THE COMING OF THE SAVIOR TO AOA - RE-VISITED

I received some great comments (probably a little worried for my state of mind... lol) from some readers:

1. What about what Bruce R McConkie said about this meeting?
   
   https://scottwoodward.org/Talks/html/McConkie,%20Bruce%20R/McConkieBR_HeComethToAdam-Ondi-Ahman.html
   
   "Before the Lord Jesus descends openly and publicly in the clouds of glory, attended by all the hosts of heaven; before the great and dreadful day of the Lord sends terror and destruction from one end of the earth to the other; before he stands on Mount Zion, or sets his feet on Olivet, or utters his voice from an American Zion or a Jewish Jerusalem; before all flesh shall see him together; before any of his appearances, which taken together comprise the second coming of the Son of God-before all these, there is to be a secret appearance to selected members of his Church. He will come in private to his prophet and to the apostles then living. Those who have held keys and powers and authorities in all ages from Adam to the present will also be present. And further, all the faithful members of the Church then living and all the faithful saints of all the ages past will be present. It will be the greatest congregation of faithful saints ever assembled on planet earth. It will be a sacrament meeting. It will be a day of judgment for the faithful of all the ages. And it will take place in Daviess County, Missouri, at a place called Adam-ondi-Ahman."
2. Either you or I do not comprehend the full import of Adam Ondi Ahman. Are you suggesting that we are now within the half hour of sealed heavens?
3. To answer the half hour question.  Yes, we are - and have been since the dedication of the Palmyra, NY temple in 2000 when President Hinckley mentioned it.
4. As far as speculation on the whole AOA thing, I have arrived at this by revelation, by deduction and by pinging it off people that I trust who are of the same mind set.  I met a gal last night from our Cardston meet-up group who again feels that this is entirely plausible, as well.  She is very matter-of-fact in her belief and she is not a "wild-eyed, hand-wringer" type of person.  She is just calm and pretty sure of herself.  Her feelings are the same as mine.

As I was pondering on whether I was justified in my theory - and thinking on the events that have transpired and the knowledge I have come across recently, another detail came into my mind that kind of seals the deal on it being in the past year and a half.  The Rabbi Ben Samuel prophecy that said that 2017 is a Jubilee year.  It kind of hit me like a ton of bricks.  I was so focused on the Savior coming to Jerusalem and looking that direction (because the rest of the Ben Samuel prophecies HAD to do with Jerusalem), that the 2017 prophecy was likely being fulfilled right under my nose in AOA.

So now, if that is the case, likely most of the 70's would have been there and I am focusing on what their words are.  Are their teachings more inspired?  Do they have His goodness written in their countenances.  I would say yes.  We just had a Stake Conference with the visiting GA being Elder Carpenter.  I have never had such good counsel given by someone at his level.  It was more like listening to one of the 12.  I was filled with the Spirit.

Here is a reference to what Sister Wendy Nelson said in the 49th year:

At the Feb 2016 YA Fireside/Devotional, Pres & Sister Nelson spoke. Near the end of her talk, she asked: paraphrasing: "How would you feel/ What would you do differently if you knew that the Savior had already appeared in several very important meetings with the leaders of the church in preparation for the winding up scenes before his Second Coming.... "because CNN won't be reporting on it". (end quote)

ANOTHER CONFIRMATION OF PRESIDENT MONSON AS THE PROPHET WHEN THE SAVIOR CAME

So, I ran into another prepper in Calgary that is as serious as I am.  We chatted for a few hours last night.

She has been a faithful member all of her life.  Since she was a teen, she indicated that she has always known that it would be Pres. Monson who would be alive when the Savior came.  Just as I believed.

She also indicated that she feels that the Adam Ondi Ahman event also has occurred.  Same inkling when Sister Nelson made that comment about what would we do differently if we knew the Savior had already made appearances..... 

I made sure that she was not being biased by anything that had been said on this blog.  She said her feelings were independent of my musings.

I will call that a pretty solid second witness.

I also learned many more things that I cannot discuss - but let's just say that we are close.

Hang in there.  Watch the news with eyes to see and listen with ears to hear.

We are not too far out there.


Remember that we are still to see Him at Jerusalem, in SLC and in the NJ.  This occurrence, would be the third or fourth of this dispensation, so far.  If you include the Sacred Grove, the Kirkland Temple and possibly Walker Lake to the Native groups gathered there in 1890.  I have heard that He also has visited the Cree and I am sure others in preparing them for their main gathering.  And the world knows little or nothing of it.

TEHERAN TO STRIKE TEL AVIV??

Interesting indeed.

I learned two things from this article:

• Tel Aviv is the military capitol of Israel - did not know that....
• Israel and Iran have been feuding for the last few months

Remember that I have been saying for at least 6 years, that Iran will hit Tel Aviv with a nuke fired out of Libya.  This is intelligence gained from Sarah Menet's vision.  I feel it will happen just as described.  I met a wicked-smart rabbi who knew his scrips and was in the Mossad - who confirmed this sequence of events, just from a scriptural standpoint.

Folks, this could be the year that things get going!

"Israel doesn't want war but if Iran attacks Tel Aviv, we will hit Tehran" (Israeli defence minister Avigdor Lieberman)
The comments by Avigdor Lieberman were an unusually explicit Israeli threat to take military action within Iranian territory, and followed a surge of unprecedented confrontations between the countries' forces in civil war-torn Syria.
Mr Lieberman told the London-based, Saudi-owned news website Elaph: ”Israel doesn't want war but if Iran attacks Tel Aviv, we will hit Tehran.”
Coastal Tel Aviv is Israel's commercial capital, where its military is headquartered. An Israeli-Iranian showdown has been looming since February 10, when Israel said an armed drone which was sent from a Syrian base penetrated its air space. 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/951549/world-war-3-israel-iran-tehran-tel-aviv

Yikes!

WE HAVE A DROUGHT FORMING IN THE SOUTHWEST?

This is interesting data - I have been curious to see when this would start once again (we just came out of a cycle about three years ago).

It would coincide with an economic collapse and famine:

http://www.weathernationtv.com/news/exceptional-drought-parts-seven-states-southwest/

I was just talking to the uncle of John Pontius about the connection to John Koyle and his prophecies to end-times events.  I am going to ask for permission to share some really cool info that this uncle had to share with me.

A lot of stuff is coming together.

WORDS HAVE MEANING AND AN EFFECT ON EVERYTHING AROUND US

This is short and profound:

https://youtu.be/tAvzsjcBtx8

We are the sum of our thoughts and actions.

