Genealogy Fan Chart
Click on the link above to create your own Fan Chart. It is pretty fun! You just need your LDS Account login to access your chart. Keep in mind that the chart is built using information submitted on new.familysearch.org. Some of the information might be inaccurate. At any rate it is a fun family history tool. Enjoy!
Monday, December 3, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
From the October 2012 Ensign...
I loved this story that President Packer gave about starting to do family history work. It is inspiring! It helped to point out how to start working on your family history and how the Lord will then direct you in how to continue. So good! Enjoy!
“Several years ago Sister Packer and I determined that we should get our records in order. However, under the pressure of Church responsibilities with my travels about the world, and the obligations with our large family and a home to keep up both indoors and outdoors, there just was not enough time. But we were restless about this family history responsibility, and finally we determined that somehow we would have to make more time in the day.
“During the Christmas holidays when we had a little extra time, we started. Then as we moved back to a regular schedule after the holidays, we adopted the practice of getting up an hour or two earlier each day.
“We gathered together everything we had, and in the course of a few weeks we were amazed at what we were able to accomplish. The thing that was most impressive, however, was the fact that we began to have experiences that told us somehow that we were being guided, that there were those beyond the veil who were interested in what we were doing. Things began to fall into place.
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“As I have traveled about the Church and paid particular attention to this subject, many testimonies have come to light. Others who assemble their records together are likewise having similar experiences. It was as though the Lord was waiting for us to begin.
“We found things we had wondered about for a long time. It seemed as though they came to us almost too easily. More than this, things that we never dreamed existed began to show up. We began to learn by personal experience that this research into our families is an inspired work. We came to know that an inspiration will follow those who move into it. It is just a matter of getting started.”
President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Your Family History: Getting Started,” Ensign, Aug. 2003, 12.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
I am grateful for a living prophet!
My sister posted this on her facebook page the yesterday. I loved it! It brought me so much peace considering the outcome of the election. What a blessing it is to know that God is in charge and that He guides His people through a living prophet. The righteous need not fear. Thank you, Heather, for the reminder.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
A quote I have been thinking about....
"I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves and with their children, the spirit of that great book will come to permeate our homes and all who dwell therein. The spirit of reverence will increase; mutual respect and consideration for each other will grow. The spirit of contention will depart. Parents will counsel their children in greater love and wisdom. Children will be more responsive and submissive to the counsel of their parents. Righteousness will increase. Faith, hope, and charity- the pure love of Christ- will abound in our homes and lives, bringing in their wake peace, joy, and happiness."
President Marion G. Romney, Conference Report April 1980.
Riley and I have been trying to read a chapter from the Book of Mormon each night. It is amazing what that has done for us as a couple and as a family. It brings the spirit of the Lord into our home in such a powerful way. It has also helped me to be more at peace with all the things that are going on in the world that I don't have power to change. It has helped me to keep an eternal perspective in my life.
A couple of nights ago we were reading in Ether, chapter 12, verse 27.
"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their aweakness. I bgive unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my cgrace is sufficient for all men that dhumble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make eweak things become strong unto them."
That verse hit me so strongly, it applied to me in a way that it hadn't before. I felt so much love and amazement to think that my weaknesses are actually things that help my Heavenly Father to show His love for me, that if I trust Him and submit to His will, He will be able to make my weaknesses become my strengths. Sometimes I forget that He really has a plan for me and that even though I don't see the entire picture, He does. Whatever trials we go through in life are for our good, given by a loving Heavenly Father, to help us draw closer to Him and eventually to return to His presence. In the process He helps us every step of the way, if we allow Him. Our endurance through lifes challenges make us stronger and helps us to trust a Father in Heaven that has our best interest in mind. Then He can also use us to help others be strengthened and blessed.
I am grateful for the application of Book of Mormon teachings in my life. I know that this is a true book of scripture given to us by a loving Father in Heaven. I have felt the difference it makes in my life and hope that I will not allow myself to be distracted from living its teachings.
