Sunday September 30

No choir today, but Madi did have an ecclesiastical interview....in which the bishop said he gives her 150% endorsement :)

It was fifth Sunday today and the Youth all met together.

The idea was for the Youth to share how their Testimonies have been strengthened...sharing experiences.

Brother Harker started the meeting talking about how we are always so worried about bad consequences.

Like in the scripture in Matthews 7:18

"A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit".

He talked about how we are always so worried about the bad consequences of our choices....

But if we make good choices, we will NEVER have to worry about the consequences, because they will always be good.

Good produces good!

It makes it seem all so easy, just make good choices!

Of course things are still hard, but we can have Faith and know that whatever comes our way even after making good choices, is what the Lord has planned for us.

And it is good.

It will be good and he will not forsake us.

So we need to stop worrying about bad consequences, because that won't happen unless we are making bad choices.

Anyway, I really enjoyed it and I enjoyed the Youth sharing experiences in which their testimonies were strengthened.

After church, the kids had a little creative bug.

I bought Madi a fun little notebook....it is really a travel journal, but I thought she could make it into a cute recipe book for college.

And I was right....she is making it very cute and just her style.

Elsie worked on some cutting, gluing and drawing.

Cassi worked on learning a new song on the guitar.

Porter drew a dragon, but then cut the paper out to make a paper pieced dragon that turned out pretty cool!

We ended the night with making some cookies.

Dad had a grass fire for much of the day.

But he found a little tiny lizard while he was out in the foothills, and if it lasts the night, he will bring it home for Porter :)