THE GUBMINT USE OF PSYCHOTRONIC WEAPONS - ELECTROMAGNETIC MIND CONTROL

This is the lovely use of your tax dollars.  I remember them saying that they did use this in the Gulf War.  It would cause the troops to come out of their places of safety and run around like mad-men, ripping their clothes off, etc.

With this stuff, it would be hard to resist it.  And we wonder who the beast is - it is the USA.  Because no one has anything like what we have.  The only check against the USA is a nuclear weapon - which is what is being attempted to get from Russia and likely China in the very long run.  Once all opposition is neutralized - we will have the devil's plan implemented in full force.

Heck, I have even been hearing reports that they have mind-reading tech out there.  Pre-crimes anyone??

Thankfully, the Lord will come and bring it to an end before we all utterly self-destroy in this ever-maddening mess of AI, DEWs and so much else:

https://boingboing.net/2018/04/19/government-accidentally-sends.html

God help the sane among us to make it to the next level so we can start this thing over properly.....

ONE OF THE TWO PROPHETS COMMENT

On an earlier piece where I talked about the visit by President Nelson and Elder Holland over the weekend to the Holy Land, someone commented the following:

It makes you wonder if Elder Holland will be one of the 2 prophets in the winding up scene in Jerusalem.

I would say that, if it were either or both of them, they likely would not know.  I have done several blog pieces on who it might be.  I can see Elder Holland as the man, since he did start the Jerusalem Center for BYU and has been key in several prominent events over there.  Truly, only the Lord really knows.  Just the very revelation of something like that would likely cause the a change in the future outcome.  Remember the Heisenberg principle - once you lock in one of the three factors in prophecy (event/person, place and time), it can alter (if even perceptibly) the outcome of the other two factors, when agency is at play.

Here is some of what I know from the beginning of my even caring about the topic to now:

• They will likely have an assignment in the area.  I just looked up who is over the area for 2017 and it is not either of them.  Two fellows from the Seventy who fulfill their assignment to the Jewish/Muslim areas out of an office in SLC.  Here is the link:   https://www.lds.org/church/news/church-announces-2017-area-leadership-assignments?lang=eng
• It is likely that they would have to have the higher Priesthood - and be powerful in the exercise of it.  I have heard of little anecdotal evidence that Holland has commanded the elements, etc.  If he were to do it, he would not reveal it (in a bragging/boasting manner) - as the gift might be taken away, if done so.
• I have always known (correct, or not), that these two will stay the armies for several years - and then the armies will bust out of the North and sack Jerusalem, killing these two witnesses and then slaying 2/3rds of the inhabitants of the city.  Right now, we have a majority of the world's armies within a few hundred miles of Israel/Jerusalem.  Damascus has become - or is quickly in the process of becoming - a ruinous heap.  When it does, Ephraim shall lose her fortress (America/Canada) will come under successful attack from her enemies).  I have always believed (since about 2010) that once America is out of the way, that will embolden Israel's enemies and they will descend on it.  It has confused me because I have fantasized about Trump (America) helping Israel to build the third temple as a modern Cyrus.  Those two events seem mutually exclusive.  It is likely a requirement that they be in the area to stay these armies - though it could be done from a distance.  Location is everything.  Why would Orson Hyde have to travel to the Holy Land in 1844 in order to complete that dedication, if he could have done it from the safety and comfort of Nauvoo??  Being on location is everything.
• I specifically read in an Ensign article in about 1981 that the two prophets were alive in the world and exercising their Priesthood.  I seem to have gotten the impression that it was their Aaronic Priesthood.  This would have made them about my age - and this is why I was so deeply curious about that statement - because it meant that I would likely be alive during that event....  Elder Holland is 77 which puts him about 30 years older than myself.  If I did not read that right, Elder Holland could still be the man.  I am curious in the same vein, as to who the second man would be...
• People have speculated that they would be Jewish prophets.  I pretty much am sure they would not be.  No formal authority.
• In reality - it does not matter - unless you are watching and waiting and want to know.  I have followed all the commandments (food storage, etc) - but knowing allows me to make precise and directed decisions for the near-term.
• And you know, that as the purveyor of gossip on this sleazy end-times rag, if I knew something, I would want to tell it to the world..... :)

I know some absolutely amazing people who are ready.  Locked and loaded spiritually and physically.  You can only leave a bow strung for so long before it loses it's elasticity.....

Even Mr. Wood Zone gets weary at times - but I never give up!

TRUMP AND PUTIN INVITED TO BUILD THE THIRD TEMPLE??

Wow - there are two possible paths in most big decisions.  The outcome of this one would be monumental. 

http://go.newsfusion.com/world-news/item/10157844

All we can do is pray that the right thing comes about.

MISSOURI EXTERMINATION ORDER 44

This is fascinating stuff.  Much here I did not know, including reading the ridiculous allegations against the Saints.  Wow - just wow!!:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Executive_Order_44

I had a lead at Boeing who was as deluded as the ignorant pigs were in Missouri back in 1838 - regarding the topic of receiving personal revelation.

Of course, they received the whip end of the Law of the Harvest when the North put the screws to the Missourians in the Border War with General Order Number 11 during the (un)Civil War.

Click link;

All of those farms they stole were mostly laid waste.  Filthy, nearly sub-human pigs ended up far worse off for their "something for nothing" attitudes than had they not stolen to get ahead.  But then, they owned slaves and lived off the backs of others' efforts......  What human filth.  I have no desire to meet them on the other side.  Nor Hitler, nor Stalin or others who are just slightly above the level and standing than the devils who have no bodies. 

US STRIKES SYRIA - IT ALMOST DOES NOT GET MORE WWIIIish THAN THIS

We are basically at war with Russia.  It is a proxy war - but war nonetheless.

President Trump is being forced into this - I know he is.  They have compromised him - and they will intimidate him until he does their bidding.  This is a play out of the NWO playbook plain and simple.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/14/russia-claims-syria-air-defences-shot-down-majority-missiles

AND, here is the clincher:   President Nelson and Elder Holland are in Jerusalem for the weekend.....

Why do we keep seeing Elder Holland in the mix over in Israel?  From the dedication of the Mount of Olives garden on the 175th anno at the Jerusalem Center to this.  I have to wonder if he is of a Judah background.  I would LOVE to know his genealogy.

