Urban Poly Princess

I am going to call Cafe Sabor to see if they'll give me any type of group discount. I also want to swing by there to see where I can hang her sign and/or balloons if I get any. Cafe Sabor doesn't have any group discounts at all but then their menu is priced pretty reasonably anyway. It is the only restaurant I like in Logan next to Elements and I don't always like Elements. Its just convenient and their food is usually good ... USUALLY being the key word.

I need to begin my RSVP list today. Gabriela one of our graphic design students finished a beautiful Best Wishes sign and Natalie should have a rough draft today of our picture-based booklet/card thing we're giving Sharla. I am really going to miss her. It will be interesting to work with a new director. It is going to be really easy to leave him next year. I'm sure he'll be great but Sharla has been so supportive in anything I've done. I appreciate her very much.

Helaman 3
9 And the people who were in the land northward did dwell in tents, and in houses of cement, and they did suffer whatsoever tree should spring up upon the face of the land that it should grow up, that in time they might have timber to build their houses, yea, their cities, and their temples, and their synagogues, and their sanctuaries, and all manner of their buildings.
29 Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon the word of God, which is quick and powerful, which shall divide asunder all the cunning and the snares and the wiles of the devil, and lead the man of Christ in a strait and narrow course across that everlasting gulf of misery which is prepared to engulf the wicked—
35 Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God.

Houses of cement were used a lot in the North Americas? The power of the word of God is emphasized in verse 29. Finally 35 tells us how to be joyous through humility, fasting, prayer, faith in Christ, yielding our hearts to God.

Live True to the Faith - William R. Walker
It would be a wonderful thing if every Latter-day Saint knew the conversion stories of their forefathers.
Whether or not you are a descendant of pioneers, the Mormon pioneer heritage of faith and sacrifice is your heritage. It is the noble heritage of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
His prayers led to the inspiration to go to a different place to teach the gospel.
President Monson has taught us that when we get the inspiration from heaven to do something, we do it now—we don’t procrastinate. 
A group of over 600 people, who called themselves the United Brethren, had been “praying for light and truth” (Wilford Woodruff, in Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff [2004], 91). The Lord sent Wilford Woodruff as an answer to their prayers.
In only a few months, they organized 33 branches for the 541 members who had joined the Church. Their remarkable work continued, and ultimately almost every one of the members of the United Brethren were baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Sitting near the front of the assembly, with a firm resolve to not be swayed, and perhaps to heckle the visiting preacher, Robert was immediately touched by the Spirit, just as his wife had been. He knew the message of the Restoration was true, and he and his wife were baptized.

“No sacrifice is too great … in order to receive [the] blessings [of the temple]” (Thomas S. Monson, “The Holy Temple—a Beacon to the World,” Ensign orLiahona, May 2011, 92).
I pray that each of us will live true to the faith that our parents have cherished. In the holy and sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.

It is a wonderful thing to have descendents who were pioneers and who crossed the plains, I had a companion who LOOOVED bringing this up OVER and OVER again. YES it is very cool HOWEVER, what we do now really matters. Tonga had a similar type of pioneer thing and I was able to travel with PCC and perform at the Centennial which marked 150 years of the church in the island. My dad's grandfather in Ha'akame and his grandfather in Mu'a both are who gave land to the church for chapels to be built. It is such a cool heritage. Again, HOWEVER I think we need to be careful that our gratitude, appreciation and respect for these people doesn't get carried away. This can shift to pride pretty easily. What about the bulk of the membership of the church who aren't direct descendants of pioneers.

We can honor our ancestors WITHOUT becoming prideful. It annoyed me when my companion would always bring it up and it annoys me that I can never join the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Not for anything particular. My white grandfather was raised Catholic but was never religious. He used profanity all the time when we'd visit he and my Hawaiian grandmother. He was in the Navy married to a Samoan woman and stationed in Hawaii when my mother was conceived. She was sexually abused by her father later but I've never heard the whole story and I'm not sure I want to hear it. I did hear that he was drunk when this happened BUT then she made the comment that she was sent to boarding school at Kamehameha by her mother specifically to stop my grandfather from entering her room. She only told me that in reference to something else. My mother has never told me anything about that or warned me about anything ever. I just know my father in heaven will be merciful to her because of what she had to deal with growing up.

I know that's why she has the multiple issues she does now. My grandparents both drank and smoked as long as I knew them although my grandmother would also attend church each Sunday. She was an only child. So was my mom destined to a life of failure because of what she went through? I don't think so. Should she still get therapy even now? I don't know how much credence I give to therapy anyway. Should anyone EVER have to relive what they have left and moved on from? Everything is just a theory until we gain more insight. In my lifetime what we should eat has changed several times.

On my mission everyone was about counting fat grams. Lowfat was once the Ensign. Atkins brought a low-carb lifestyle to the forefront and this is embraced by everyone in one form or another. My diabetic ideal diet is a low-carb one.