¡Oh, está todo bien!

Here is our report of our time with the Gibson family who visited us for Christmas….The Metro de Santiago is beautiful and immaculate.  This was our mode of transportation using the bip! card.   Kris (and the tour book) was our guide to the sites and feel of Santiago.  Before our joining them on 23 December – Brett, Kris, Sadie and Colton had been in Buenos Aires and Bariloche, Argentina - then with Kris’ former mission companion just inside of Chile –  and now with us.

From our hotel widow we saw The Gran Torre Santiago, the tallest building in Chile and in South America at 980 ft.  Area around it is referred to as Sanhattan for its glitzy skyscrapers and North American feel.  Brett and Kris enjoy and treated us to very wonderful and delicious meals at amazing restaurants… and treated us all to fun flavors of helado whenever we felt the need….

December 23: took metro and saw Pabellón Paris Bldg which was designed to represent Chile at the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris.  Then in to Parque Quinta Normal  where was the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, many picnic areas, playgrounds and an artificial lake.  Also there – the Museo Ferraviario – with collections of steam locomotives that served the Ferrocarril Transandino that until 1971 connected Los Andes to Chile with Mendoza in Argentina (154 miles) across the precarious peaks of the Andes. 

December 24:  Visited Plaza de Armas so many including Casa Colorada, the Catedral Metropolitania, Correo Central, and Palacio de la Moneda which is Chile’s presidential headquarters.  We also went to the Alcántara stop which is the neighborhood of Las Condes to visit the casa de Santiago Sur Misión where Bruce and Rowene Gibson served with daughters Julie and Vickie and later Gloria after her mission in Peru (1977-1980).

 Christmas Day we had a buffet breakfast and sliding fun at the hotel and checked out at 11:30 to head to the bus station for Valparaíso.  There Brett began as our tour guide:   Up an ascensor to Museo a Cielo Abierto , a maze of winding streets and passageways painted with giant, colorful street murals by some of Chile’s best-known contemporary artists. 

Friday, the 26^th, Geff and Brett headed to Cementerio N1 (Catolico) for work.  Brett was an able assistant until Carol came with the gang later. Then Brett again was tour guide down the hill where we catch the bus home every day.  Eating our helado on the stairs, we learned about Plaza Anibal Pinto – the small, chaotic square with the old Cinzano café founded in 1896 which features live tango shows.  On the other side of the plaza is a street fountain sculpted as Neptune in 1892.  We pass by these “points of interest” every day.  We greet the shoe shine man that sits behind the fountain and never even noticed the old café….

We walked toward Sotomayer Square.  Brett pointed out the building where the El Mercurio de Valparaíso founded in 1827 – the oldest newspaper in continuous circulation in the entire Spanish-speaking world.  Up the Funicular Concepcion (Valparaíso’s first funicular).  It seemed very rickety, very steep and scary…to the Casa Mirador de Lukas.  A 1900 house that hosts a lovely museum dedicated to the life and works of Chile’s best-loved cartoonist, Renzo Antonio Pecchenino Raggi, popularly known as Lukas.  Then on to Plaza Sotomayor where you find the Monumento a los Heroes de Iquique, Comandancia Jefe de la Armada, the Bomberos and a walk to the port where we went on a boat ride on the Bay. 

Saturday, Dec 27,we went by micro bus to Viña del Mar to meet a sister who served in Kristi-Lynn’s mission.  She has 3 children,  and Sadie and Colton had instant friends. 

“Founded in 1874, Viña del Mar (Vineyard of the Sea) has its origins in a Colonial hacienda whose vineyards faced the ocean.”  We had a fun daywith pictures at the Viña Clock, to the Casino and Wolff Castle and up Avenida Peru, lunch and the Viña beach with the 5 kids and home by micro for a 6 pm baptism of a Sister who is 73 and a surprise farewell for Hermana Rivas who was leaving on Monday for the Salt Lake Temple Square mission.  Then Sunday, we all attended the O'Higgins Ward and then it was time for Brett, Kris, Sadie and Colton to meet their flight in Santiago.  What an effort.  We had a wonderful Christmas in the mission....  Thanks!