PERSECUTION COMES NEXT

Wow - put in context of everything that I now know and of the events called out in Spencer's book - this is AMAZING:

An army of elders will be sent to the four quarters of the earth to search out the righteous and warn the wicked of what is coming. All kinds of religions will be started and miracles performed that will deceive the very elect if such a thing were possible. Our sons and daughters must live pure lives so as to be prepared for what is coming.

“After a while the Gentiles will gather to this place by the thousands, and Salt Lake will be classed among the wicked cities of the world. A spirit of speculation and extravagance will take possession of the Saints, and the result will be financial bondage.

“Persecution comes next, and all true Latter-day Saints will be tested to the limit. Many will apostatize, and others will stand still, not knowing what to do. Darkness will cover the earth and gross darkness the minds of the people.
“The judgments of God will be poured out upon the wicked to the extent that our elders from far and near will be called home. Or in other words, the gospel will be taken from the Gentiles and later on will be carried to the Jews.

“The western boundaries of the State of Missouri will be swept so clean of its inhabitants that, as President Young tells us, when we return to that place, `There will not be left so much as a yellow dog to wag his tail.’

“Before that day comes, however, the Saints will be put to a test that will try the integrity of the best of them. The pressure will become so great that the more righteous among them will cry unto the Lord day and night until deliverance comes. Then the Prophet Joseph and others will make their appearance and those who have remained faithful will be selected to return to Jackson County, Missouri, and take part in the upbuilding of that beautiful city, the New Jerusalem.

May 1868
Heber C. Kimball, Deseret News, May 23, 1931,

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RUSSIAN CITIZENS BEING TOLD TO PACK BOMB SHELTER SUPPLIES

Yikes!

This is not good - in any form, whether just fear-mongering or a real thing:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/state-run-russian-tv-tells-12349859

I will not be surprised in the least when it happens.

THE LOCATION OF THE FIRST AND SECOND TEMPLES IN JERUSALEM

I love the Lord - He always uses patterns and metaphor to show us the path.  Recently, I have come to understand that a long-held belief of mine may be crumbling.

Through time, temples have had sources of living water running through them.  I cannot say that it is a requirement - because it is NOT a hard/fast rule.  But where it counts, there is water associated with the temples.

In the Garden of Eden (in my favorite temple film with the Gentry devil), it shows things as they were with the spring of living water emanating out from the tree in the middle of the Garden, as the source waters for the four great rivers; Pishon, Gihon, the Tigris, and the Euphrates..  The temple in the New Jerusalem, as Spencer and many others have said, will have this living water emanating from it.

The Cardston Temple has a massive spring under it that they had to cap in order to build on that lot.  I have the feeling it will flow again one day with similar results and for the same symbolic reasons of the water coming from the temple in the NJ.

I know the St George temple was built in a springy and swampy area.  I cannot remember the details of the Manti and the Logan temples - whether they have a living source of water for the fonts, etc.

The temple in Nauvoo had a spring in the basement that was used to fill the font, etc.  I am not sure if it is still there - but I believe it was used to help determine the location (as well as the impression in the ground) of the original temple when the archealogical dig occurred in preparation for it's rebuilding.  Like the OJ Temple, there was not much left of it.  Just a grassy/swampy impression to give away it's old location.  Another tip of the hat to the clue of where the OJ temple is located.  There was a massive stone works still left on the traditional site of the old temple destroyed in 70AD.  Like the Nauvoo temple and the NJ temple site (just adjacent to the copper dome of the CoC impediment), it has not become a plowed field.  If truly located in the City of David, the plowed field metaphor would fit nicely.

Living water is a requirement in the OT scheme of things.  It was used to purify the Priests.  The women, as part of their purification rituals following menstruation, would ritually cleanse themselves in a mikvah (font), which required living (flowing, not stagnant) waters.  I guess you would not want to bathe in anything else, if you were a woman after spending 8 days holed up during Aunt Florence's visit....  At least not using the bathwater of the previous visitor to the communal pool....   If I were a woman under Jewish law, it would be:  "If it doesn't flow after Flo, I don't wanna go!"

So - this is a requirement.  Flowing, living water.  At, or near the temple.

I am not sure why I have been so dense until now - and I do not do a bunch of W&A, but I noticed that the little fountain in the cubicle has a faucet with no knob to turn it off, is always dripping (they do turn it off at night).  It would have been a lot easier to just have a bowl of stagnant water that they could dip their hands into to properly wet them for the washing ritual.  Indeed, the whetting is done from a source of flowing or living water.  This extra minor thing is done on purpose and is quite symbolic and goes back to the first temple and all the way to the GoE.

The only spring of living water (Gihon - and I am sure the nod to the source spring of the river Gihon in the GoE is no coincidence) in all of Jerusalem is below what I am going to start calling the Fortress of Antonia (where the Dome of the Rock is right now).  Just as with Nauvoo having the stones torn down to the grass they laid them on, the real temple site is likely in the City of David below the Fortress of Antonia where the blood of the daily ritual could be washed away - where the Priests could ritually wash prior to serving and where a mikvah might be located in the outer areas where women could come for that portion of their devotion and monthly ritual based on the lunar calendar of 28 days.  It kind of all comes together for me.  When it is all put in a Jewish perspective, it is all so beautiful and perfect.  Detaching ourselves (as Christians) from our nursing mother of Judaism, has come at a great cost of understanding, including having a good feel for the words of Isaiah.

Just as with the water that will begin to flow down from the lofty/hilly area in the the NJ, the living water will again flow in the OJ.  After an EQ in old times, the water flow was decreased from the spring of Gihon and the water became bitter.  Prophecy in Ezekiel states that an EQ will bring it back to life and that it will become a veritable river that will flow to, and heal, the Dead Sea - and I believe it will again be sweet, instead of bitter water.

In tunneling for mass transit in Jerusalem, they have uncovered large quantities of water that they figure have been trapped in underground reservoirs since the formation of the earth.  I have to wonder if this is what flowed in the Garden of Eden.  Water trapped from the time the earth was still a terrestrial sphere.  Holy water.  Holy water reserved for a time to come forth and heal the earth from the filth it has had to endure for the last 6,000 years.  There are trillions of gallons of this water just above the Dead Sea that they discovered in the last decade.  I have to speculate that there are trillions of gallons separate from the extensive Ogallala aquifer in the area around Kansas City, reserved for this same purpose.  Cleansing, pure and wholesome water.  Water that will come forward as the fonts of the deep are again broken up in the great EQ.  They say this primordial water is down there and that it is many times more plentiful than all the waters in our oceans.