President Marion G. Romney, Conference Report April 1980.
Riley and I have been trying to read a chapter from the Book of Mormon each night. It is amazing what that has done for us as a couple and as a family. It brings the spirit of the Lord into our home in such a powerful way. It has also helped me to be more at peace with all the things that are going on in the world that I don't have power to change. It has helped me to keep an eternal perspective in my life.
A couple of nights ago we were reading in Ether, chapter 12, verse 27.
"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their aweakness. I bgive unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my cgrace is sufficient for all men that dhumble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make eweak things become strong unto them."
That verse hit me so strongly, it applied to me in a way that it hadn't before. I felt so much love and amazement to think that my weaknesses are actually things that help my Heavenly Father to show His love for me, that if I trust Him and submit to His will, He will be able to make my weaknesses become my strengths. Sometimes I forget that He really has a plan for me and that even though I don't see the entire picture, He does. Whatever trials we go through in life are for our good, given by a loving Heavenly Father, to help us draw closer to Him and eventually to return to His presence. In the process He helps us every step of the way, if we allow Him. Our endurance through lifes challenges make us stronger and helps us to trust a Father in Heaven that has our best interest in mind. Then He can also use us to help others be strengthened and blessed.
I am grateful for the application of Book of Mormon teachings in my life. I know that this is a true book of scripture given to us by a loving Father in Heaven. I have felt the difference it makes in my life and hope that I will not allow myself to be distracted from living its teachings.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Something I didn't know about my Tucker ancestors!
Fanny Tucker 1855-1892
Samuel Starkey Tucker- Fanny's Father
Ancestors of Fanny Tucker Stoker
Fanny Tucker was the daughter of Samuel Starkey Tucker and Emma Cotter. Emma Cotter was the only daughter of Adam Cotter and Jamima Pulling (Pullen).
The parents of Jamima Pulling were people of title and known as Lord and Lady Pulling. They lived on their large estate of beautiful grounds and a large beautiful home with servants in livery. Their coat of arms (their emblem honored by the king and passed on with their property) was upon the doors of their carriages and livery of their servants.
Jamima Pulling disgraced herself in her parents estimation by falling in love and marrying her father's coachman, Adam Cotter, and was consequently disinherited by her parents. At their death the property went to the only sister of Jamima whose name was Karran Pulling who never married but lived to be a middle aged lady and always said she would leave her property to her sister's (Jamima) children when she died. Jamima, however, died many years before Karran did.
Emma Cotter, only daughter of Jamima, used to take her oldest children to visit her aunt Karran Pulling , and the children used to speak of the beautiful home and its wealth of soft carpets, picture galleries, statuary and of the high post bedstead with its draperies of silk and of the caraway seed cakes she gave them.
Emma Cotter was a small woman with soft grey eyes and beautiful brown hair. She was well educated and was a very pretty singer and fancy dancer. She was taught to do all kinds of beautiful hand embroidery and before her marriage she had a millenary and dressmaking establishment with women and girls in her employ. She also made and sold fancy vests which were so much worn at that time.
In September 8, 1849, Emma Cotter married Samuel Starkey Tucker at the church of St. James in the city of Bristol, England, as appears by the register of the Parrish, W. G. Todd Register Clerk.
Samuel Starkey Tucker was a carpenter and Joiner and cab or coach maker having to work for seven years as an apprentice to learn a trade in the old country. Samuel Starkey and Emma Cotter joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the sixties and came to this country in 1864. Emma Cotter's aunt Karren Pulling thought this was a worse disgrace than the marriage of her sister to a coachman.
Samuel Starkey Tucker and Emma Cotter left their home, friends, country, and all they had for the sake of the gospel and journeyed to Zion, bringing with them Emma Cotter's father, Adam, and four little girls. They having buried three of their children, two girls, three and five years, and one boy, two years, who was scalded to death.
