One of my favorite primary hymns is, I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus by Janice Kapp Perry
I’m trying to be like Jesus;
I’m following in his ways.
I’m trying to love as he did, in all that I do and say.
At times I am tempted to make a wrong choice,
But I try to listen as the still small voice whispers,
Chorus “Love one another as Jesus loves you.
Try to show kindness in all that you do.
Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought,
For these are the things Jesus taught.”
I’m trying to love my neighbor;
I’m learning to serve my friends.
I watch for the day of gladness when Jesus will come again.
I try to remember the lessons he taught.
Then the Holy Spirit enters into my thoughts, saying:
Chorus
When my sister-in-law, Lynn saw this video she said, "How fun! I've seen his story on Mormon Times and I know Denny and Leslie Hancock from Bellevue, WA. Great story and what a great family. I haven't seen them in years but they were such a great family way back when so doesn't surprise me that they still are!"
Thank you Denny Hancock for showing us how to be like Jesus.
I meant to post this pie crust recipe on my recipe blog, but I realized after I was all done typing it in with the pictures , that I set up this post on my family blog. Check out at the family recipe blog at: magfood.blogspot.com or click here (The official name of the family recipe blog is: Family Favorites for Feeding Frenzies. My brother would call meal times at our family reunions feeding frenzies - hence the name of the recipe blog.)
1 Tbs sugar
4 cups flour
1 3/4 cups Crisco shortening
2 teaspoons salt
1 Tbs vinegar
1 egg
1/2 cup water (cold)
Mix first 4 ingredients with a fork
Mix liquids together
Mix all together
Mold into ball and chill 15 minutes in fridge.
This recipe will make 3 or 4 one crust pie crusts.
Will keep 3 days in fridge or you can freeze.
For one crust pie: Trim overhanging edge of pastry 1 inch from rim of pan. Fold and roll pastry under, even with pan; flute.
For baked pie shell: Prick bottom and side throughly with fork. Bake at 475 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.
I got this recipe from Agnes Cuyler about 25 years ago. I was usually a little nervous about making pie crusts until I started using this recipe. I googled pie crust to get pictures to post on this blog and I found the almost the exact same recipe here on the pioneer woman website. The best thing about the post is that they have step by step pictures to help you through the process of making a pie crust. Be sure to check out the pioneer woman link!
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new Relief Society General Presidency today in General Conference. As soon as I heard Elder Uchtdorf release Sis. Beck and her counselors, I told Scott they were going to call Linda Reeves. And sure enough, she was put in as second counselor to Sis. Linda Burton.
The exciting thing about Linda being put in the General Relief Society Presidency is now the whole world will know what we in Duarte have always known. And that is Linda is a very special person.
You can read about her 2012 General Relief Society message by clicking here.
One of the things I like to do is listen to past BYU devotionals. This one entitled, Vision in the Wilderness, was given by Elder Wickman at BYU Idaho on March 27, 2012. It was such a great devotional!
Elder Wickman talked how we are living in a,wilderness we call mortality—and that, like Lehi, we can experience revelation in this wilderness. But we must look upon this wilderness experience as a time of refinement, or, to quote the words of another Book of Mormon prophet, as a “time to prepare to meet God” (Alma 12:24, 34:32). Visions come in the Lord’s time, not in our own time; but Lehi’s experience teaches that they do come if we are preparing for them.
Elder Wickman talked about four lessons we can learn in the wilderness:
Remember! The fruit of the tree sustains in the wilderness. Devour it!
Remember! The Iron rod brings safe passage through the wilderness. Grasp it!
Remember! Opportunity is created by the wilderness. Seize it!
Remember! Roses bloom, even in the wilderness. Take time to smell them!
I especially liked this last story he told reminding us to take time to smell the roses:
Finally, I come now to my fourth “wilderness lesson.” Roses bloom, even in the wilderness. Take time to smell them! When I urge you to move forward toward life and career with vigor and purpose, I mean to suggest a brisk, purposeful march, not a headlong, pell-mell sprint that shuts out everything else that is worthy and enjoyable in a beautiful world, leaving you exhausted, empty, and “burned out.” In my experience, if some of us are seduced by the trial of ease, others of us become bewitched by the pursuit of fame and fortune to the exclusion of all else. Balance is needed.
By way of illustration of that point—and the beauties that are out there for our enjoyment if we will but pause to do so—I share with you this piece that appeared a few years ago in the Washington Post:
“A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
“Three minutes went by, and a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule. A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, and continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
“The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tugged him along, hurried, but the [lad] stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
“In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
“No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.”1
Here is the Washington Post article about Joshua Bell's experience in the Washington DC metro station.
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Click here to find past devotionals given at BYU Idaho
Click here to find past devotionals given at BYU Hawaii
Click here to find past devotionals given at BYU Provo
Our class volunteered to help with the table decorations.
It is quite the tradition with the Monrovia/Duarte Seminary to have an, Invite Your Friends to Seminary Breakfast Day. Each year the seminary students invite their friends and teachers from school to attend early morning seminary with them. It's a great way to start the day....with 100+ of your friends from school!