New Years Eve was spent at the home of the Hidalgo family.  An authentic Chilean meal prepared by Sister Hidalgo, the wife of the ward mission leader, included soup, many grilled meats, potatoes, rice and salads and a delicious dessert with fruits, ice cream and dulce de leche drizzled over the top.  Then back to the Smith’s apartment for fireworks which spread all up the Valparaíso Bay to bring in 2015.

 

Many greeting and hugs for the Año Nuevo.  Daniela practiced for 5 weeks, and on the first Sunday of the year,  played Come, Come Ye Saints for prelude and the opening hymn, There is a Green Hill Far Away for the Sacrament hymn, and Abide with Me for the closing.

A fun Himno we don’t have in the Hymn book:

Himno 142

Otro año más queda ya atrás;             Another year has passed;

evaluemos lo que pasó.                      Let’s evaluate what happened.

¿Puedo mejorar, puedo progresar      Can I improve, can I progress

este año que ya comenzó?                 this year that has just begun?

Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed.

D&C 123:17

If you haven’t already read the article, “Hastening the Lord’s Work Within Our Own Souls”, take time now:

Article by Robert L. Millet (professor emeritus of ancient scripture and former dean of religious education at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah).

https://www.lds.org/church/news/hastening-the-lords-work-within-our-own-souls?cid=HPTU123014596&lang=eng

Feliz Navidad

December 22, 2014

Dear Dad,

It is officially summer – and it’s chilly in Chile!!  Low 70’s (for highs!) and mid 50’s for lows.  Perfect jogging weather.  Speaking of which, I get to jog every Sat on P-Day.  I go down to the water (1.5 mi), then 3 miles along the shore on the boardwalk.  6 miles total.  The great thing about it is that people here don’t get going too early, and at 7:30 or even 8, I have the downtown almost all to myself.  Even the main market area is still just starting to get set-up for the day.

Yesterday on Sunday we had the Primary Program.  Very well done – with a really strong spirit.

  Then last night we went to the stake center at 5 pm and helped the young elders and some of the stake people set up for the 7 pm Gala Navideña.

  The most interesting part was turning all the bench seats in the chapel area, 180 degrees so they faced the stage in the cultural hall.  The benches aren’t “nailed down” you see….  The program was great, and at the end they showed “He is the Gift” – Él es la Dádiva.  We ushered and passed out little info cards, and asked members to help their friends fill out cards with name, tel and address….  Then we got to set the whole place back the way it started.  Great workout – physically as well as spiritually.

So this week we get a visit – not from St. Nick – but from Brett and Kristi-Lynn and Colton and Sadie.  Tomorrow we will go to Santiago and meet them for 2 days there, then take a bus here to Valparaíso/Viña for 3 days.  They will fly out of Santiago next Sun.  …and speaking of flying, we have to fly now – to work at the cementerio!  More about Brett’s visit next week.  Love you.  

Geff and Carol

P.S.  Christmases past:

As we remember that He is the Gift, we thought of times when we added straw to baby Jesus by serving others as our gift to Him.  
“He is the Gift” – Él es la Dádiva 

When Grandpa served as Mission President in Santiago, Grandma Gibson bought us the ornament of the Christmas tree and also one of a Santa not shown in the picture.  So far have not found any Chilean ornaments....

trabajo para La Obra

16 December 2014

 Dear Family,

So, yesterday may have been the most unfunnest day in the mission.  We were in Chile; and Bryant was being baptized in Arizona!!  You know of course where we wanted to be!!! 

We did our weekly shop on that Saturday, and came home to prepare for giving talks on Sunday.  I was practicing “reading” my talk in español and trying to get the “i” to sound like an “e” and the “a” to be an “ah” and the “e” to be a “eh/long a”

…and to speak as rapidly and correctly as posible (possible).  Geff helped me translate my talk earlier in the week.  And guess what my first sentence was?  “Yesterday, in the state of Arizona in the United States, one of our grandchildren was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints….Bryant es un chico amable, que tiene amor por todos.  Fue super animado ser bautizado…. And I talked about the gift of the Holy Ghost… using Sister Beck’s quotes in her talk from 2010:  “The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life… “Revelation can come hour by hour and moment by moment as we do the right things.”  

So, this week is another birthday.  Brady will be 10. 