Folks, we live in amazing times.  We have front row seats to all the events prophesied by the prophets.  That should fill your hearts with awe and wonder.  It should also be a humbling thing for us - for where much is given, much is required.  We bear a heavy responsibility to stay true to good principle in spite of those around us crumbling and turning to idols of clay (and political correctness)....

May God bless you in your endeavors to stay true to Him.

STYX - SHOW ME THE WAY

The words of this song are amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsYvuxmzxX4

It is almost a hymn of belief. Here are the words:

Every night I say a prayer
In the hopes that there's a Heaven
And everyday I'm more confused
As the saints turn into sinners
All the heroes and legends
I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay
And I feel this empty place inside
So afraid that I've lost my faith
Show me the way, show me the way
Take me tonight to the river
And wash my illusions away
Please show me the way
And as I slowly drift to sleep
For a moment dreams are sacred
I close my eyes and know there's peace
In a world so filled with hatred
That I wake up each morning and turn on the news
To find we've so far to go
And I keep on hoping for a sign
So afraid I just won't know
Show me the way, show me the way
Bring me tonight to the mountain
And take my confusion away
And show me the way
And if I see a light, should I believe
Tell me how will I know
Show me the way, show me the way
Take me tonight to the river
And wash my illusions away
Show me the way, show me the way
Give me the strength and the courage
To believe that I'll get there someday
And please show me the way
Every night I say a prayer
In the hopes that there's a Heaven

My wife just heard distressing news that family members on both sides are crashing and burning.   People that I knew as a child, truly have fallen to idols of clay..... Truly people need to look to Christ to show them the way to good living.  I feel that the Spirit is being taken from the world - and it is accelerating.  As the sifting occurs, we will witness breathtaking failures of the human spirit.  We must not lose courage, nor hope, nor faith, nor charity.  It is all part of the test.  The refining.  For some, it is the Abrahamic Test required for all those who desire to be qualified for ultimate glory.

Yet, we have leaders that are insane.  When I turn on the news, I am in awe that the things we are seeing are really happening!  A commenter asked how I know or feel that the Syrian gas attack was a false flag.  It is because each time we have tried to get out (announcements of troop withdrawal), there is a gas attack within a week.  Sorry, but the Syrian president is as meek as a lamb.  I trust him as much as I trust myself.  He is not capable of that.  When Damascus becomes a ruinous heap, our condemnation will be complete.  Because we sacked a nation that is not perfect - but that was not worthy of what was done to it.  The USA (the gads running it - and those who have upheld them politically), will pay the ultimate price and to the utmost farthing.  It will be so.  For this, we are counseled to flee Babylon and partake not of her sins.  Otherwise, we are not free of the blood and sins of this generation.  We must not partake - not even in the smallest degree.

I also trust Putin, and he is just about begging everyone to listen to him and claims his innocence and that the Syrians did not gas their own people.  The enemy of my enemy is my friend.  Putin is fighting against and hates the NWO - therefore, he is my friend.  He is doing what he has to do to fight against the sleazy swamp dwellers that have combined against him.  He keeps reminding us - in the most pleading of tones, to not push him to what he fears he will have to do.  The West has dealt treacherously with Russia.  For this, we will pay.

I am not even sure he was behind that attack on the former spy in Britain. 

It has all been prophesied - so why should we be surprised when it all comes down?  You might as well try and dam the Missouri with dirt clods.....

WELL, THINGS ARE AT A FLASHPOINT IN THE WHOLE SYRIAN MESS

Right now, we have Trump telling the Russians to scramble because there are incoming smart missiles and the Russians say they will shoot them down and then fire on the source of the missiles.  Well, the last time we had a similar situation, we sent the USS Donald Cook into the Black Sea and the Russians literally blacked out the entire ship with their superior electronic countermeasures.

The Russians are now doing low-level fly-by overflights of this same ship.  They will likely do the same thing they did in the Black Sea.

Syria did not gas it's own people.  It was a false flag by the NWO to keep the USA (that was about ready to pull out of Syria) in this fight.  They want this war with Russia to contain her and consolidate their power.  When Russia/China gets the upper hand on the USA, they will go for the jugular with Israel.  It is all so clear to me, it is not even funny.  It is all scripted - and we have been warned in scripture about how it would come about......

Sad day when we cannot see our demise/trap - even when it has been clearly delineated beforehand.

WITH THE RAID OF THE POTUS' ATTORNEY, THERE IS MAJOR TALK OF CW

With 90% support by the military and LEOs, Trump may have to pull the ultimate Trump Card.....

When they went after Nixon, he was ready to pull in the 82nd Airborne to keep him in power.  He had done stuff wrong - highly illegal stuff.  He needed to go.

Trump has done nothing wrong in the eyes of the law (with God, it is a different story, though when it comes to things done with women).  I feel that he has had a mighty change of heart and is on my side and the side of the people.  I feel that the majority would be justified in supporting him with the use of force; and I do not say that lightly.

Time to root the gads out and throw them to the curb.  If the Lamanites could pull it off back in the day, we for sure can here and now.....  If we don't do it, the only people left to blame will be the Russians....

AN UNDERSCORE ON THE NEED TO SEAL OUR HOMES AGAINST THE DESTROYER

That is kind of a compliment, in some ways, to be buffeted by the "diminutive one" himself.  Out of all the minions to afflict a family, to have the head piece of crap come and "minister", now that is something....  What a waste of potential humanity - all of them, who feel at home where evil acts have occurred, who feed off of the negativity and rebellion at the pure and wholesome things of God.  Pathetic.

I have known many people who have fallen from high places.  The ONE thing they ALL have in common, is that they simply have a CONTRARIAN nature and spirit about them.  One that exudes rebellion and eventually even contempt for what is good or right.  Their only salvation in this mode, is to rebel against the prevailing sin of the day and turn to righteousness - but I am not even sure that is enough to save them.  I am convinced that some people are just not capable to being loved - and of being saved.  Not that the blood of Jesus is not capable of saving them - but that they simply have a hatred for what is good and right, therefore, even given every chance under heaven, they will reject the light and take to the darkness.  It is sad beyond words to witness:

Heber C. Kimball (Quorum of the Twelve)
Joseph ... said the nearer a person approached to the Lord, the greater power would be manifest by the devil to prevent the accomplishment of the purposes of God.
He also gave me a relation of many contests that he had had with Satan, and his power that had been manifested from time to time since the commencement of bringing forth the Book of Mormon.
I will relate one circumstance that took place in Far West, in a house which Joseph had purchased, which had been formerly occupied as a public house by some wicked people. A short time after he had moved into it, one of the children was taken very sick. He laid his hands upon the child, when it got better. As soon as he went outside, the child was taken sick again. He again laid his hands upon it, so that it again recovered. This transpired several times, and Joseph inquired of the Lord what it all meant, when he had an open vision, and saw the devil in person, who contended with Joseph face to face for some time. He said it was his house, it belonged to him, and Joseph had no right there. Then Joseph rebuked Satan in the name of the Lord, and he departed and troubled the child no more. (Journal of Heber C. Kimball, p.80)

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMM.....

