Happy Thanksgiving! ( please pass the Derby Pie)

We, Ron and Karen, have been studying the Doctrine and Covenants together and have recently been studying section 100. I would like to quote just a little bit of it and then tell you how it relates to what we have been doing.  I think I mentioned that we are teaching an investigator.  He got interested in the church because his girlfriend really wants him to study the church and decide if he wants to be a member and adopt the teachings. Sometimes we meet him at the church but lately he has been coming to our apartment.  We let him ask a question and then we just talk about it rather than plan a formal lesson. Here are some recent verses from our studying of section 100.   

5. Verily I say unto you  lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men; 

6. For it shall be given you in the the very hour, yea, in the very moment,  what ye shall say. 

So... Ron is talking to the investigator about a question he asked and I know that Ron didn't prepare to talk about this--but he explains very well the question, the answer, the way to apply in our lives. And because I know there wasn't preparation, I am sitting in my chair marveling about what he says and how amazing it is.  Suddenly, Ron says, "Karen, do you have anything to add?" and usually I do because that is my teaching job.  I look at him, still in awe (he will like this part) and say, "I am just sitting here being impressed. You are saying just what the Lord inspired you to say and it is amazing."  

Wow, we are just like the scriptures, yes?

Elder Te'o and Elder Schmidt, who live in the apartment below us.  (Yes, that is a mannequin head he is holding and there is a story here for another time.) We did get a bunch of snow; but so did many of you, so no one is very impressed.

A huge bulk carrier (about 1,000 feet long) going through the passage that leads to the bay.  Did you know there is an online site where you can track all the ships in the Great Lakes to see where they came from and where they are going?  Also posted is a photo and name of the ship and  its specs and what it is hauling.  (This is obviously a boy thing. I think it's interesting but I didn't, like spend three hours on it.)

I spoke in church today about being thankful.  I am going to share a few quotes I found: 

Be thankful for the bad things in life.  

For they opened your eyes to the good things you weren't paying attention to before.

It's not happy people who are thankful.  It is thankful people who are happy.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.