I mostly think of Brady all involved in Cub Scouts, loving to read, taking piano lessons from Stacy and playing sports.  And now I hear he sings in choir at school.  How cool is that?  What a busy fun time is going on in his home these days!!  Have a great one Brady!!  Just want you to know that we are working hard out here in the mission.  We work every day to take pictures of records – we call it trabajo para la Obra!  (Missionary work for Jesus Christ is called La Obra). 

Here is some trabajo and some trabajo para La Obra going on:  Grandpa with the Bishop and with Juanita, a sister in the ward.  Also Elder Smith and the young Elders came to help the Bishop build a place for water storage so there could be running water in her humble home.  What a sweet helpful to all sister she is!!

  Thought you would enjoy the following pics too:

When we go to work capturing images, we wear FamilySearch badges, but other times we wear our missionary tags.  We love to represent Jesus Christ!

  At the MTC we were taught to live a life of service (to remember that missionary work is not about you).  I still remember this quote from President Uchtdorf when I think things are hard:  “It is often in adversity that we learn those most important lessons that form our character and shape our destiny.  Nov 2009, 55-59 President Uchtdorf,  Ensign “Two Principles for Any Economy”.

Here is some trabajo going on:  the buses have a fun time maneuvering through the construction on our street up to our hill.  It is almost finished.

Since you like to draw, here is some wall art where we catch the bus to go down the hill.

Last week, our week was different because on Monday the cemetery was closed for the Immaculate Conception holiday, and we had a different day on Thursday as we had a Christmas 2- Zone Conference with Presidente and Hermana Kahnlein providing mucho energia y inspiración.

  Each Zone sang a Christmas hymn, those Elders and Hermanas learning English performed The Nativity skit in English, we were given Emergency Kits in case of Earthquake or Tsunami,

We prepared for the Christmas Initiative with the “El es la Dádiva” (He is the Gift).  We were taught that “If we are not animated in our service, what will we gain?”  We must be sumiso (submissive), sanador (healer), bondadoso (kindly) maestro (teacher), altruistic (altruistic), siervo (servant), lleno de amor (full of love) humilde (humble), obediente (obedient), valiente (valiant)….

Our reading challenge for the next quarter is to read the BoM and the LdM side by side - to note the differences, and to record what page we first hear of a person and what/when commands were given to that person and what we have learned about diligence and humility from our reading. So we have until 31 March. 

So, Summer is coming on the 21^st of December.  The flowers are out and birds are singing.

  The water goes down the drain clockwise; and summer vacation begins next week.

So, what advice would we have for all you nietos?  …Practice your piano and learn the hymns…. (…and practice your chess during your vacation.  Grandpa is not getting any chess playing done, and you might just catch him a little rusty when he comes home!).  Love to all from your missionary Grandpa and Grandma!!!

LIMPIO

7 December 2014

Dear Bryant, 

Happy Birthday on Tuesday!  What special plans do you have to celebrate?  We were so happy to hear that you will be baptized on Saturday.  Now everyone in your family will be a baptized member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Please send us an email about your baptism and how you felt.

I had a special experience at our Zone Meeting where the elders were having a “practicar” which means they were practicing how they would invite an investigator to be baptized.  I was the investigator and they were talking to me in Spanish.  I am working on learning Spanish, but I couldn’t quite get what they were saying.  Elder Webster kept saying this one word that I didn’t know what it meant.  He kept saying “limpio”.  I kept thinking, “What is limpio?”  “What does that mean?”  And then he asked me to read a scripture.  He asked me to find Tercer Nefi, capítulo veintesiete y versículo diez y nueve (3 Nephi 27:19, 20, 21).  So those words I understood, and I opened my English BoM and found the scripture and read, “And no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom…. 

And then it came to me that “limpio” meant “clean”.  We have to be clean to enter into his kingdom!!

Then he had me read what Jesus said in verse 20, “…come unto me and be baptized in my name, THAT YE MAY BE SANCTIFIED by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me at the last day…       For that which ye have seen me do even that shall ye do.”

Well, since I was an “investigator”, I told Elder Webster and Elder Pava that “Yes, I would be baptized so I could become clean. So I could receive the Holy Ghost.”  I really wanted to become holy – without spot.  Just like the chrome on your bathroom faucet.  It is best to keep it clean – without spots.

Bryant off high dive

Clean Byant

I like these pictures of you.  

Just so you know, our camera rests on a support piece called the “diving board”.  