As near as can be found out, they sailed from Liverpool, England on the ship "Hudson" a sailing vessel, in the month of May 1864 and were six weeks on the water. They were three months making the trip to Salt Lake City. They traveled with ox teams and were in Captain Warren Snow's Company, with about fifty teams of wagons in the company. Samuel Starkey Tucker made the coffins to bury those who died crossing the plains in their company.
Emma Cotter Tucker was very ill all the way crossing the plains. She had gathered breasts and her husband Samuel and her father Adam walked in front of the wagon and picked up stones that would have jarred her had the wheels struck them. Two of the girls, Fanny and Belle, eight and ten years old, walked all the way to Salt Lake.
They lived in Salt Lake City for six months then moved to Ogden and built a home on 25th street near where Hudson Ave. is opened. Samuel opened up a homemade furniture store. The girls used to drive the horse around in a circle to keep the lathe going. Emma Cotter Tucker used to go to Salt Lake to conference in April and October if the weather was good and her health would permit her to. There she would buy the paints and things her husband needed for his business. There was no railroad at that time, and the people used to start out to walk and depend on a farmer or someone with a wagon coming along to pick them up or at least bring their things purchased in Salt Lake City back for them. One time Emma failed to get a ride and walked all the way to Salt Lake City.
She used to stay in Salt Lake with a man and his family who had been on a mission to Bristol, England and had made his home with the Tuckers. Emma was very religious and a zealous church worker. She had charge of the burial and temple clothes for the Relief Society in her ward.
She had one son born to her while living in Ogden, later she had very poor health. Their home was a gathering place for the young people. They had a large fireplace, and Mr. Tucker, or one of his hired men, would bring a bushel basket of shavings from the lathe and put it on the fire. They needed no other light. Belle and Fanny had an accordian and a concertina that they played, and they used to dance cordrills, waltzes, polkas, and the varsouvieme. Emma would dance the sailors horn pipe or the highland fling or some other fancy dance. Sometimes her husband would tell her she had better not dance as she would be sick the next day.
She made it pleasant for her friends, and they all loved her and used to love to spend their evenings at her home. They also came there for yeast to make their bread. They used to sing the songs of Zion on these occasions, and many times the tears would run down the cheeks of Emma and Samuel and her father, Adam Cotter, who live with them. Adam Cotter always had his arm chair on the left side of the fireplace and his lounge in the same corner where he slept and always was covered with a buffalo robe which Mr. Tucker bought to keep him warm. Mr. Cotter will be remembered by the early settlers of Ogden as always wearing his knee pants and long stockings with low buckled shoes.
The last two or three years of Emma Cotter Tucker's live was not as enjoyable. Her health being poor, she lost her speech five days before she died, but it returned the last hour and she surprised those present by breaking into song, singing the beautiful hymn of Eliza R. Snow, "Oh My Father," as it was her favorite hymn. After singing it all through, she kissed her five children and husband then closed her eyes and sank into rest. Her beautiful and gentle spirit left her body and she died May 26, 1870 and was buried by the side of her father Adam Cotter who had died in February of the same year. Samuel Starkey Tucker died February 18, 1893 in Salt Lake City, Utah and is buried there.
The parents of Jamima Pulling were people of title and known as Lord and Lady Pulling. They lived on their large estate of beautiful grounds and a large beautiful home with servants in livery. Their coat of arms (their emblem honored by the king and passed on with their property) was upon the doors of their carriages and livery of their servants.
Jamima Pulling disgraced herself in her parents estimation by falling in love and marrying her father's coachman, Adam Cotter, and was consequently disinherited by her parents. At their death the property went to the only sister of Jamima whose name was Karran Pulling who never married but lived to be a middle aged lady and always said she would leave her property to her sister's (Jamima) children when she died. Jamima, however, died many years before Karran did.
