2025 Journal

 16 Aug 2025, Saturday Priorit ized Daily Task I woke at about 6:30 am, had prayer, and called Debbie.  We had prayer together.  I wrapped Sister Tylee Hobbs' 7 pairs of socks that her mother and father are sending her.  I did my exercises for about 30 minutes this morning and worked on getting information on companies to transcribe my handwritten journals into data Word format.  I ate one meal today, studied scriptures, and waited until Debbie got home about 11 pm before having prayer and going to bed.

 15 Aug 2025, Friday Priorit ized Daily Task Betty Gray Reynolds' 6th Birthday 8:30 am - Ethan and Brett, his dad, went driving, and then drove home to Covis, CA 1 pm - lunch at Cafe on Main,  2701 S Main St, South Salt Lake, UT 84115.  (801) 487-9434 or  the Surbian Deli Restaurant at 2854 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT  385-228-4280 2 pm - Maid service cleaning house For Garlie Rickard - Call Incline software (Ancestral Quest) at 801-280-4434 about AI to convert handwriting to text and condense the books into a single book. I am looking for a company with AI, Artificial Intelligence (OCR, Optical Character Recognition) to convert handwriting to text and condense books into a single book. LegacyScribes.org Another source to inquire is located on the second floor of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utahhttps://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/digitize-media-memory-preservation Transcription Services US: While primarily focused on transla...

 14 Aug 2025, Thursday Priorit ized Daily Task 5:10 AM - Saratoga Springs Temple. (software for volunteering) Brett is spending the night; he is arriving late I got up at 3:30 am, had prayer, showered, shaved, and drove to the temple at 5 am.  I attended a planning meeting at 5:30 am.  I got some training today as I worked in the new name booths, the laundry, baptisms and confirmations.  I served a patron in the initiatory.  After my shift ended at 10 am, I went on an endowment session.  At 12 noon, I went to the break room and ate some fruit I brought from home.  Alex and Carter texted me while I was in the temple.  They were not able to make it to the temple this morning.  I got a call and phone message from Garlie Rickard from Nashville.  When I got to my car, I called him back on my way home from the temple.  I told him I would check on companies that convert handwriting to text and condense many books into a single book....

 13 Aug 2025, Wednesday Priorit ized Daily Task I got up at 7 am, had prayer, and called Debbie at 8 am, who was up helping Jody by getting things ready for Shelby's wedding.  Debbie had gone for a walk earlier, and Jody was still jogging.  Debbie will start today, scrapping and painting the barn.  I had prayer with Debbie over the phone, and later, I tried to call Earlton Youngblood, an old friend.  He is hard of hearing and did not answer his phone, so I left him a text message.  I studied scriptures, worked on getting Zoom to work so Debbie and I can talk to the Jelicics in Serbia.  I sent a friend of mine in Novi Sad, Davor Radic, an email at  davor.radic@me.com, asking him to help the Jelicics get their computer set up so Debbie and I can have visual and audio communications with them.    August 28th is Ljubica's birthday. I exercised for about 30 minutes and listened to John Adams' autobiography on audiobook on my iPhone....

 12 Aug 2025, Tuesday Priorit ized Daily Task Jami Hobbs's 43rd Birthday 5:30 pm - Dinner with Michael, Alex, and Carter Michael - help set Zoom on computers so Debbie and I can visit with Mirko, Ljubica, and Bojana in Serbia on Ljubica's 74th birthday, 28 Aug *Note: For finding the best time and prices to fly for airline tickets,    https://www.google.com/travel/flights?gl=US&hl=en-US Note: " Walk facing the sun and the shadows fall behind you" is a metaphor for maintaining a straight course in life, keeping our eyes on the sun (Son of God), shadows (problems) will not go away but will fall behind you. I was up at 7 am,  had my personal prayer, and texted Debbie.  I studied scriptures, exercised, showered, and shaved.  I texted Jami a happy birthday greeting from Debbie and me.  I got an email from Melodie.  She gave me the web address to find the best time and prices to fly from SLC to Miami (MIA).  *Note: I read D&C 90 this mo...

 11 Aug 2025, Monday Priorit ized Daily Task Debbie travels to Twin Falls to help Jody with Shelby and Bradley's wedding Get an emission test done on Outback and register it with the DMV Elder Baylen Johnson - Argentina Tucuman Mission, Mate de Luna 2741, Tucuman, Argentina  (email:  2246910@churchofjesuschrist.org) Drop off Lehi election ballots at a drop box at 128 N. 100 E. in Lehi Note:  Two books written by C.S. “Jack” Lewis.  He died 7 days short of his 65th birthday from prostate cancer on the same day as President John F. Kennedy and Aldous Huxley. " The Problem of Pain", written in 1940 by C. S. Lewis, argues that human pain is not sufficient reason to reject belief in a good and powerful God.  "A Grief Observed" by C.S. Lewis is a deeply personal and profoundly moving memoir about loss, faith, and the grieving process. Written in the aftermath of his wife Joy Davidman's death from cancer in 1960, this brief but powerful book offers an un...