"Diving Board" for Camera

We have to always keep our images in focus.   That is what the Holy Ghost does – he keeps you in focus.

Our little speaker hooked to our computer that informs us we have taken a picture had to be a different sound from the Smith’s camera so we wouldn’t turn a page thinking we had taken a picture when we hadn’t .  Their sound when they take a picture is called “soft click” – ours is called “Space Invaders”!!  It sorta sounds like cla-da-da-da!!  The Holy Ghost speaks to us with what we need.

Digital Speaker

Now last Wednesday we had District Meeting and Elder Pava

is our DL.  He had each Companionship come up and report on

the progress of their investigators.  Elder Solorzano and Elder

Gardel have many investigators and five with baptism dates so far. 

At the end of our meeting, we all got on our knees to pray.  It was

hard and cold on the floor.  Elder Pava prayed for each investigator

individually by name – and there were many of them and he asked

in his prayer for many things.  

From your missionary brother, Elder Heflin’s emails, I see that he

also is spending much time on his knees on behalf of others.

I remember that one time when your Mom was little she would 

bless the food.      And we all had our eyes closed and your  Mom 

would say, “And bless the chicken – pause – and bless the

potatoes – pause – and bless the gravy….I looked up and noticed

she was looking around the table to see what to bless…

BUT Elder Pava took a long time - I'm sure he wasn’t looking up

at the board to see the names BUT he was earnestly praying and

thinking about each one and their needs.  When he said Amen, I

looked up and saw that he was kneeling down low – kind of sitting

back.  I knew by the Holy Ghost that he loved those investigators

and he was pleading for help - for them to be prepared for baptism

and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost.  

Remember, as you are about to enter that gate and start the path to

return back to Heavenly Father, remember how important it is to

pray earnestly to him and to read your scrips faithfully.

I have a story about how the Holy Ghost helped me.  

One day we were at Cementerio N1 where we take pictures of the

records.  We had a book that needed to be re-shot.  It had almost

1100 pages and we worked all day on it.  I looked over on the shelf

and noticed something sticking out of a book that had already been

taken.  I looked at what was sticking out and it did not belong in

that book. I checked on the shelf and in the “back” room trying to

find the book where those pages belonged, but no luck.

Meanwhile, we finished the re-take, and Sis Smith said that we had

3 less images (photos) than had been taken the first time.  I looked  

at that re-take book we had just finished taking, AND it was the

right book for those extra 3 pages.  They belonged in that book – so

we took pictures of those 3 pages too, and were able to put the

correct number of shots on the hard drive to send to Salt Lake.

Now those three individuals on those 3 pages may have a chance to

receive their ordinances if their family searches them out.

The Holy Ghost helped me to find something important at the right

time.  Your Grandpa and I are thankful for the constant gift we have

been given of the Holy Ghost with the promise  given in the prayer

at the Sacrament Table, that He will always be with us if we keep

the commandments.  We want to do this. We love you, Bryant.

Love, Grandpa and Grandma Gibson

Angels

Our Angels

Sweet Gals: Patricia Skidmore, Susanna Dixon, Kristi-Lynn Gibson, Rebecca Williams,Angela Bishop and Christina Heflin

How fun that you could all be together in Dallas, Texas. You are true nurturers to so many.  We love you very much and are amazed at your talents and goodness.    You are angels!!

top:  BYU-I Student, 2 friends of Emmi, and the Daniels Family (Mom Jennifer is hidden but in purple, and her 4 - Mia, Kaleb, Emmi and Brody.)

Scott and Jennifer Daniels have a wonderful family and are angels to their friends.  Scott was out on his Navy flight assignment, but Jennifer prepared an amazing Thanksgiving Dinner for 14.  We were so blessed to be with such wonderful people.  They are all angels.

Bishop Torres and wife Aurora

Bishop Torres has been a Bishop 4 different times for a total of 25 years.  He has also been a counselor in a Stake Presidency.  He loves and is always ministering to his members.  His wife is his faithful supporter.  They are truly angels. 

Wyatt Heflin - our newest teenager

Happy 13th Birthday, Wyatt.  You are a very thoughtful and kind friend to your fellow students and Deacons Quorum.  AND to your favorite roommate, Bryant.  You hold the keys of the ministering of angels....We love you.  