In the case of false flags, why are there so many people connected to the FBI??

David Hogg's dad had some connection at some point.  The supposed Fla shooter had a guardian who was.

The taxi driver on the beltway outside the Pentagon during the 911 attack had a wife who was a manager at the FBI (and recruited him for the role and $60,000 cash - by his own admission on hidden camera).

I still wonder about the background of Robby Parker of Sandy Hook fame:

http://www.dcclothesline.com/2014/01/27/sandy-hooks-robbie-parker-says/

Let's just say that I trust little of what is put out there for public consumption.

I have never officially joined the pilots or engineers for truth groups that exist - but I buy little if any of the official sep 11 narrative (or propaganda, as I call it).

People that accept the doings of the US gubmint at face value, are fools - if you care to ask me.  It goes back decades and centuries of the gubmint proving that they are double-minded and that they speak out of both sides of their mouths....

THINGS ARE HEATING UP IN THE UKRAINE??

Russia is really getting ticked off at the USA.  More troop to troop contact in Syria, full court press and so much else.

NOT good if you are a peacenik!

While all eyes are on Syria today, and were on China for the past few days, now Russia is taking the opportunity to drive more equipment and troops (cough...excuse me, independent contractors) into Ukraine for a Spring offensive.
Video posted on Twitter was taken yesterday, April 7th, of a second convoy of Russian tanks (not BMPs either) passing over the border and going into Ukraine at the village of Rostov 
[link to twitter.com (secure)] 

Also -
Russia is placing 77,000 troops close to the border with Ukraine5, April, 2018 [link to defence-blog.com] 
Ukraine’s Defense Minister considers it likely that the conflict will turn into a full-fledged war by the Kremlin.
“At our border, it has concentrated 19 battalion tactical groups of the first and second echelons of more than 77,000 troops. The group includes about a thousand tanks, 2.3 thousand combat vehicles, more than 1.1 thousand artillery systems and about 400 systems of multiple launch rocket systems,” – the minister noted.

ENJOYING OUR SLAVERY

When we wake up to the reality of our awful situation:

THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS - OR, THE IMMACULATE CELESTIAL LAWN

My wife and I were discussing this the other night in the Temple.

Eloheim usually means "the Gods".  I interpret that as a council of the Gods - likely Abraham, Adam and many other key players in this situation (the creation of and the business of our earth).

I am not an expert, but Joseph Smith had a lot to say about this:

https://woodyoubelieveit.blogspot.ca/2013/04/the-sod-of-god.html

Enjoy - the sooner we understand this stuff, the sooner we will have an immaculately groomed lawn on a principle street in the Heavenly City.... :)

DONALD TRUMP AS THE FORERUNNER OF JESUS?

I am not tied into the events going on in Jerusalem, but this guy sure is convinced he is something akin to John the Baptist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6DEUXehA8I

I keep an open mind because I know that something is afoot - it is just a matter of interpreting things correctly.  Just as it was in 30AD.

A PDF SYNOPSIS OF EVERY CONFERENCE TALK

This is a nice boil down of what we heard this Conference:

http://cdn.deseretnews.com/media/misc/pdf/2018-spring-general-conference/all-sessions.pdf

It has to be the first Conference that I did not miss a talk because I was working on Saturday or driving or flying or something to cut things short.  I knew it would be amazing.  We are in the final stretch.  I think everyone sensed that after the words that were spoken....

THE REVEALING OF THE SECRET ACTS OF WICKED MEN AND THE SEALED PORTION OF THE BOOK OF MORMON

I had an epiphany this morning while listening to the Book of Mormon with my wife in 2 Nephi 27:

26 Therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous workamong this people, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom of their wise and learned shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent shall be hid.

27 And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counselfrom the Lord! And their works are in the dark; and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us? And they also say: Surely, your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay. But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I know all their works. For shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not? Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, he had no understanding?

28 But behold, saith the Lord of Hosts: I will show unto the children of men that it is yet a very little while and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field; and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest.

29 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

30 And the meek also shall increase, and their joy shall be in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

31 For assuredly as the Lord liveth they shall see that the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off;

32 And they that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turnaside the just for a thing of naught.

I have been having my "Book of Mormon moments" ALOT lately wherein I have been seeing things that I have never seen before and now consider that which I never before considered.  I am not sure why - but it started at the beginning of the year and after the best conversation I ever had in my life, I now have a perspective that kind of brings it all together.  Thank you CJ.

Verse 27 jumped out at me particularly hard.  WHAT IF the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon were brought forward.  WHAT IF (I have been saying that it does for years - thus the reason it has been sealed), it contains all of the inner workings of the secret combinations.  What if bringing this forward revealed their secret acts to the Church to the point that they were eternally enraged and sought to wipe the church and those who are valiant from the face of the earth forevermore.

What if, as President Nelson talked about, the Priesthood rose up and did a collective mighty miracle that was MORE than just staying one man's tongue - but caused that a mighty work would be done in this epic moment and the collective body of these children of hell were tossed into the very pit they had digged for the Elders of Israel?  What if, this was a clearing move that resulted in the way to be made clear for those who are afflicting Trump (who is doing a worldly version of the same thing), to never have to be dealt with every again?

I think this is coming.  I believe that the Sealed Portion of the Book of Mormon was translated over the last several years. (CLICK LINK for original post) I believe we have been urged on to read it every year for the last several years until we merit having the privilege of having the sealed portion given to us as a people.  We can only merit it unless we have taken full advantage of that which has already been given to us.  The sealed portion will help us do the work required in detecting and then wiping out the combinations that are among us and who have gotten above us in the last several decades.  We will have the keys of knowledge required to "drain the swamp".