Emma Cotter, only daughter of Jamima, used to take her oldest children to visit her aunt Karran Pulling , and the children used to speak of the beautiful home and its wealth of soft carpets, picture galleries, statuary and of the high post bedstead with its draperies of silk and of the caraway seed cakes she gave them.
Emma Cotter was a small woman with soft grey eyes and beautiful brown hair. She was well educated and was a very pretty singer and fancy dancer. She was taught to do all kinds of beautiful hand embroidery and before her marriage she had a millenary and dressmaking establishment with women and girls in her employ. She also made and sold fancy vests which were so much worn at that time.
In September 8, 1849, Emma Cotter married Samuel Starkey Tucker at the church of St. James in the city of Bristol, England, as appears by the register of the Parrish, W. G. Todd Register Clerk.
Samuel Starkey Tucker was a carpenter and Joiner and cab or coach maker having to work for seven years as an apprentice to learn a trade in the old country. Samuel Starkey and Emma Cotter joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the sixties and came to this country in 1864. Emma Cotter's aunt Karren Pulling thought this was a worse disgrace than the marriage of her sister to a coachman.
Samuel Starkey Tucker and Emma Cotter left their home, friends, country, and all they had for the sake of the gospel and journeyed to Zion, bringing with them Emma Cotter's father, Adam, and four little girls. They having buried three of their children, two girls, three and five years, and one boy, two years, who was scalded to death.
As near as can be found out, they sailed from Liverpool, England on the ship "Hudson" a sailing vessel, in the month of May 1864 and were six weeks on the water. They were three months making the trip to Salt Lake City. They traveled with ox teams and were in Captain Warren Snow's Company, with about fifty teams of wagons in the company. Samuel Starkey Tucker made the coffins to bury those who died crossing the plains in their company.
Emma Cotter Tucker was very ill all the way crossing the plains. She had gathered breasts and her husband Samuel and her father Adam walked in front of the wagon and picked up stones that would have jarred her had the wheels struck them. Two of the girls, Fanny and Belle, eight and ten years old, walked all the way to Salt Lake.
They lived in Salt Lake City for six months then moved to Ogden and built a home on 25th street near where Hudson Ave. is opened. Samuel opened up a homemade furniture store. The girls used to drive the horse around in a circle to keep the lathe going. Emma Cotter Tucker used to go to Salt Lake to conference in April and October if the weather was good and her health would permit her to. There she would buy the paints and things her husband needed for his business. There was no railroad at that time, and the people used to start out to walk and depend on a farmer or someone with a wagon coming along to pick them up or at least bring their things purchased in Salt Lake City back for them. One time Emma failed to get a ride and walked all the way to Salt Lake City.
She used to stay in Salt Lake with a man and his family who had been on a mission to Bristol, England and had made his home with the Tuckers. Emma was very religious and a zealous church worker. She had charge of the burial and temple clothes for the Relief Society in her ward.
She had one son born to her while living in Ogden, later she had very poor health. Their home was a gathering place for the young people. They had a large fireplace, and Mr. Tucker, or one of his hired men, would bring a bushel basket of shavings from the lathe and put it on the fire. They needed no other light. Belle and Fanny had an accordian and a concertina that they played, and they used to dance cordrills, waltzes, polkas, and the varsouvieme. Emma would dance the sailors horn pipe or the highland fling or some other fancy dance. Sometimes her husband would tell her she had better not dance as she would be sick the next day.
She made it pleasant for her friends, and they all loved her and used to love to spend their evenings at her home. They also came there for yeast to make their bread. They used to sing the songs of Zion on these occasions, and many times the tears would run down the cheeks of Emma and Samuel and her father, Adam Cotter, who live with them. Adam Cotter always had his arm chair on the left side of the fireplace and his lounge in the same corner where he slept and always was covered with a buffalo robe which Mr. Tucker bought to keep him warm. Mr. Cotter will be remembered by the early settlers of Ogden as always wearing his knee pants and long stockings with low buckled shoes.
