011325, Monday

Daily Vitals: Weight: 230.1, GMI: 6.8, Steps (previous day) 2,712

Journal Entry

Yesterday was quiet. We are getting used to Sacrament meeting starting at 1:30 PM. It does seem to preclude getting any walking in on Sunday at least while the weather is so cold outside but that's OK. We are looking forward to warmer weather when we will go up the canyon or to a park and walk outside on Sunday mornings.

We'll get a good walk in today though. Nothing else on our calendar.

Come Follow Me 

Joseph Smith History 1:1 Owing to the many reports which have been put in circulation by evil-disposed and designing persons, in relation to the rise and progress of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, all of which have been designed by the authors thereof to militate against its character as a Church and its progress in the world—I have been induced to write this history, to disabuse the public mind, and put all inquirers after truth in possession of the facts, as they have transpired, in relation both to myself and the Church, so far as I have such facts in my possession.

"While the Church is becoming more visible, there are still many people who do not understand it. Some have been taught to be suspicious of the Church, to operate under negative stereotypes about the Church without questioning their source and validity. There is also a great deal of misinformation and confusion about what the Church is and what it stands for. This has been true since the time of the Prophet Joseph Smith...

The growing visibility and reputation of the Church presents some remarkable opportunities to us as its members. We can help “disabuse the public mind” and correct misinformation when we are portrayed as something we are not. More important, though, we can share who we are."

Elder L. Tom Perry Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, October 2011