Tuesday, August 21, 2012

aug 21




Aug 21
Hi guys, just as a forenote, mom there are at least 3 maybe 4 pictures of my socks attached to this email so that should be enough for M.M. if they don't replace socks then okay but please try anyway, thanks, and the camilion belongs to a member in my new area and I thought you guys might find it as cool as I did, anyway as for other things I will do like last time and do the direct approach

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Guy Parker <gparkers@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey ya!
So, I'm actually writing earlier....just because it's 12:17 am doesn't mean anything, right? lol  I'm just running late as usual this summer.  sigh.  I can't believe the summer is almost gone.  It's been crazy, ya know?  And it's not settling down any time soon.  We're trying to get the house ready for the wedding (yes, we are now having the wedding here, not just the reception) and the yard and everything else.  I start back to work this Wednesday, (which I am thankful to have a job that is so very flexible and has such wonderful people to work with...) but I wasn't ready for it to happen so fast.  The new building is partially done and our office is ready, so we get a new office!  It actually has official TCM on the door.  ;)(sounds like fun)
Sunday was fun, our first Sunday with the new bishopric.  They are going to be great.  Bro Spencer came by to do a last Home teaching visit.  We were thinking about it, and he's probably been our home teacher since we first moved here.  He's been great, and we're going to miss him coming.  I'm just glad we still get to see him any time.  ;) (yea I think I will miss him too)
Tomorrow (well...later today) is the open house for the new Brigham City Temple.  I'm way excited.  The elder who spoke in Sacrament meeting went to Guatamala and talked about when they built a new temple there so that the country had two.  He said it was a wonderful thing and they had several baptisms as a result of people going to the open house.  Did you realize that this makes 14 temples in Utah??  It blows the mind.  I remember growing up and there were a whole 36 in the whole world. (or something like that).  Crazy and amazing how the gospel keeps growing.  Isn't it wonderful?  We get to participate in the dedication as well, which is in September.  So, that will be fun. (also sounds like a lot of fun, speaking of temples our temple trip is going to be next tuesday and so if I am late in responding it is because we have our session at 9 and we need to leave early to get there on time and so just fyi)
We had an interesting discussion with Kristie yesterday about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.  Makes me wonder how all of our children view it, so I'm asking you.  Do you worship Heavenly Father AND Jesus Christ?  Or do you just worship one of them?  And what do you feel your relationship with Jesus is like?  Is he a big brother?  Your Savior?  All of the above?  I think sometimes that she talks too much to the born agains at her work, and their philosophy has tainted her thinking a little.  I'm not sure.  But she was thinking that the church and everything is Heavenly Father.  We said yes, but, the church is Jesus's, and the gospel is His, and it's only through HIM that we are saved and able to return to Heavenly Father.  She had a hard time with that whole scenario.  sigh.   It's amazing what thoughts go through the brain.(like I said in the last email I would like to put my two cents in about this topic, there have been many discusions over the past year or so that I have been involved in about the trinity and that sort of thing, to put it simply, as far as I am aware: we, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, as stated in the articles of faith believe in God the Eternal Father and his son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost, and that is what we believe in and so with that in mind, we worship the father through Jesus Christ, as he is our savior and redeemer, but as it has been through all history of the world God the father has revealed himself to his prophets and his son jesus Christ, our worship is through Jesus Christ as it is he that has made it possible for us to return to God's presence and so it works kind of like a stuard or a standing in behalf of thing, Christ is the Fathers representative to us and our advocate to the father, and so thats kind of how it works, sorry but I have got to run, love you all and write you latter!!!

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