Whether by my own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same.

"There is a portent of stormy weather ahead."
President Gordon B. Hinckley 1998

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

- Shhhh, I'm not really here . . .



Some things are more important than packing

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RplBQGogYEk

See you later once we get settled in.







Wednesday, June 3, 2009

- We're Moving



We're Moving*...



...and will be off-line for a while
(about a month, maybe more)

See you again when the dust settles

*Read my March 29 blog entry to understand the importance of this move



While I'm gone please ponder the following thought;
let your heart be open to the implications and wonder.
Relish the delicious realizations, comfort and joy!


Sheri Dew

Our spirits long for us to remember the truth about who we are, because the way we see ourselves, our sense of identity, affects everything we do. It affects the way we behave, the way we respond to uncertainty, the way we see others, the way we feel about ourselves, and the way we make choices. It affects the very way we live our lives. So, today, I invite you to ponder in a new way not just who you are but who you have always been.

President Lorenzo Snow taught that "Jesus was a god before he came into the world and yet his knowledge was taken from him. He did not know his former greatness, neither do we know what greatness we had attained to before we came here." But President Snow also taught that during the Savior's life "it was revealed unto Him who He was, and for what purpose He was in the world. The glory and power He possessed before He came into the world was made known unto Him." ...just as the Savior came to remember and to know exactly who He was, so may we.

~ Knowing Who You Are--and Who You Have Always Been, 2001 Women's Conference ~







Monday, June 1, 2009

- If . . .Then





How to connect
biblical 'dots' in our day


Leviticus 26:2-4

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

Then
I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.





Sooo . . . . .
IF WE
  • honor the Sabbath by keeping it holy
  • are reverent in the chapel and temple
  • obey the Lord's statutes and commandments
THEN HE
  • will give us rain in the proper season
  • will cause the land and trees to produce abundantly



With the above in mind lets look at some very recent agriculture reports.


Friday, May 29, 2009

http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/05/terrible-outlook-for-this-years-weat.html

Terrible Outlook For 2009 Global Wheat Output

by Eric deCarbonnel

The numbers for this year’s wheat output are horrible.

1) Romania = output wheat down -30%
2) Ukraine = output wheat down -27%
3) Hungary = output wheat down -28.5%
4) Czech = output wheat down -20%
5) Bulgaria = output wheat down -30%
6) Poland = output wheat down -10%
7) Spain = output wheat down -42%
8) Australia = output down -10-35%
9) Argentina = output down -34%
10) China = output down -20% or more
11) US = output down -20% or more
12) Canada = output down -12%
13) Russia = output wheat down -21.5%

Conclusion: Nothing has changed. Estimates for agricultural production are being continuously downgraded every month. Droughts, under planting, and lack of credit have devastated global agricultural output. The world is still facing food shortages in 2009.





Friday, 22 May 2009

Ukraine Wheat Production Hit By Dry Spring, Credit Crunch

Friday, 22 May 2009

More Grain Production Estimates Cut In Eastern Europe

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Spanish Wheat Harvest Seen Sharply Lower In 2009

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Pests, diseases strike up to half of NW China wheat crop

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Bulgarian Wheat Yields Will Be 'Tragic' In 2009

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Western Australian Grain Production Seen Sharply Lower In 2009

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

EU Wheat Closes Mostly Higher Despite Currency

Friday, 29 May 2009

Argentine Soybean Crop Revised Down Again, Wheat Acreage Seen 20 Pct lower

Friday, 29 May 2009

Bulgarian Drought Worsens

Friday, 29 May 2009

Hot Dry Weather Threatens Chinese Corn And Soybeans

Friday, 29 May 2009

Lack of rain, falling river level endangering NE China's grain production base








FOR NOW
, those with access to
one of the Church's canneries can still purchase:


  • HARD WHITE WHEAT at $7.40 for 25# bulk bags or $19.50 a 6-can case (ea can 5.8#)
  • HARD RED WHEAT at $6.05 for 25# bulk bags or $17.70 a 6-can case (ea can 5.8#)
(all prices USD and current as of this posting date)




- Questions we need to ask ourselves -

Do I
  • honor the Sabbath by keeping it holy
  • be reverent in the chapel and temple
  • obey the Lord's statutes and commandments



President David O. McKay

The effect of our words and acts is tremendous in this world. Every moment of life you are changing to a degree the lives of the whole world.

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