  The Aaronic Priesthood holds the keys of the ministering of angels:  D&C 13

Section 13

… near Harmony, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1829. The ordination was done by the hands of an angel who announced himself as John, the same that is called John the Baptist in the New Testament. The angel explained that he was acting under the direction of Peter, James, and John, the ancient Apostles….

1 Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness.

            What Does the Aaronic Priesthood Have to Do with the Ministering of Angels?                                 “In general, the blessings of spiritual companionship and communication are only available to those who are clean. … Through the Aaronic Priesthood ordinances of baptism and the sacrament, we are cleansed of our sins and promised that if we keep our covenants we will always have His Spirit to be with us…. So it is that those who hold the Aaronic Priesthood open the door for all Church members who worthily partake of the sacrament to enjoy the companionship of the Spirit of the Lord and the ministering of angels.”   Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “The Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament,” Ensign, Nov. 1998, 39.

 Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Ministry of Angels,”  Ensign November 2008, “My beloved brothers and sisters, I testify of angels, both the heavenly and the mortal kind. In doing so I am testifying that God never leaves us alone, never leaves us unaided in the challenges that we face. “[N]or will he, so long as time shall last, or the earth shall stand, or there shall be one man [or woman or child] upon the face thereof to be saved.” Moroni 7:36      (See Moroni 7:25–32 where Moroni wrote about the ministering of angels)

  

Moroni, John the Baptist, Peter, James, John, Moses, Elijah, and Elias all ministered to Joseph Smith as angels:  D&C 27:5–12

Section 27

… at Harmony, Pennsylvania, August 1830. In preparation for a religious service at which the sacrament of bread and wine was to be administered, Joseph set out to procure wine. He was met by a heavenly messenger and received this revelation, a portion of which was written at the time and the remainder in the September following….

 1 Listen to the voice of Jesus Christ, your Lord, your God, and your Redeemer, whose word is quick and powerful.

An angel shows Nephi the mother of the Son of God  1 Nephi 11: 14-21  

Today, 30 November, begins "Advent" – a period which begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and continues until midnight Dec. 24.

For centuries, this season has been set aside to solemnly prepare for observing the birth of Jesus of Nazareth and for "anticipating the fulfillment of His Promise to return in power and great glory."

The latter days are not a time to fear and tremble. They are a time to be believing and remember our covenants.  Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Ministry of Angels,” Ensign, November 2008.

Could there be any stronger proof that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior of the world, than by studying and living His saving doctrines….

“Helping Others Find Faith in Christ” L. Tom Perry

http://www.lds.org/ensign/2014/12/helping-others-find-faith-in-christ?

Without Christ, there would be no Christmas. Without Christ, there can be no fulness of joy. Without His birth and His Atonement, we would have no Intercessor, no Advocate with the Father, and no Mediator who makes it possible for us to return to the presence of our loving Heavenly Father and live together as eternal families.

“The Reality of Christmas” Gary Stevenson

http://www.lds.org/ensign/2014/12/the-reality-of-christmas?

To Thee…Grateful Praise

Sunday, 23 November 2014

 We have been thinking of you all day, Colton.  Glad you are having a fun 3^rd birthday.  We miss you and are so thankful you remember us in your personal prayers.  Thanks.

We are also thankful for our #1 grandson, Elder Heflin.   Isn’t it a great feeling to work so hard – to have miracles combine – and to have been able to bring a Mom and her 5 children into the waters of baptism.  How blessed you are!

At this week of Thanksgiving, we wish to thank especially Brother (Bishop) Mitchell for all his work to care for our home – and for three sweet neighbors, Martha, Alma Rosa and Nichole – who keep an eye for us.  We are thankful for our children, grandchildren all, brothers and sisters, cousins, nieces and nephews, Hermana Finlinson, Hermana Stringfellow, Sister Stringfellow and Elder Heflin, and Dad.  We are thankful for all those friends far and wide; and our new friends, Ken and Colleen Smith, who love and help us in the work here.

