THE GREAT ADVENTURE

LIFE IS LIKE A BUNCH OF WILD FLOWERS, IT CAN BE BEAUTIFUL DEPENDING ON HOW YOU VIEW IT?

Thursday evening I had picked up a good friend Jody Jacobsen from the airport. We drove down to Keri Reynolds and stayed there for the weekend. We enjoyed the Singles conference. I was glad I had three friends to go with. It made it more enjoyable.

I did however get picked up on by a 70 year old man, and this conference in Orem for some reason tends to draw in the 50-80 year old crowd. Keri was freaking out, all I could do is laugh at our luck, and Jody was pretty optimistic. "Come on girls, we will make it a girls weekend. Does not matter what or how old the men are, we are here for the spiritual food."

We enjoyed a nice morning summer hike up the Provo canyon with several older ladies. We enjoyed getting to know them, hearing their stories as to why they were at the singles conference and we got to enjoy the paintings of nature.

The second picture above we kept finding silk worms on our cloths. As we were walking the silk worms were making their way down and out of the trees on their silk in the middle of trail. We got to give a few of them a free ride up the and back down the canyon.

We on the way down found a whole nest of silk worms hatching in a huge silk nest. It was pretty neat. I got several pictures, and am sharing the one that is clear so you can see it.

We enjoyed the work shops, and my favorite was done by: Richard Norby.
He spoke on putting on the armor of God. He used some good object lessons such as:
Putting on a life jacket. There are several life jackets that can keep us safe from drowning.

*Put both hands on the temple: Not one on the temple and one on the world. But both hands on the temple.
*Have you ever seen a picture of the back of the Savior? No He never turns His back on us. How many times have we turned our backs on Him?
*Increase your faith. Resolve your fears.
*Get your water from the Spring, not down river after the animals have already bathed out of it. Meaning get your resources directly from the Savior, through scripture study, prayer, church, visiting teaching, serving others, bearing testimony, singing hymns, and songs.
*Over come trials and obsticles. Don't put the pebble in front of your eye, you can't see around it. Through it on the ground, you can step over it, or it becomes not as big.
*Be content as a tree. Be where you are planted and learn to enjoy and appreciate what is around you.
*Love life, be happy. Find the positive things in life. Write down your blessings and have graditude.
*Keep a daily journal, not just for family history, but to be able to see how many times the Lord has touched your life that day. Or when He was apart of it, or helped you through it. You will come to appreciate Him, and draw closer to Him by noticing His hand in all things and in your life daily.
*Joy depends on your Trust in the Lord.
*Important components that give us faith: Long suffering, enduring to the end. Life was not meant to be easy. Anyone can live an easy life. It is the Celestial people who are out working and doing the Lords work, and suffering through the hardships in life. If we are always on a summer vacation, then we are not growing in the Lord.
*The Lord did not know exactly what his soul trial would be in taking upon the sins of the world. However He even after The Father with drew His spirit, endured to the end and then Forgave.


Our weekend also entailed of dancing, Jericho Road concerts, Alex Boye' concert, dinner at Spencer Jacobsons (in which he and his wife live out in Genola Utah, they have a yard full of animals that are of the wild and they do shows, sell, and work with wild animals. I got to pet a raccoon that wanted my watch, I did not give it to her but she was determined to try and get it off, I petted a small bobcat, some kind of prarie farment thing (cute), big large parrots, a fox, and a very colorful lizard that looks like the one on The rescueurs. the one that always tries to still the eggs. Oh and we can't forget the HUGE tortise out eating the back lawn. And a baby skunk that does not spray....thank goodness. Spencer has four cute children, and it was fun seeing his family. It was a nice weekend.

I look forward to spending time with friends, family, and making this summer a great adventure that I can be grateful for.