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fRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2023

HOW TO PUT CHRIST FIRST...

 

How to put Christ at the Center of your Temple worship…

Suggestions for Successful Worship

Begin your day with prayer:

to help you put aside the attempts the adversary will try to defeat your goal of going to the temple.  

Before you leave home, let Father know how important this is to you:  

Just know, that as you enter the HOV lane, someone is going to cut you off, but you do not respond in anger and you are not deterred.  Just know that as you leave the toddler with the babysitter, who just poured a whole box of fish food into the bowl, she has the ability to clean it so you can leave.  On this day, nothing can sway you from your Covenants with the Lord.  You are doing great!

When you arrive, say a prayer :

before you leave your car make sure you are in tune with the feelings which are appropriate for Temple Worship.  This will clear your mind of any negative or confusing thoughts.  

When you get dressed:

study the name of the person on your card, and reflect on the ordinance that is provided to you for the redeeming of the dead. We study their lives before we leave using history and their timeline to appreciate all that they endured for us to be here today.  

When you perform the ordinance: picture Christ embracing them in your mind.

These thoughts are from the Leadership Meeting from Rootstech 2023

We never pick and choose favorites on a whim.  No one is exempt from receiving the blessings of the temple.  We should baptize all of our ancestors and with forgiveness in our hearts, should they have wronged us prior to death, we need to baptize them regardless.  They can choose to accept it or not, and they may have had a change of heart as well.  The Lord said, “10 I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you, it is required to forgive all men.” - Doctrine and Covenants 64:10.  Give that some thought if you have ever said the words, “I refuse to do her work.”

All through our lives, we make covenants with the Lord.  Sometimes we have to rededicate our hearts to those promises knowing that when we do our part, He has no recourse but to do His.

If we are doing work for them and forgetting to document our families' lives while they are still here, won’t that make it harder once they are gone? If they are here, they can help us find the answers to questions we have.  Do we have their life story written and recorded voices and videos NOW for their posterity?  Have we preserved their stories?  Think of this as you re-read the Prophet’s words above, that “…Any time we do anything  that helps anyone on either side of the veil  to make and keep their Covenants with God, we are helping to gather Israel.”

When we go to the temple to do the work we have covenanted with the Lord to do, there is always a thought, “That ancestor is pleased with me because I was obedient and did work that he cannot do while I am on this earth.”  Perhaps our first thought should be, “Christ is pleased with me because I obeyed the Covenants we made to help others on both sides of the veil.”

Join us on June 10 at 5 pm for our Zoom.  We would love to hear your thoughts of what we have discussed here.  Perhaps you can enlighten others who are listening and empower them to dedicate themselves to the covenants they have made!



Putting Christ at the Center of your Temple Worship

Saturday, June 10⋅5:00 – 6:00pm

Location:

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SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023

TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR TREE - LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION?




                                                Troubleshooting your Tree

                                        for opportunities




CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ZOOM ON TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR TREE

VIDEO FROM LAST NIGHT'S ZOOM

HAND OUT FOR TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR TREE

 Tonight was Mother's Day Weekend - we did not anticipate many would be able to join us but we are so grateful for the support.  This has been a difficult couple of months.  Karen's hip has been the source of many problems.  She finally started to recover after using a Wound Vacuum to control the bleeding.  We are thankful to you for your prayers, kind messages, cards and thoughtful gestures shown forth during this time.  Last night she accidentally crossed her legs and ended the evening in pain and unable to put weight on it.


This was a great lesson.  We compiled all of our search techniques that we have uncovered over the last 7 years in this calling and make them available to you.  If there is an area you would like some ideas for, please email us at:  naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com

 As as matter of fact one of the people who attended was listening and did what we taught on how to find more stories about his family.  When he tried it during our Zoom, he received at least 12 pages of stories about his heritage and lineage in the Illinois area.  

We hope you are just as successful in your Journey.  During this video, you will note that we guide you to other areas for your searches as well.  Most of those things can be found by searching the field in the upper right portion of this blog.  Just put in there what you want to find.



Everything you'e Ever wanted to know about Partner Access?




How to use the Bridge Method in Genealogy?


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Finding that elusive family member....

https://naswfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-zoom-presentation-of-finding-your.html

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SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2023

What touched your heart about the Leadership Instruction from Rootstech 2023?



Video and Summary

 of the 

2023 Rootstech

  Leadership instruction meeting 

This Saturday night we had our monthly Zoom call - in addition to our own Stakes we represent, we had people from Missouri, Texas, Utah, Arizona, and California - perhaps there were more but we enjoyed their participation.  We discussed the different aspects from putting Christ first in everything we do, to how and which discussion questions to show to our Ward Councils on Family History during the next Bishop's Coordination meeting.

Your time to shine....

Wonderful seeing all of you and feeling your testimonies!  We will see you all next month, Saturday April 8, 2023 where we will be discussing our favorite classes from Roots Tech.  Again, we love your input so if you would like to cover a particular class and give us the important points made during your class time, please email us your slides  naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com and we will welcome you as an honored guest.