We are thankful for the Chilean people who are a very polite and industrious people.  We see it in the bus rides every day and are amazed at how well they handle life – especially watching all those setting up their blanket of wares on the sidewalk.  There is a handicap man who sometimes steps on our bus to sell mints at the stop before we get off, so we keep a coin for him.  On Friday coming home, the bus stopped to pick up a passenger – and right there on the sidewalk was an 8-foot alligator with swirling long tail and all.  It was all of sand – and so well done.  We had left our Iphone/camera at home so there we were just to appreciate and not record….  In front of the alligator was a small place to toss coins if you appreciated his work.   At the next stop, a young man with a guitar came in the front of the bus and immediately began singing (as he went to the back of the bus) a song about a forlorn lover who was just trying to survive.  He had a beautiful voice and at completion of his song and as we were coming to a stop, he announced that any donations would be appreciated; and he walked back up the aisle and left again at the front after having received a coin here and there.  Oftentimes, a young man during a stop light will step out into the street and begin juggling and hope to receive a token or two.  They work so hard, care for each other and are doing their best to provide for their families.

The most memorable book to capture this week was the one with a chunk eaten out by a rat.  As we completed the 1124 pages, we noted that on every document, there was still enough of the valuable information left to provide at least a name and burial date on each record.  What a blessing that that rat was not any more hungry!!

  

We are thankful for the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Restoration and for the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. We are full of gratitude for our Savior and the opportunity we have to be here to serve Him. We are so glad that our loving Heavenly Father had a Plan!!

   

Here is a fun FHE which we did at the MTC:   Using Lesson 2 of Preach My Gospel, take one part of the Plan of Salvation and condense the doctrine down to two sentences.  Choose 1 scripture for each.  It is fun to do in teams and then get back with your family after 20 minutes.  Have one team member read the two sentences to your family; and the other read and explain why that scripture is important to you (example below – but don’t show them to your family before they study and come up with their own two sentences).

 Moses 1:8    

And it came to pass that Moses looked, and beheld the world upon which he was created; 

and Moses beheld the world and the ends thereof, and all the children of men which are, 

and which were created; of the same he greatly marveled and wondered.

Preach My Gospel   Lesson 2  “The Plan of Salvation”

1.  Pre-Earth Life

2.  The Creation

3.  Agency/Fall of Adam and Eve

4.  Our Life on Earth

5.  Atonement

6.  The Spirit World

7.  The Resurrection, Judgment and Immortality

8.  Kingdoms of Glory

1.  Pre-Earth Life:

God is the Father of our spirits.  We lived with Him in a pre-earth life as His spirits before we were born.

2.  The Creation:

Under the direction of the Father, Jesus Christ created the Earth as a place to live and gain experience.

3.  Agency/ Fall of Adam and Eve:

In the Garden of Eden, God gave Adam and Eve their agency.  Satan tempted them and they CHOSE to eat the forbidden fruit.  They were cast out of God’s presence.

4.  Our Life on Earth:

We come to earth for two main purposes:  (1) to gain a physical body and (2) to prove ourselves.

This little flower grew in a crack on a path where we work fulfilling the measure of her creation.

5.  The Atonement is:

The triumph of Jesus Christ over (1) spiritual death – by his suffering to pay the penalty for our sins,

                                       and over (2) physical death – by his Resurrection.

Only through the gift of the Atonement can we return to live with God.

6.  The Spirit World:

At death, our spirits go to the Spirit World where our personality and our desires for good or evil

do not change.  We remain in the Spirit World until we are resurrected.

7.  The Resurrection, Judgment and Immortality:

When our bodies and spirits are reunited through the resurrection, we will be brought into God’s

presence to be judged.  We will be rewarded according to our works and our desires. 

ALL = immortal                      THOSE WHO OBEY = eternal life

8.  Kingdoms of Glory:

Celestial – those who have repented and received ordinances and kept covenants will be cleansed

by the Atonement of Christ and receive exaltation in the highest.

Terrestrial – those who do not accept fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ but live honorable lives.

Telestial – those who continue in their sins.

Vision of the Brother of Jared

By Betty Reynolds:  “…Betty Reynolds was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

[The painting] was presented to the church by Reynolds – for many years it hung in the 32^nd Ward Chapel in

Las Vegas.  When paintings were generally removed from LDS Chapels – Earl Brunner, former director

of the [Las Vegas] Family History Center, requested that it be brought here.

There are few artistic interpretations of the brother of Jared.  It is appropriate that it be displayed at the [FamilySearch] Library.” 

In the vision, the brother of Jared was shown “…all the inhabitants of the earth

which had been and also all that would be…”  Ether 3:25