Folks, we are living in epic times.  It is my theory (not quite a belief), that Jesus came to Adam Ondi Ahman in Missouri and that the keys have been given to take this work to the next level.  We are about to see a mighty work as we prepare for the Millennium and the coming in glory of Jesus.  I feel this message was given in a clear and concise manner.  We heard from those who will be at the helm when this comes about.  We are a choice and blessed generation - and we need to live for it.

Gird up your loins, fresh courage take!  This fight is going to be epic - and will fill our hearts with awe at the wonders God has in store for us!

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A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT CHEM TRAILS

Folks, this is long - but has a ton of info all in one place that needs to be seen and passed along:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwRzIgsB1-8


Enjoy!

AND A LITTLE MORE HUMOR TO TICKLE THE FUNNY BONE...

So, my wife and I were in the lobby of the temple last night and this lady walks up to me and asks me who the richest man on earth is.  Given the situation, I am trying to be coy, quick and religiously correct.  I start thinking of how to incorporate the answer of "Jesus" into my response - to no avail.  Then I start thinking on Bill Gates, JP Morgan and am striking out.

Then she says Noah was.  I was puzzled.....

"Noah was the richest man on the earth.  Because he put all his stock in the ark while everyone else was liquidating....."

The answer was so off the wall and so clever, I erupted with a REALLY loud guffaw and snort right there in the lobby.

It set the tone for the rest of the evening..... which included not being able to close the upper clasps on my temple pants due to too much Thai food and drinking about a gallon of water during the day.  I had to leave my locker to go to the men's room to try and de-water enough to get the job done.  As I was walking in, I met a man named Grant and we proceeded to have a conversation while he was clearly trying to fight his severe case of IBS on the loo and I trying to get my bladder shrunken enough to be able latch that clasp closed.  My pants have three - and I was not trying to be an overachiever and do all three, I was two inches shy of just having one take hold.  Finally, Grant exits the gas chamber he was in and I almost had to resort to asking him to help cinch those pants up.

It must have been the potential embarrassment of having to ask for help, but I managed to make just one clasp closed and I was off to the chapel only to see Grant sit in front of me to play the organ.  It was one of those electronic ones, not the ones that require air to operate.  Because I am pretty sure if it had been, Grant could have come up with enough to play the Fogue in D minor..... as well as an encore....

What an evening.....

WHAT KIND OF MORMON ARE YOU??

I got a chuckle out of this.  In full disclosure, I am a bunch of 6 (Visions of Glory and Lance Richardson....) as well as 16 and a little of  #17 and 19:

Types of Mormons:

1. If a subject was not explicitly referred to in the last general conference it is now false and no longer to be spoken of

2. If Joseph Smith didn't say it it is false doctrine

3. My BYU professor taught...

4. Man evolved from single cell plasmoids, the earth if 1.56437 billion years old, there was no flood, and the vast majority of scientists agree we are going to set the whole earth on fire in 17 years so scripture is mostly just metaphor - manifestations of the then primitive, un-evolved, brain.

5. The Area 70, my mission president, or another church leader privately said...

6. Someone who claims to have had a near death experience taught...

7. I dont need to read scripture or consider the words of church leaders, because I know by the spirit...

8. UC Berkley psychology professors are far better guides on the subject of marriage than scripture

9. No one really "knows" that...

10. I dont want to offend anyone

11. My perfect imageis far more important to me than truth... did I say that, I was just thinking that, right?

12. The scripture and modern church leaders are way out of step when it comes to social issues

13. All is well, I just pray and read my scriptures.

14. My excommunicated guru says...

15. I am a special class of Mormon because I know and do special things and so I get special blessings.

16. When the call out comes and we all head to tent cities I am gonna be living the full on prepper tent city high life.

17. The constitution is scripture, the only way to prepare for the second coming is to save America.

18. I am an honored recipient of the highly coveted double beaver lifetime scouters achievement reward, see, I wear it on my jacket lapel, and the rainbow colored ribbons are just tucked into my shirt collar.

19. I just know that if I can just serve and sacrifice hard enough I will be ok

20. Woman, what I say goes... Now you git them kids ready and I am gonna go wait in the car.

21. G-d will not be offended if I have a little coffee, tea, or chew every once in a while... its no big deal, I only smoke a cigar now and then and I only drink cognac a few times per year

22. My body is a temple, a super hot temple with 6 packs, and 9 very expensive surgical enhancements.

23. Yes, dear, what ever you say dear...

24. I dont know why that bishop does not do something about sister Jones and those kids...

25. The Greek tense structure only agrees with the Aramaic structure if you accept that...

26. Doctor, I feel like I am never enough, can never be enough, can never do enough, there is so much pressure and then I freak out or crash... my friend is the stake relief society president and she said anti-depressants were put her by G-d to help...

27. If you drink coke, touch playing cards, or leave your garments off for a few minutes those sins offend the holy ghost and are unforgivable.

28. This is church ball Brau, so if you aint cut, bleeding, or broken then I aint done with you yet, Brau

29. The patriarchy is not gonna oppress me, I can do more, better, and faster than any neanderthal man

30. Of course my opera interpretation of Come Come Ye Saints in Latin will per perfect for sacrament, I'll just ask brass section to play reverently.

31. The third moon on the cusp of venus in the same month signifies the end of the year of cycles, and the begin of the jubilant year of fasts just before the anticipation of the time of praise

Jesus said, "be one; and if ye are not one ye are not mine".:

HOW DO YOU CREATE 80FT OF SOLID ROCK IN A MATTER OF DECADES?

A non-catastrophist would say it takes millions of years of formation to make rock 80 feet thick....

Not so, it may have happened in a matter of years.

The nice thing is that they may have found texts in Herculaneum that will answer a bunch of questions about history.  A double whammy against the established lies/narrative.

This may be epic!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/herculaneum-scrolls-can-technology-unravel-the-secrets-sealed-by-mt-vesuvius-2000-years-ago/

Enjoy!

THE LAND OF GOMER AND MAGOG

I thought this map was interesting:



Apparently, a Chinese delegation is in Moscow to convince them to help take on the USA militarily.  The ONLY reason China is still playing ball with the USA is because they stand to make money off of us in sweet one-way deals....  Once Trump sours those deals by making them actually fair for both sides, China will go on the offensive.  She has nothing to lose.  Wars tend to consolidate power and galvanize people behind a leader they otherwise may not support:

http://www.newsweek.com/china-military-tells-russia-weve-come-support-you-against-us-870070

Folks, the chips are starting to align and fall into place.  And you know what??  As President Nelson said, I also am not naive as to what is coming - but I know the outcome will make anything in the interrim trivial by comparison.  It will be hard for all the naysayers who have mocked me over the years to eat crow.  I have just enough jerk in me (lack of charity), that you know I am going to ask the questions about what they think now that we have gone head to head with Russia/China and how they like that US CWII that has been prophesied for over a hundred years.....  Likely, all I will hear is crickets.

