Rasmania 102

In studying Come Follow Me the past couple of weeks I came across a couple of quotes that I thought worth sharing.   It struck me that many people left the church even in Joseph Smith's time (which made me all the more grateful for faithful ancestors).  When someone was disenchanted with the church for whatever reason (often because Joseph Smith was a man, and not an almost-God), they often became bitter enemies and caused Joseph to suffer immensely.  Today we are seeing people leave the church, too--and sometimes they cannot leave it alone.  Sometimes we have friends or even family that have questions and their faith wavers.  I thought that this first quote was a great way to approach those who come to us with questions.   "How do we respond to those who seek to tear down the faith of others?"   Lawrence E. Corbridge, a member of the Quorum of the Seventy, spoke once about how his assignment as a general authority was to read many of the publications written to attack th

Time for the Jacksons to head back to Georgia                         Sushi dinner made by the very talented Jieun Rasband for me and Roy and Elise and her family and of course Dan's whole family, a couple of nights before Elise returned to Georgia. Roy and I tended the kids while Elise took Max to the play Newsies.  This was our last night to cuddle with Harvey.  He was a pretty good cuddler when he was tired. Grandpa took the Jacksons to the airport.  They were here long  enough that the kids were ready to go home! Max lost one tooth on our boat, and apparently another right when he got home. Jieun and Sara tried out the new splash pad in Bountiful.   Camden and Yuli liked it! 4th of July: Happy Birthday to our nation (and to grandpa Verl) “Our original Constitution, adopted in 1787, had what our distinguished [former] Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, herself a member of our most prominent minority, called some ‘birth defects… Nevertheless, it was our best hope for freedom an