Scripture for the day:

D&C 9:8~ But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind;  then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you;  therefore, you shall feel that it is right.

Where did you go Cian??!!

Oh my goodness!  Tonight we went to McDonalds for dinner and we let the kids play in the kiddy area.  Well Iolly and Ezra wanted to play with the basketballs, so Chet and I helped them.  Cian was in the play area while we were doing this.  When they were done with the basketballs, Chet and I  sat at the table.  I then started to look for Cian in the toy area just then Chet said, "Cian?"  I looked back behind me and Cian was walking into the kid area from the dining area and was crying!  I then picked him up and held him and asked "Where did you go Cian?"  He said that he went outside to our van looking for us.  The van is clear across the parking lot!!!  I was so scared for him, mad at myself, and glad that nothing happened.  I'm still pretty mad, I mean, what kind of parents don't realize their child is missing?  It happened so fast!  I'm so thankful nothing bad happened, but I'm still mad at myself for letting it happen.  I had a good talk with him afterwards and then again on the way to the van.  I hope nothing like this happens again, it's just scary to think of the what ifs.

Scripture for the day:

Mark 11:24~ Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Exhausted Again!!!

So we had another bad night last night.  Iolly seems a little better tonight, so hopefully....

Anyways, today we got to ride the Pocatello Transit with the kids for the first time, it was a fun experience for them.  We actually went with two of my sisters, their kids (total of 8 kids on the bus), my brother and my older nephew.  It was like a small party on there.  The kids thought that it was great!  When we were done, we went to Farr's and got ice cream, yummy!!!!!  

We then went to old town Poky and attended the Alive at Five, it was ok, nothing too great.  But maybe it would have been better if we wasn't hauling a bunch of kids around.  We then had dinner at Molto Caldo's, the best pizza place here!

Now I'm more than ready for bed and hoping like crazy we have a better night tonight, wish me luck!

So I watched a movie the other day that has been bothering me like crazy, and I have been thinking about it a lot. The movie was “Taken”. Yea, Yea, I know! What took me so long? That movie is so old right? Well that’s not the point. I think no matter how old it is it brings up some good points and ideas to think about.

Those of you who have already seen this movie, skip to the next paragraph. But the rest of you let me quickly brief you. A father, divorced from a marriage with one daughter, feels bad about spending most of his life away from the daughters’ life as, I am assuming, a secret service or CIA agent. While trying to make up, the x wife and daughter makes him feel bad for not letting the 16 year old girl go to Paris with her 19 year old friend, accusing him of being to paranoid. Feeling the pressure and wanting to bridge the gap between them, he allows her to go. While there, they are tricked by a sweet talking “spotter”, and abducted into a human trafficking movement. During the abduction, the father was able to talk to the daughter on her cell phone, and get vital information that allows him to travel to Paris and start on the trail of recovering her.

First, I loved the fathers’ wisdom and instinct that others wrongly referred to as him being paranoid. But as he so rightly put it, he wasn’t being paranoid, he was simply aware. As parents, children and spouses, perhaps we could all take a moment and think why others might be uneasy about things, and maybe consider that they might know something we don’t. Who knows, maybe the Spirit has whispered to their hearts something that we are to proud to hear, especially our parents who are called to watch over and pray for us. I know from personal experience that if I would have listened to my parents’ advice, I would have suffered less of life’s hard lesions.

The second point is the condition of the world that requires us to be watchful in prayer continually and listening for the quiet whispers and the enticing of the spirit. We live and a sick and dark world! But wait… its not that bad right? The world is not that wicked! Tell me something, does God look upon sin with the least degree of allowance? These people were masters and subjects to greed, powerful drugs and the sinful desires of sex and addiction. They were selling young woman, daughters of God, as slaves to fulfill their sinful desires! If that is not wickedness, if that does not make God shake in anger and sadness, what does? And this sort of thing is happening all over the earth! And more, you don’t have to look far to find similar things happening around you. Be careful to think that the world will get much worse before the end, because I think it’s already bad enough off. If you are waiting for things to get worse, you might miss the point.

Time passes everyday and yes, the world does grow darker. But it also grows brighter. The bad things in this world are only to often put on the front page and published for all to see long before we see the good and great things that are growing in frequency and numbers. But don’t bee fooled. The light is increasing as well, and the gray area in between is shrinking smaller and smaller, ‘till soon it will be no more.

Like the father that came to the rescue of this young girl, we to have a rescuer. The Savior is on the track and He will not abandon us. In our darkest hours, He gives us hope, comfort and light. Lets always trust in Him, and He will take us by the hand and lead us for good.

-Chet

Scripture for the day:

Matthew 7:7~  Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

It's only Tuesday?

Aye yi yi!  It's only Tuesday and yet I'm already ready for the weekend!  It's been one of those days that you can't wait till it's over!  My little Iolly was up late last night again from his cold (throwing up again from too much phlegm) and then up early this morning.  He was so cranky all day long and would not take a nap.  Oh, wait, he did go to sleep, then his older brother decided to throw a tantrum and woke him up, that's right.  It's really hard to do anything when you have one cranky kid, but my nephew was also feeling icky today.  He wanted no one to bother him at all, so what do the kids do?  They pick on him any chance that came along, oye, what a day!

Well I'm glad it's over!  Hopefully we have a better night and tomorrow is a brighter day!  :)