A TROUBLING DREAM LAST NIGHT

I have always bucked the trend.  I have learned to walk against the prevailing winds of the day.

Last night's dream was no different - but it was definitely symbolic of an actual situation.

There were some people at work who were carousing (smoking/drinking/carrying on).  They were working with potentially dangerous things )flammable tanker trucks) - but were not following good protocols.  I decided I had to part company with them and headed one direction while they headed another in a festive/partying spirit.  They had not properly secured their load of tanker trucks as they pulled away with loads of highly flammable fuels including jet fuel, propane, hydrazine, etc.

One valve had not been properly shut and the truck was spewing toxic, flammable liquid everywhere.  One truck had a fuel filler hose bouncing along the pavement sparking.  The posse of 18 wheelers caught up with each other just as one started to ignite.  It caught another one on fire as they both approached the most flammable and explosive truck.  I looked back to see the spectacle - just as the initial pressure wave erupted and started to head towards me.  I knew I had seconds to take cover.  There was only a cement loading dock that I could dive in front of - and hope the pressure wave would go past me as I huddled in the crevice and minimal protection it provided.

I had seen this kind of explosion before - it looked like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KuGizBjDXo  (turn the sound off, there is a little language as people express shock at the sight of the explosion)

I awoke with my heart pounding and lay there trying to get back to sleep until I determined I had to write this down.

Definitely symbolic - but it is a portend of the future of some sort.

STORIES OF THE CAVES AND PEOPLES OF INNER EARTH

This is quite interesting, considering what Spencer had to say about those that will come from the North Country:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWFDos_uEqQ&feature=youtu.be

I like to keep an open mind.  You never know where it will lead you....

IF YOU EVER WONDERED HOW THE DEEP STATE OPERATES, THIS IS IT

This is how they get control over politicians/judges/etc (testimony from a female in the sex trafficking/trade):

When I was 5 or so, we moved in next door to a near-retirement head sheriff (whatever that title is) for the county we were in, and proceeded to get friendly with him. One night, a man of around 30 years old who I had never seen before brought that head sheriff over to our house. The sheriff was high as a kite. I don't think he knew where he was or what he was doing. I was involved and pictures were taken that night for blackmail purposes. I'm not going to discuss the type of pictures. They were bad. Things went on from there. Similar things, going all the way up through the legislative branch, etc. over the years. 
We could get away with anything in that town, in that state, in that region. There was no protection for myself because no laws could be applied, but we were insulated from the law.

This is what we are up against when dealing with the gads and their dark minions.  This is what Spencer from VoG has been recruited to help deconstruct.

THE BARLEY HARVEST AND THE 9TH OF AV

I feel that we have just witnessed an unprecedented Conference in that MANY signals and changes were given that put us on notice.  This brother (FB contact) summed things up so well:

So president Nelson's coronation (sustaining) happened on the beginning of the counting of the Omer of Barley which happens for 49 days. This observance was given to the Israelites when they left Egypt, with a promise that on the 50th day they would be given the law. (They got the law in Sini but blew it and go the lower law)
Were we just put on notice? It will be very interesting what else is going to happen 50 days from now. Clearly we are leaving the Aaronic priesthood era, the day of the gentiles, and the wheat harvest. 50 days from now is Shavuot, the day of the wheat offering. Me thinks we are entering the millennial era, being prepared for terrestrial priesthood responsibilities, and the cleansing of the earth to prepare it for the King.The church follows a pattern. From Joseph Smith to Brigham Young we have the barley harvest. Barley is the first fruit. Weak, susceptible to damage, just like the early church. With Brigham Young we entered the wheat harvest. This is the majority of the growing season for the church. It lasts a long time, even into the grape harvest. The wheat and the tares grow together. The majority of the growth of the church happened during this time. So did the secret combinations.
When president Monson changed the missionary age, we entered the hastening oft he work phase. This is where the wheat is laid up in store and the workers wait for the Lord of the vineyard to tell them it is time to harvest the grapes. This was called the hastened harvest because it had to happen fast or the grapes would turn. When the hastened grape harvest began to wind down, the wheat would be offered in the temple, the wine would be stored, and the olive harvest would begin. The olive harvest was characterized by the SHAKING of the trees to get the olives out. This is the part where the Lord preaches his own sermons, shakes the earth and puts the olives (his people) through the olive press to purify them. Then he returns.
In my humble opinion, President Nelson and others just put us on notice that the new law is about to be given, that the wheat and grape harvests are just about over, and the olive harvest is about to begin.
All I can say is hold on tight.
The 9th of Av this year could be a rough ride.

We had two brothers who were called outside the normal "Ephraimitic" group.  I feel that the brother of Chinese descent can help us when we have to deal with the "heathen Chinese from beyond the mountains where we were driven" (that come off the West Coast).  We are indeed moving into the cessation of the "times of the Gentiles" that I have long awaited.  President Nelson will take us to the gates of this disaster - a Priesthood that is ready to use their power in that Priesthood to rise up and neutralize those who seek power in satan's kingdom.  This thing is coming to a head, folks!  It gonna pop and the Saints will come out on top when they are forced to call upon the boys from the mountains to solve the problems!  But the ride will indeed be a rough one!

As Bishop Koyle used to say, the wild colt will be brought up against the snubbin' post until it learns who it's master is.

We were taught to use PERSONAL REVELATION to get through our trials.  To NOT be afraid to use the power we have been given - and the whole feast was topped off with an Apostolic Blessing from our Prophet.  Truly the best Conference that I can remember since President Benson's talk on Pride that hit me so deeply back in the 1980's.  An amazing feast - and I shared with the best people on the face of this earth that I have run into.  What a joy!

I too feel that great things are about to happen.  I plan on spending much time in the Temple getting ready for it, just as I did before we lost our Dallin.  The more we are pointed in that direction, the better prepared we will be for great things (whether we choose to see them as great, or not....).  It is our choice - and our privilege; or our personal tragedy.  It all comes down to perspective and levels of wisdom, which is the proper application of knowledge and learning.

