So I'm starting this thread for those in the FWM stake in particular, "to communicate and to do good" as Paul says in Hebrews.
1. As our Albany Branch President Larsen and his family have moved to Utah ("you may to have to walk back, Mark"), I'm looking for a source for fresh range-fed EGGS in the area. Any ideas?
Thanks Strawberry for getting a great Amish source for RAW milk - tastes so good! Do they have eggs, too?
2. Is anyone doing plant-starts yet? Are the Allens starting up yet? (They have greenhouses.) Hope they will join the discussion here.
3. Suzanne (do you have a "handle" yet in this forum?) recently pointed to a major concern:
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This is a bill in Congress aimed at giving President Obama basically blank-check war powers -- yikes! and co-sponsored by Senator Hatch of Utah (yikes again, but no surprise...). I agree this is a MAJOR concern, sure seems to violate the Constitution IMO, and I think we should oppose this bad bill in Congress.
4. Now for an encouraging word from President Russell Nelson, speaking to the youth recently:
Awesome talk! note his warning about "secret combinations" among us (see also what Jesus said in D&C 89 about "conspiring men" among us).Plead with the Lord for the gift of discernment. Then live and work to be worthy to receive that gift so that when confusing events arise in the world, you will know exactly what is true and what is not. 7
Serve with love. Loving service to those who have lost their way or who are wounded in spirit opens your heart to personal revelation....
You may not always understand every declaration of a living prophet. But when you know a prophet is a prophet, you can approach the Lord in humility and faith and ask for your own witness about whatever His prophet has proclaimed.
Around 41 b.c., many Nephites joined the Church, and the Church prospered. But secret combinations also began to grow, and many of their cunning leaders hid among the people and were difficult to detect. As the people became more and more prideful, many of the Nephites made “a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation.”11
Those same threats are among us today. The somber reality is that there are “servants of Satan”12 embedded throughout society. So be very careful about whose counsel you follow.13
My beloved brothers and sisters, you were born to be True Millennials! You are a chosen generation,14 fore-determined by God to do a remarkable work—to help prepare the people of this world for the Second Coming of the Lord.