The last two or three years of Emma Cotter Tucker's live was not as enjoyable. Her health being poor, she lost her speech five days before she died, but it returned the last hour and she surprised those present by breaking into song, singing the beautiful hymn of Eliza R. Snow, "Oh My Father," as it was her favorite hymn. After singing it all through, she kissed her five children and husband then closed her eyes and sank into rest. Her beautiful and gentle spirit left her body and she died May 26, 1870 and was buried by the side of her father Adam Cotter who had died in February of the same year. Samuel Starkey Tucker died February 18, 1893 in Salt Lake City, Utah and is buried there.
This is a biographical sketch taken from material furnished by Alice Rose Tucker Blair, sister of Fanny Tucker Stoker. It was written by J. D. Floyd Stoker who is the son of Edgar M. Stoker and grandson of Fannie A. Tucker and William Thomas Stoker. As found on ancestry.com. Thank you!
Note: I am a direct descendant of Samuel Starkey Tucker by his second wife, Elizabeth Neslin. I loved seeing this account because it helps me to know more about Samuel and his family. It was also fun to see pictures of him and his daughter, Fanny. They must have been extraordinary people.
Note: I am a direct descendant of Samuel Starkey Tucker by his second wife, Elizabeth Neslin. I loved seeing this account because it helps me to know more about Samuel and his family. It was also fun to see pictures of him and his daughter, Fanny. They must have been extraordinary people.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Marinus and Jacoba Van Dam Van Duuren
This is a picture of my Van Duuren immigrant ancestors and first members of the Van Duuren family to be converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have been doing some genealogy research on this family line and have enjoyed learning more about them. They must have been some remarkable people.
A Wonderful Day!
Today I had the chance to go see my cousin Emily be baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was absolutely glowing! It was so neat to see her and feel of her joy. The experience reminded of me of how my Van Duren ancestors came to join the Church. I ran across the account again a couple of days ago. I am going to post it below. It just makes me so grateful for the blessings that I enjoy as a member of the church. I am grateful for the sacrifices of all of my ancestors who made it possible for me to enjoy the blessings of the restored church in my own life. I love learning from them and recognize the difficulties that they endured for me.
Brief history of Jacob A. Van Duren- Dictated on the 13th day of January 1952, to Raymond Van Duren, his son...
I, Jacob A. Van Duren was born of Martin Johannes Frans Van Duuren and Jacoba Van Dam, on the 29th of October 1887 in Utrecht, Holland. My parents had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prior to my birth thru the efforts and labors of the missionaries and my mother's brothers. There was no branch of the church established in Utrecht at the time, and we were only contacted occasionally by a missionary passing thru. We also had contact thru a monthly subscription of a church publication. This was the only way we could keep in contact with the church for many years. During this time we attended a protestant church and Sunday school in order to acquaint ourselves with the Bible and the Christian faith.
My father was a police officer in Utrecht, a city of 200,000 people for quite a few years. He had a few years to go in order to receive a small pension. He suffered much from chronic asthma that sent him into fits of temper at times. (It is because of the Tulips in Utrecht that Martin had so much asthma.)
Thru much consideration, sacrifice and assistance of my mother's brother, the family decided to migrate to Zion. Due to meager finances it was decided that the family should come a few at a time to this land of America. First to come was my sister Susanna Francisca (age 21) and myself (age 14).
It was very difficult to leave our parents, brothers and sisters and all our friends, to go to a strange land where we would learn a new language and of new ways.
We sailed on the English steamship "Megantic" of the white star line, second class to Boston, Mass. in a period of 10 days. We then proceeded to Ogden, Utah by way of a chair car on the train, where were met by my Uncle Van Dam, mother's brother, on the 2nd of June 1902. It was a long and weary trip but our accommodations were fairly comfortable and we arrived safely and happy to see someone that we knew.