MIRACLES DURING THE ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE

This is a great testimony to the Lord's protective hand over the missionaries who are serving Him:

Shared with permission from my missionary friend currently serving in Ecuador:

I just returned from an extra Family Home Evening we had tonight which lasted 2 1/4 hours (usually they are only 1 hour). This was a special event with the Second Counselor in the temple presidency, Jorge Dennis, and his wife, Anette, sharing the experiences they had when here previously as the mission president of the Guayaquil West Mission. He was the mission president when a very large area of western Ecuador was hit by a major earthquake in April 2016. At that time, there were 180 missionaries in the mission.

In April 2014, Pres. Dennis had a dream where there were very dark clouds over the city. They were bigger and darker than any he had seen. People were running and screaming. When he awoke, he discussed it with his wife and they wondered if it meant something. But they got busy and didn't think of it again.

Two months later he had another dream like the first one, but the dark clouds were closer. In this one he was trying to get home to his wife and daughter. The dream felt very real. He said he felt like there was a disaster coming and thought it would be an earthquake. Pres. Dennis decided that he needed to start disaster preparation and training. He called in his 4 mission nurses (one an RN) and zone leaders to develop and implement a mission disaster plan and training. Determined were disaster routes and a safe place to which each missionary was to go immediately. They prepared for flood, fire, earthquake, and tsunami.

It took 6 months to prepare. All the missionaries were to put together a emergency backpack kit with $40, water, food & other necessities. The nurse made all the missionaries run around the church twice while wearing their backpacks to ensure they could bear the load. They had to do that at each monthly zone conference in addition to dumping out all the contents and comparing them to a checklist. With each zone conference he would address a different aspect of preparation but also would talk about exact obedience to the commandments of God. Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley said, Obedience brings blessings, exact obedience brings miracles.

One month before the earthquake, Pres. Dennis had another dream. This time the dark clouds were right in front of him. He knew that the disaster would be an earthquake, and it would occur soon.

16 APRIL, 2016, 6:58 PM, MAGNITUDE 7.8 EARTHQUAKE.

Aftershocks were above 4 and some above 5 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was 300 miles north of Guayaquil, but it was still felt here. The Dennises were in the mission office on the 5th floor when the building began to sway. Immediately the phone lines went out, but they still had internet phone service which went in and out, making it possible to communicate with the missionaries and determine within 2 hours that all were safe and accounted for.

Some cities were completely demolished. We saw pictures of the areas immediately following the earthquake. You may recall I visited a couple of cities last fall,18 months post disaster, and could still see many results of the damage to buildings.

MIRACLES:

Following are stories told by missionaries. They wrote them down and gave them to President Dennis to put in a mission history book. Some missionaries testified that they were guided to places they needed to be when the earthquake occurred. Others testified of angels protecting them, and they knew the angels were their ancestors.

In Bahia, Ecuador, the hospital was destroyed, and our chapel there was turned into a hospital. It was like a ghost town with no electricity and no lights after dark. There was a lot of looting and robbing immediately afterward.

Six missionaries were in the area of Bahia de Caraquez. The missionaries were known well in the city, but they said as they walked through the city while leaving, no one seemed to even see them. It was as if they were invisible. No dangers came to them with all the looting and chaos around them.

Other missionaries also testified that during the chaos after the earthquake, cars were driving through crowds and hitting people and animals, panicked people were running into each other and knocking each other down,while others were robbing and looting. It seemed as if they were invisible and surrounded by a protective bubble.

Aftershocks were very strong. Six aftershocks occurred on April 22, but none on April 23 or 24 while three area authority Seventies from the church came to inspect the area. Then on April 25th, after they had left, more aftershocks occurred

Two missionaries meeting with a family ran from the house and into the street with a man and his 2 children. They surrounded the children to protect them but his wife and baby were still in the building. The man was in shock and was not responding when an Elder told him to go get his wife and baby. The Elder had 2 words come into his mind: Priesthood and Monson. He remembered a story by Pres. Monson from conference 2 weeks before. During WW II in the South Pacific a friend's plane was shot down. The crew clung to life rafts for 3 days. Finally, they spotted a ship which passed them by. His friend commanded the ship to turn around and pick them up in the name of Jesus Christ and by the power of the priesthood. Thus they were saved. This young missionary used that example and the priesthood which he held to command the father to run into the house and get his wife and baby. The man immediately responded, and no sooner had they come out then the entire building collapsed.

A set of sisters was teaching an older woman in her home when one sister heard a voice tell her to get under the table. She didn’t want to but then a brick came down and hit her on a leg. After that, she dove under the table just as the ceiling above her came down. Sheltering under the table prevented her from being completely buried by the debris.

Jaramijo was the epicenter where ALL the buildings were damaged or completely destroyed except the apartment building where the sister missionaries lived. (The pictures of that area looked like a bomb had hit the town.) Their building had only one crack which didn't affect the structural integrity. The evangelical owner thanked the mission president for having the sisters there as he knew that’s why the building survived. The following Sunday and afterward, many people who previously had been inactive and many investigators showed up at church.

A sister leader had 2 new sisters with her. They had two appointments starting at 6 pm, but the leader felt that they should not go to the appointments but rather go to the home of an inactive sister that would never let them in. They determined that if she let them in this time, they would just give a short lesson on prayer and leave. However, when the sister did let them in, the sister leader gave a really long lesson. The other 2 sisters kept wondering why. They left the bamboo house built on stilts when the earthquake hit. Nothing happened to that house, and they were able to get a moto-taxi (which never comes by that area) and headed back to town, passing the places where they had the two appointments they skipped. Both buildings sustained a lot of damage.

In Portoviejo, two sisters were teaching in a room in a building. They could hear all around them people screaming and glass breaking. They dropped to their knees and prayed. When the shaking was over, not one picture or glass had broken in the room. When they opened the door to leave, the entire stairs were gone. The rest of the building all around them had collapsed.

A district leader was heading out to find all his missionaries as he had been trained to do, but he really wanted to stop and help people. When he started to go to help someone, he heard the voice of his uncle who had recently passed away say, Elder, where are your missionaries? He immediately stopped and headed to the church building where he was supposed to go to account for his missionaries.

These were only a few of the stories of being protected told by the missionaries. In all the mission only one was hurt, the sister who ignored the first prompting to get under the table had a nasty bruise on her leg.

What an inspiring meeting. That was Monday. It has taken me until Friday night to find time to finish writiing about it.
Love, Hermana Elliott