When the couples had FHE at the mission home, President Anderson committed each senior missionary to put their profile on mormon.org. I started one later that week but quickly gave it up and just forgot about it. (Isn’t it amazing how we can forget something we really do not want to do or not find time to do it if we do remember?)

Yesterday at Zone Conference he again committed all the missionaries to having a profile on mormon.org. So today instead of procrastinating, as I usually do, I looked at some of the different profiles of men my age and  decided I could do this.

I found it fairly easy to write about myself, why I am a member, etc., the hard part was finding a picture I liked and cropping it so it would fit. After a couple of tries I got it done and now my profile is in for review. It can take two weeks for it to show up so I now need to learn patience and just wait.

Our above average Fort Lauderdale Zone Leaders came into the office this morning and I finally got a chance to take their picture. Elder Fitts who I mentioned earlier was the son of our daughter’s stake president ( I hope that came out OK) is on the left and Elder Rippstein is on the right.

We went to Zone Conference with the Hialeah and Miami Zones. President and Sister Anderson gave us inspired instruction. A major part of it was how the missionaries need to teach repentance before teaching about baptism. As I was listening I pondered what was being said and made the following notes that were not specifically taught but came to my mind:

Alma26:21 And now behold, my brethren, what natural man is there that knoweth these things? I say unto you, there is none that knoweth these things, save it be the penitent.

22 Yea, he that repenteth and exerciseth faith, and bringeth forth good works, and prayeth continually without ceasing — unto such it is given to know the mysteries of God; yea, unto such it shall be given to reveal things which never have been revealed; yea, and it shall be given unto such to bring thousands of souls to repentance, even as it has been given unto us to bring these our brethren to repentance.

**** Faith in Jesus Christ and his atonement brings a desire to repent of our sins. Repentance is the key to open the door back to God. Baptism is the door that opens the way back to God. The Gift of the Holy is the guide that can lead us back to God.  If we endure to the end we will return to God.

Paul on the day of Pentecost Repent and be baptized…everyone of you. Notice the order.

Our spirits were organized by God. Our bodies are a gift from God and they are the temple for our spirit. Without out a body of flesh and bone we are not complete. Through the repentance and the gift of the atonement we can be restored to our natural, pure state and enter into God’s rest.

It was a wonderful spiritual feast for the all the missionaries who were there.

After the conference we went to the office so I could write some checks and Mary could get more of her work done. It seems like it just keeps rolling in.

  

Most evenings if it is not raining I go out and feed the turtles and the ducks. Today we were joined by a group of egrets. Luckily I brought out a big piece of bread and everyone got some. I noticed the small rainbow behind Mary and took a picture. The picture of our beautiful granddaughter Gentry speaks for itself.