HERE IS OUR ZOOM LINK

here is a pdf of the presentation














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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Taking the final road trip to say goodbye....what will you take?

 THE TOUGH PART IS LETTING GO...

Whether we are asking our elders questions, learning from them about mistakes and good choices they made in their lifetime, learning what they might have done if they had another chance, or realizing that Grandma was pretty wise after all and actually had the wisdom to impart during all those stories she had to sit through comments like, "Grandma, you've told that story before, like a bajillion times!"   Did you ever think that as she keeps repeating it, it is her hope that she will impart some of that wisdom to you so that you don't make the same mistake and live to regret it? 

Taking the final road trip to say goodbye…

The hardest trip I ever made was this month. I know she will be with Daddy soon. I don't like to see her in pain, and now we find she has cancer of the lungs....98 and still with us. Whether we are asking our elders questions, learning from them about mistakes and good choices they made in their lifetime, learning what they might have done if they had another chance, or realizing that Grandma was pretty wise after all and actually had the wisdom to impart during all those stories she had to sit through comments like, "Grandma, you've told that story before, like a bajillion times!" Did you ever think that as she keeps repeating it, it is her hope that she will impart some of that wisdom to you so that you don't make the same mistake and live to regret it?
SATURDAY NIGHT 2/11
Well, just want to thank everyone for their input tonight. I loved hearing all about your families and their traditions. I was grateful to hear you say that you wished you had some of these questions, Jan and Br and Sr Judd. Warren, I want to hear more about the last Lord Kilpatrick. David. We were both impressed that you started asking questions and had documented so much. It was a real eye-opener to those who have younger children now.
When I was growing up, my father would come home from his job as a manager of a Safeway meat plant in Vernon, CA pretty tired. There was a nap before dinner then of course, one after. Then it was time for me to go to bed. So there was precious little time for me to get to know his life other than dinner chat.
Right before he died he opened up about what had happened during the war. The first item finally cleared up why we couldn’t sit in front of the plane. He felt it was safer. Now he tells me. I got my 7-year-old self up and as usual, “overdressed”…. dressed in my nice blue dress with white gloves, a white fur headband hat, and a fur muff. In those days everyone dressed up to ride a plane. There’s no place in Los Angeles that requires any fashion statement like wearing a dress or suit now to get on a jet. But I had a plan. I wanted to watch the pilot and even though there was no door, you couldn’t do that from the back. Dad felt better with us farther back. The stewardess saw my tear-stained face and brought me to the pilot. I got to sit on his lap and he pulled a set of wings out of his pocket and pinned them on me. Now…..what was Dad’s reason?
At FT Benning GA, the soldiers have to train alongside water moccasins, gators, and swamps. His paratrooper unit was ready to make their first jump. The pilot was also training and something went wrong and the plane plummeted downward. Somehow he got an angle where they slapped the ground awfully hard. My dad and his buddy were in the tail section. The last two seats.
They watched, horrified as the plane cracked at the tail and separated them from the rest of the platoon and the momentum kept it going as it burst into a ball of flames and careened right down into the swamp. The swamp greedily drank the entire plane. Vanished! No one had a chance to get into some clean clothes or even take off their chute on the hook line.
That day he saw all his buddies perish but God spared him and also the guy next to him who only broke his leg. Why? He would spend the rest of his life trying to do good for people who were underprivileged to show his gratitude.
So by asking him that question even tho, it was 2006, not 1946, how do you think he felt? Like someone cared? If I had known better or had more time with him I’ll bet he would have sat me down and had a longer chat.

HERE ARE THE HANDOUTS FROM LAST NIGHT





Ted and Karen Meyer, naswfamilyhistory.blogspot.com are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting
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While they are still here…

if you’ve got a

chance, take it!


Zoom handouts at the touch of a button after 2/11/23 - right here

If you got a chance, take it, take it while you got a chance
If you got a dream, chase it, 'cause a dream won't chase you back
If you're gonna love somebody
Hold 'em as long and as strong and as close as you can
'Til you can't

So take that phone call from your momma and just talk away
'Cause you'll never know how bad you wanna 'til you can't someday
Don't wait on tomorrow 'cause tomorrow may not show
Say your “sorries”, your “I-love-yous”, 'cause man you never know

(excerpt from Cody Johnson’s song about loving your family while you have the chance…while they are on earth.)


Cody Johnson - 'Til You Can't (Official Music Video)

Seize the moment…

This month we focus on getting that last interview either by zoom, face time, or in person. We need to take advantage of every meeting we have to ask for details of family stories,  find data to corroborate the family story, and document the legacy of our elders. We will give you some ideas about what you should take to maximize your visit. Those answers to things you’ve always wanted to know will always be a mystery unless you seize the moment.


Scriptures about Honoring Parents…

Family, Love within

  • Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, Eccl. 9:9.

  • he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, Mal. 4:6 (D&C 110:15).

  • teach them to love one another, Mosiah 4:15.

  • I love little children with a perfect love, Moro. 8:17.

  • See that ye love one another, D&C 88:123.

  • No power or influence … only … by love unfeigned, D&C 121:41.

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