Jully - Mom and Dad

Hello guys and gals....

    As I get older and feel less needed in society and no one want's to put an old man to work, I wonder  why am I still here.
Then I think of my old stand-by quote from a movie,"the choices we make dictate the lives we lead. to thy own self be true".  You see I am product of what I chose to be. Let me say that we learn from others and let me quote s scripture (DC130:20-21)
"There is a law irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated and
when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by OBEDIENCE to that law upon which it is predicated". IE you want love, you must love. You want forgiveness then you must forgive. You want knowledge, you must study.  ect., Yesterday it was my turn to give the scripture in the Temple and it was the same scripture Allen gave (Mosiah 3:19) For the natural man is an enemy to God----unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ----submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon us----I say to submit is to be positive in all that we do. If you think you can, you will and if you think you can't, you wont.  Our thought must be positive full of hope and success. we must tell ourselves what we want to be.  You can be anything you want to be. Again, submissive, meek, humble, patient-----Make your lives important, full of love and willing to submit to all things.  I love you all, POPs

    We have had a very busy time for the past month into this month. Time does have a way of going so very fast and I am thinking that age has something to do with it. In June as all of you know we headed to California for the Benincosa Reunion.
It was rather hectic as I, along with my two sisters, had to put it together in a place that we knew nothing about. We did a caravan type of travel. One van and one truck. We made it over there without incident. Dropped mom off at Val's home and headed out to finish preparations and find out motel. I have to say that there were a few things that really made us happy that we had gone to Huntington Beach. We were able to attend the temple out there. I was one of the richest of experiences that I have had in that it was so neat to see each of my siblings and their spouses come through the veil into the celestial room. tI was sort of like being in heaven and seeing that wonderful gift of families being reunited and being a forever family. We each got hugs from one another before we left the room. One day I am hoping that all of us can attend one temple and feel that same way as each of us comes through the veil. Secondly, one day we had free time so we headed down to San Diego to a spot called Old Town. While there we saw a sign that said that the Mormon Battalion Museum was there and so we hiked to it and had the greatest pleasure of going through that. It is brand new and is built to match old Spanish homes. It has many rooms in it that take you through the history of their march to California. What is so  neat is that they have pictures on the walls that talk to you or to each of the different pictures hanging there. If you have seen the Harry Potter movies and noticed the pictures on those walls and how they move around and talk, well that is how these pictures were. We learned much from them and the missionaries there. It was all done up so that everyone would be entertained. We then went to the back of the building and panned for gold. They have a slue there and you pan for gold...fools gold that is. Third, we did have fun with the families that came. As the years go by, everyone seems to change in age, size, hair styles, baldness, weight, and seem to be adding more kids to their families. We had games and fun along with a very cold and windy beach experience. Now the bad parts...mom, grandma, got a bad case of bronchitis. She is still under the weather with it. Barb, got a good case of pneumonia. She is still trying to get over that. Rob and Vickie got colds and the thing that turns me off from California...the traffic. Oh man, I thought I-15 here in Utah was bad but they are really in a bad way out there with their traffic. We did make it home and then we left right away to go visit Steve, his son Chris was ordained an elder. That was great. Then a few days over at Sandra's and that too was great. We are home now and have been trying to get the weeds under control here. It has taken us two weeks of solid work out in this yard to try and get control again. We are almost there. Dad has gotten in some golfing and yes, I did get to go see that blessed movie Eclipse twice. Once with Sandra and Amy and when I got home, Jo and Barb wanted to see it and so Barb paid my way...she bribed me. It did nothing for me...either time. I could almost 'bite' someone for getting me involved with vampires and
werewolves. Oh well, I know what people are talking about when they talk about this garbage....I'm such a sorry case.
The temple is still open and so we press on with that calling and I do love it and love what I am assigned to do. I hope that I get to help people through the veil in heaven. I am in good training for it at this time. Well, thats about it for this time.
I hope that you all got your 'Clean House Declaration" If you can use it in your homes good. If you can use it in a talk, good. If you can help yourselves and your children clean up your individual houses and make better people out of yourselves better yet. We love you all, We care about what you are doing with your lives and those of our grandkids...stay close to the Lord. You will be able to make it through all kinds of experiences...good and bad. Go for the goal of eternal life with the Savior and with each other and your families.............Love you   Mom and Dad
p/s Happy belated Birthday to D.J., Chrissy and to Grant.  Next newsletter due August 15th.............keep them coming!!!