During the time we lived in Ogden with my Uncle and Aunt, I worked in a box factory and my sister acquired a job as a hired girl. It was not too long before my sister meet a fellow and was married. They moved to Salt Lake and I boarded with them.
My brother Frans Cornelius arrived in Salt Lake in 1903, and he too boarded with my sister. It was in April 1905 that my brother Frans Cornelius became very ill and died in the L.D.S. hospital just three months before my parents arrived with my younger sister, Magdalena Miria Jacoba. This added much sorrow and sacrifice to my parents, not being able to see him again, and they could not get over it for quite a long time.
My father being past 60 could not readily obtain a job- therefore I was the only provider for awhile for a family of four at the large salary of $5.00 a week. My father received a small pension of $45.00 every 3 months from Holland. We rented a two room apartment for $5.00 a month, paid our tithing and all other incidentals, but the Lord blessed us, and we did not soften. Sometimes groceries and other commodities were given us by someone in the Ward. Not knowing where or by whom they came. Father finally obtained a job as a janitor at the University of Utah. I departed for the Netherlands mission in 1909. At this time father took a job as a custodian at the 5th ward in Ogden, Utah. Upon my return from a very successful mission in 1911, my folks returned to Salt Lake were my father obtained a job as a janitor in the Lion House and the L.D.S. University which he held until he reached his 80th birthday.
My father died on the 6th of March at the age of 82. My mother died eleven weeks later on the 21st of May at the age of 73 of a broken heart.
Brief history of Jacob A. Van Duren- Dictated on the 13th day of January 1952, to Raymond Van Duren, his son...
I, Jacob A. Van Duren was born of Martin Johannes Frans Van Duuren and Jacoba Van Dam, on the 29th of October 1887 in Utrecht, Holland. My parents had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prior to my birth thru the efforts and labors of the missionaries and my mother's brothers. There was no branch of the church established in Utrecht at the time, and we were only contacted occasionally by a missionary passing thru. We also had contact thru a monthly subscription of a church publication. This was the only way we could keep in contact with the church for many years. During this time we attended a protestant church and Sunday school in order to acquaint ourselves with the Bible and the Christian faith.
My father was a police officer in Utrecht, a city of 200,000 people for quite a few years. He had a few years to go in order to receive a small pension. He suffered much from chronic asthma that sent him into fits of temper at times. (It is because of the Tulips in Utrecht that Martin had so much asthma.)
Thru much consideration, sacrifice and assistance of my mother's brother, the family decided to migrate to Zion. Due to meager finances it was decided that the family should come a few at a time to this land of America. First to come was my sister Susanna Francisca (age 21) and myself (age 14).
It was very difficult to leave our parents, brothers and sisters and all our friends, to go to a strange land where we would learn a new language and of new ways.
We sailed on the English steamship "Megantic" of the white star line, second class to Boston, Mass. in a period of 10 days. We then proceeded to Ogden, Utah by way of a chair car on the train, where were met by my Uncle Van Dam, mother's brother, on the 2nd of June 1902. It was a long and weary trip but our accommodations were fairly comfortable and we arrived safely and happy to see someone that we knew.
During the time we lived in Ogden with my Uncle and Aunt, I worked in a box factory and my sister acquired a job as a hired girl. It was not too long before my sister meet a fellow and was married. They moved to Salt Lake and I boarded with them.
My brother Frans Cornelius arrived in Salt Lake in 1903, and he too boarded with my sister. It was in April 1905 that my brother Frans Cornelius became very ill and died in the L.D.S. hospital just three months before my parents arrived with my younger sister, Magdalena Miria Jacoba. This added much sorrow and sacrifice to my parents, not being able to see him again, and they could not get over it for quite a long time.
