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Joy in Family History Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has taught that the Spirit of Elijah is “a manifestation of the Holy Ghost bearing witness of the divine nature of the family.”1As members of Christ’s restored Church, we have the covenant responsibility to search for our ancestors and provide for them the saving ordinances of the gospel. They without us cannot “be made perfect” (Hebrews 11:40), and “neither can we without our dead be made perfect” (D&C 128:15).Family history work prepares us for the blessings of eternal life and helps us increase our faith and personal righteousness. Family history is a vital part of the mission of the Church and enables the work of salvation and exaltation for all.President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said: “When we research our own lines we become interested in more than just names. … Our interest turns our hearts to our fathers—we seek to find them and to know them and to serve them.”2From the ScripturesMalachi 4:5–6; 1 Corinthians 15:29; D&C 124:28–36; 128:15From Our HistoryThe Prophet Joseph Smith taught, “The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead.”3 We can serve as proxy in the temple for our deceased ancestors and perform necessary ordinances for them.Sally Randall of Nauvoo, Illinois, whose 14-year-old son died, found great comfort in the promise of eternal families. After her husband was baptized for their son, she wrote to her relatives: “What a glorious thing it is that we … can be baptized for all of our dead [ancestors] and save them as far back as we can get any knowledge of them.” Then she asked her relatives to send her information on their ancestors, saying, “I intend to do what I can to save [our family].”4What Can I Do?1. How can I help the sisters I watch over to do family history? 2. Am I recording my personal history?

Thursday, November 14, 2013

We'll it sure looks like I am not very good at his blogging thing, truth is, I'm not very good at this computer thing, my computer has issues, just like me, haha. On the plus side I have decided to  blog a little on friendship. We all need friends at every age. Our children need good friends starting when they are very little, and it goes through elementary, jr high, and is especially important in high school to have good friends. But I don't think we really think about having friends when we are adults. It is so important to have that friend to interact with and lean on. One of my favorite quotes is "we will be best friends till we are old and senile then we will be best friends again"!  Here is a website with some awesome quotes on friendship. Please remember if you see anyone sitting alone or new or that you don't know very well, you can't have too many friends, surround yourself with great people. Get to know someone else, make it a goal for yourself. Friends make the world go around. www.friendship.com.au   Go out and make a friend :)
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