260. Today I am grateful for funny experience

A funny story to share that made a trip to Hawrelak Park more than worth it. I was at the park with some friends for a mission farewell party. The girl who is leaving on a mission and her roommates thought it would be fun to make homemade root beer in a keg. After the root beer has been served we were approached by peace officers who asked what were drinking. “Root beer”, someone answered. To which, an officer replied, “You have to understand that’s hard for me to believe”. Someone gave him a cup and then he laughed and said, “This is the best site I have been to all night!”  

259. Today I am grateful for opportunities to serve ... even when it makes you look weird

Today the Edmonton YSA participated in a ‘Service Amazing Race’ activity where we were given various tasks to complete. These task included picking up litter, pumping gas for people, bagging groceries for people, and singing to people. Whyte Ave is known for weird people, this evening I am sure we won. However, it was pretty fun and my team won!

258. Today I am grateful for this talk

Every now and then a General conference talk is used in a little video production to relay the theme of the talk. I am grateful that Sister Dalton’s talk, given during the October 2011 session of General Conference is one of them. This one came out pretty recently, likely with Mothers day coming up. The talk is Titled, “Love Her Mother”. This talk is great for everyone but is mainly directed at fathers by telling them that the most important thing he can do for his daughter is to love their mother. As the talk ended I found myself desiring to marry the kind of man that Sister Dalton was encouraging men to be. I hope the single men were paying attention to this talk. J    

257. Today I am grateful to study conference talks

Today I started the spring semester of Institute where we will be studying the most recent conference talks. I really excited to do a more in-depth study of the words of our leaders.  

256. Today I am grateful for ward temple trips

I enjoy going to the temple with my ward as I feel that it brings unity to ward members who attend together.

255. Today I am grateful for rain

I am grateful for rain as it helps the flowers, food and grass, etc. to grow. It also stabilizes our water supply which is necessary to sustain life.  Rainy days also remind me of home (out in the Vancouver area). Trust me; I will take rain over snow any day, especially in the winter. Some people will disagree with me but I think a lot of it has to do with what you grow up with.

254. Today I am grateful for the Scriptures

As a Latter-day Saint there are four books that we recognize as scriptures; The Book of Mormon, the Holy Bible (Old Testament and New Testament), The Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. I have previously written posts sharing my gratitude specifically for the Holy Bible and The Book of Mormon.  I am grateful for access to all these scriptures which prove to me God’s love for all his people; In days of old in the Holy Lands and the Americas and in more current times as found in the Doctrine and Covenants. Although we do know that the Bible and Book of Mormon were written for our day when it is available to many people throughout the world. I look forward to the day when these books of scripture will be available to everyone throughout the whole world.

Learn more about each of these books of scripture.