My father being past 60 could not readily obtain a job- therefore I was the only provider for awhile for a family of four at the large salary of $5.00 a week. My father received a small pension of $45.00 every 3 months from Holland. We rented a two room apartment for $5.00 a month, paid our tithing and all other incidentals, but the Lord blessed us, and we did not soften. Sometimes groceries and other commodities were given us by someone in the Ward. Not knowing where or by whom they came. Father finally obtained a job as a janitor at the University of Utah. I departed for the Netherlands mission in 1909. At this time father took a job as a custodian at the 5th ward in Ogden, Utah. Upon my return from a very successful mission in 1911, my folks returned to Salt Lake were my father obtained a job as a janitor in the Lion House and the L.D.S. University which he held until he reached his 80th birthday.
My father died on the 6th of March at the age of 82. My mother died eleven weeks later on the 21st of May at the age of 73 of a broken heart.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
I love General Conference!
The Saturday sessions of General Conference were great! What a wonderful day. The spirit was so strong. I loved the announcement by President Monson that lowered the age for missionaries to begin their missionary service. Now sister missionaries can leave on missions at 19 years old. So amazing! What a blessing in the lives of so many sisters. More of them will be able to serve and how great will be their contribution. I am still amazed at how much serving a mission has blessed my life. The experience has given depth to my life that I don't think I would have had without it. I loved my mission and the people that I taught. I loved my companions and still value their friendship today. And most of all I treasure the relationship that I developed with my Savior. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Christ's restored church on the earth today. I know that it is lead by living apostles and prophets. I know that the priesthood authority is on the earth today and that through this authority families can be sealed together forever. I long for the day when I will be able to see my Savior face to face and I will bathe His feet with my tears. I love Him!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
I love this one!
"Why is it that sometimes only one of a city or household receives the gospel? It was made known to me that it is because of the righteous dead who had received the gospel in the spirit world exercising themselves, and in answer to their prayers elders of the Church were sent to the homes of their posterity that the gospel might be taught to them, and through their righteousness they might be privileged to have a descendant in the flesh do the work for their dead kindred. I want to say to you that it is with greater intensity that the hearts of the fathers and mothers in the spirit world are turned to their children than that our hearts are turned to them."
Source: Elder Melvin J. Ballard, Sermons and Missionary Services of Melvin Joseph Ballard, p. 249
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Happy researching!
"The Lord is in this work. He wants it to prosper. He wants us to be successful in our efforts. While living with my grandmother, Louise Ballif Benson, in Logan as a student, I knew she had been working very hard on her research. She kept referring to the fact that there was a gap that she couldn't fill and it worried her. She prayed about it fervently. One day she received a package addressed just 'Benson Family, Utah.' The package contained a printed book which had come from a man in Syracuse, New York, who had done research independently--not as a member of the Church. You can imagine the joy that filled my grandmother's heart when she found that this not only filled the gap, but did much more than that. Her prayers had been answered. Yes, there are many ways to help get the job done."
Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 164
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Something to think about...
This is a quote that I got in an email from the Logan FamilySearch Center. I love it. It makes me think about what my priorities in life are and what they should be.
"I wish many times that the veil were lifted off the face of the Latter-day Saints. I wish we could see and know the things of God as they do who are laboring for the salvation of the human family who are in the spirit world; for if this were so, this whole people, with very few, if any, exceptions, would lose all interest in the riches of the world, and instead thereof their whole desires and labors would be directed to redeem their dead."
Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, p. 152
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Time to start blogging more.
I decided I would post a couple of wedding photos! I can't believe Riley and I have been married now for over six months. It is amazing how fast the time has gone.
I decided that I need to post more often. I am going to try to do a better job. Things have just been so crazy around here. There doesn't seem to be time to worry about a blog. We found out recently that my dad may have cancer again. That has taken up a lot of my time, a lot of it just worrying. I know that he will be okay. It is just a little unnerving to think of what may lie ahead. At any rate all we can do now is pray for help, courage, and healing. I know that our prayers will be answered.
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