First Attempt at Journal (Journey) Entry

 Still recovering from whatever affected me on Friday. My elbow is still painful and swollen but less so. I'll try to see a doctor today.

I walked my 7500 steps yesterday before church. Pretty much vegged the rest of the day.

Come Follow Me 

Acts:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

"The Resurrection is brought to pass by the Atonement of Jesus Christ and is pivotal to the great plan of salvation. We are spirit children of heavenly parents. When we come to this earth life, our spirit is united with our body. We experience all the joys and challenges associated with mortal life. When a person dies, their spirit is separated from their body. Resurrection makes it possible for a person’s spirit and body to be united again, only this time that body will be immortal and perfect—not subject to pain, disease, or other problems." By Elder Paul V. Johnson, Of the Seventy, April 2016

Saul of Tarsus upon being visited by The Savior on the road to Damascus asked: "What shall I do, Lord?" (Acts 22:10)

A question that we should all ask ourselves very often.

Book of Mormon reading

2 Nephi Chapter 14

Zion and her daughters will be redeemed and cleansed in the millennial day—Compare Isaiah 4. About 559–545 B.C.

Chapter 15

The Lord’s vineyard (Israel) will become desolate, and His people will be scattered—Woes will come upon them in their apostate and scattered state—The Lord will lift an ensign and gather Israel—Compare Isaiah 5. About 559–545 B.C.

 

Blessings!!!

I think I wrote earlier about our car breaking down on Thanksgiving Day. Jake was driving and suddenly all of the dashboard lights came on and it started making a disturbing noise. We pulled over at Covered Bridge Road (SR 329) and Old Zaring Road in the parking lot of the antique store at that corner. Cathy called our home teacher, Tom Posey, and his wife, Debbie, came right over to give us a ride home. I called Geico for a tow and Cathy called Jimmy Smith, our good friend and a member of Crestwood First Ward and, more importantly, a first class auto mechanic. He happened to be nearby and came over.

The rest of the story (so far) is that Jimmy determined that the starter was burned out but discovered that there seemed to be a massive oil pressure problem with the motor. In short, we probably needed a new motor. That was about $5 - 6,000 of bad news. While we were trying to grapple with that, Jimmy called and said that he had looked on line and determined that our car was under a safety recall for engine problems. He thought we might get Hyundai to put in a new motor for us. I mentioned that to Jake in a phone call and he looked further on the internet and found that not only was there a recall but there was also a class-action lawsuit. As a result of the settlement of that lawsuit, Hyundai motors had extended the warranty for motors of several vehicles including ours.

I drove over to Oxmoor Hyundai where we bought the car and they explained that they would do an inspection and, if needed, they would replace our car and provide a free rental in the mean time.

We got a call the next advising us that our motor replacement had been authorized. Blessing!

While I'm at it, here's another blessing.

Three years ago we hired a company to install a whole home humidifier to keep the humidity level up during the long, cold winters. It has given us nothing but problems and has seldom worked properly. As winter approaches, we decided to call them again and see if they can fix it. They came out and said that they have now determined that these units are defective and they will replace it for free with a better unit. Blessing!