.3

     BP and Pulse: 128/78, 67

     Reported Sleep: 7:09

     Yesterday's Steps: 2,723

Journal Entry:

Cathy woke up yesterday with major pain in her jaw area and we feared that extensive dental work would be required. At 0800 she called and our dentist, Dr. Clayton Hansen, who is retiring and going on a mission for the church, agreed to see her. His office was scheduled to be closed for the day which was Good Friday and he was preparing to turn everything over to his replacement. He had to reinstate his insurance and bring his wife in to staff the office and his daughter to serve as hygienist but he felt a strong desire to help Cathy. We drove over there and he examined her and spent a couple of hours fashioning a new tooth for her and installing it. It was quite complicated and involved some new technologically complicated equipment but it seemed to work. Cathy came out apparently healed and we are very grateful. Our sincere prayers were apparently answered.

Sometimes prayers are answered immediately and dramatically and this was one of those times.

This morning she awoke basically pain free and is looking forward to a good Easter weekend and General conference 

Come Follow Me 

Today: 

Isaiah 53: 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

"Jesus Christ is our hope and the answer to life’s greatest pains. Through His sacrifice, He paid for our sins and took upon Himself all of our suffering—pain, injustice, sorrow, and fear—and He forgives and heals us when we trust in Him and seek to change our lives for the better. He is our Healer, comforting and repairing our hearts through His love and power, just like He healed many during His time on earth. He is the living water, fulfilling the deepest needs of our souls with His constant love and kindness. This is like the promise He made to the Samaritan woman at the well, offering “a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”

Elder Jose L. Alonso of The Seventy 

April 3, 2026

Matthew 27: 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

"[A]s we allow Him to direct us in all things, we receive testimony that “all things denote there is a God,” because where we look for Him we will find Him—each and every day."

Sister Tracy Y. Browning, Second Counselor, Primary General Presidency 

040226, Thursday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 224.6

     BP and Pulse: 113/67, 79

     Reported Sleep: 7:11

     Yesterday's Steps: 5,399

aJournal Entry:

Come Follow Me 

Luke 22: 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

"In the closing hours of the Savior’s ministry, He went to the Mount of Olives into a garden called Gethsemane and invited His disciples to wait. Now alone, He petitioned His Father, “If thou be willing, remove this cup from me.” Being in agony, His suffering caused Him, “even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, … and would that [He] might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink.” Yet in the moment of deep despair, the Savior did not shrink “but partook and finished [His] preparations unto the children of men.”

As the Only Begotten of the Father, Jesus Christ had power over death, pain, and suffering but did not shrink. He fulfilled the covenant He had made with His Father and, in doing so, manifested a Christlike attribute increasingly important in the world in which we live—the attribute of integrity. He remained true to God, to each of us, and to His divine identity."

Elder Jack N. Gerard of The Seventy

040126, Wednesday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 227.5

     BP and Pulse: 119/73, 81

     Reported Sleep: 4:39

     Yesterday's Steps: 3,120

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me 

John 13: 12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

"A touching example is the tender kindness Jesus showed his own Apostles. Close to the end of his earthly ministry, Jesus met with his Apostles, giving them the sacrament and final instructions. Jesus took a towel, poured water in a basin, and began to wash and dry the feet of the disciples. Peter, one of the disciples, said, “Thou shalt never wash my feet.” Perhaps Peter resisted because he felt that Jesus should not stoop to perform an act of this nature. But Jesus insisted, washing the feet of all of the Apostles, even the feet of Judas, whom he knew would soon betray him… My challenge to you is to search for opportunities to be kind. The promise is: you will be happy. I pray that each of us will develop a desire to be kind to ourselves and to others and to continually act upon it[.]"

Sister Betty Jo Jepsen, First Counselor, Primary General Presidency 

033126, Tuesday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 227.2

     BP and Pulse: 125/77, 78

     Reported Sleep: 7:03

     Yesterday's Steps: 4,889

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me 

John 12: 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

"I testified to my friend, and I witness to you, that Jesus Christ is that Savior, that He had to suffer, die, and rise again—His infinite Atonement—to redeem all humanity from physical death and to give eternal life with God and our families to all who would follow Him. The Book of Mormon declares, “Thus God…gained the victory over death; giving the Son power to make intercession for the children of men…; being filled with [mercy and] compassion...; having broken the bands of death, taken upon himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, and satisfied the demands of justice.”

Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt of The Seventy

033026, Monday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 229.20

     BP and Pulse: 127/79, 81

     Reported Sleep: 7:16

     Yesterday's Steps: 4,982

Journal Entry:

Come Follow Me 

John 3: 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

"But we could receive nothing without the greatest of all the Father’s gifts, His beloved Lamb, His Son, Jesus Christ. All of our Father’s gifts flow from and are activated by the Saviour’s willing offering in Gethsemane and on the cross and His triumphant Resurrection. Jesus Christ, our merciful Redeemer, is the supreme gift from our Father of lights. “In the gift of his Son hath God prepared [for us] a more excellent way.”

Elder Patrick Kearon, Apostle 

032926, Sunday

Vitals: 

     Weight: 227.9

     BP and Pulse: 117/73, 70

     Reported Sleep: 6:54

     Yesterday's Steps: 10,330

Journal Entry:

This is Palm Sunday - one week until Easter. Until recently it seems that not enough emphasis has been placed on Easter as a reminder of possibly the most important event in the entire history of the world. It seems to have been too easy in the past to gloss over the true meaning of Easter and just emphasize things like Easter Egg Hunts and Easter Baskets. 

I'm really glad that the Church has helped me begin to understand the true impact and importance of what we should be celebrating at this time of the year... The immense sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ, His love for each of us and His part in our eternal lives and eventual return to Heavenly Father as His loved children.

Come Follow Me 

Exodus 4: 10 And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

"You might even see your personal shortcomings and want to cry out like Moses did…If any of you…is having a thought like this right now, remember that the Lord has answered, “Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee.” And He promises, “Therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.”

Elder Aroldo B. Cavalcante of The Seventy