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Welcome. I'm glad you have joined us. Let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you in your journey.

I'll have to find out.

I agree. It doesn't include the Portland and surrounding areas which are very woke.

Of course it is. I was born in Oregon.

They may not have actual missions located in that country but many of the countries on the list fall under a mission Belize has missionaries but they fall under the El Salvador San Salvador West/Belize Mission. Croatia is in the Adriatic North Mission. In 2007 the India New Delhi Mission was formed and included Pakistan. In 2010 the Pakistan Service Mission was established. Turkey falls under the Bulgaria Sofia Mission. Most of countries I see on this list are predominately Muslim or they are countries that right now are deemed too dangerous to send missionaries to.

Hopefully this isn't a hit and run.

I have so many cousins that live in those boundaries. That's where the majority live. Prineville, Salem, Bend.

I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

I am totally with this...well except the part about speaking as a guy. I hope you stick around too. I've had a lot of fun the last couple of days. It reminded me of the good ol' days on these forums.

I was not stalking. I was following.

Darn. I forget about that. That might ruin our plans to get together in September when I'm in So. Carolina for vacation.

How much money do you have? I can be easily bribed and not with Diamondback hot tub tickets.

Looks like a pretty obstructed view with people sitting there in the higher chairs along the fence. I'll pass. I'd rather sit over in left field behind the Padres dugout so I can drool over Fernando Tatis.

Who in the heck would want to see the Diamondbacks? Unless they are playing the Padres of course.

Actually Mitt Romney who took over the management of the 2002 Olympics got the city into the black for the cost of it. He did a great job managing what had been a hot mess.

There was something about L. Tom Perry that made me think he had this "thing" about him. His presence immediately made me think of a kindly grandfather who could make everything all right with a hug and telling me everything would be okay. I always got such warm fuzzies whenever I saw him. I've not had such impressions or any real strong impressions about someone as I have had with him. I was heart broken when he passed away.

I think that's what I posted in the OP. I just made it so people didn't have to click to go somewhere else.

I've heard of him but I don't know anything about him.

I've learned this as well somewhere along the way. One of the reasons I'm assuming that one of our Articles of Faith state that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

Copying from one of my favorites resources: All of God's actions are for our benefit. On the surface, the curse on the land would seem to have no redeeming value. No longer would the earth produce beautiful foliage spontaneously. Weeds would be the default pathway. As Gordon B. Hinckley stated, "Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds." (Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1997], 707) James E. Talmage wrote: Adam felt directly the effects of transgression in finding a barren and dreary earth, with a relatively sterile soil, instead of the beauty and fruitfulness of Eden. In place of pleasing and useful plants, thorns and thistles sprang up; and the man had to labor arduously, under the conditions of physical fatigue and suffering, to cultivate the soil that he might obtain necessary food. (Articles of Faith [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1981], 61) But working the soil of the earth would be a blessing to Adam and to his posterity. The toil itself has a redemptive quality. Work is good for the soul. We are commanded to work because it is good for us. This part of the 4th commandment is often overlooked, for we are commanded to work as much as we are commanded to rest, "Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work." (Ex. 20:9) "The Lord did not curse Adam. He cursed the earth 'for thy sake.' Through the ages man has received more than bread through the sweat of his face. He has received happiness. "Bismarck, the powerful Prussian statesman, once said: 'To youth I have but three words of counsel: work, work, work.'" (Wendell J. Ashton, "The Sweetness of Sweat," Ensign, July 1971, 35)

Are we sure those prices weren't like 40 years ago?

Due to health reasons, Elder Holland has been relieved of all of his duties for a minimum of 2 months. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the following statement:

I remember seeing it for the first time. Coming around a bend on the freeway and it looked like it was sitting in the middle of the freeway at first.

Brazil is definitely getting their share of temples. Great work is being done in So. America.

That didn't even sound like President Nelson to me. The inflections in the voice and tone didn't sound like him. I think the voice is fake.