Sat. 4/25/20 Death counts of epidemics since the year 2000.
How does coronavirus compare? It took 520 days for swine flu to stop killing people. As you can see c19 is much more virulent. These are cumulative graphs. It is the total number that have died altogether.
Thursday 4/30/20 The last day of April! I don’t have a printer or I would have sent these to you long ago. Next, Elder Topham and his wife are the directors of FS. I suspect this letter was written by Sister Topham. She is the one who manages the grounds and cares so much about recording our histories. When I read it the first time I treated it like it came from Elder Marshall Topham and I felt an affinity for him because I absolutely loved this talk in General Conference. But now I have to change my mind. It is not my old teaching partner after all, (we shared a classroom in 1981).
How does coronavirus compare? It took 520 days for swine flu to stop killing people. As you can see c19 is much more virulent. These are cumulative graphs. It is the total number that have died altogether.
Thursday 4/30/20 The last day of April! I don’t have a printer or I would have sent these to you long ago. Next, Elder Topham and his wife are the directors of FS. I suspect this letter was written by Sister Topham. She is the one who manages the grounds and cares so much about recording our histories. When I read it the first time I treated it like it came from Elder Marshall Topham and I felt an affinity for him because I absolutely loved this talk in General Conference. But now I have to change my mind. It is not my old teaching partner after all, (we shared a classroom in 1981).
Hello Everyone,
Forty-six days ago we closed our doors, where has the
time gone? It was still winter and now spring has arrived
and we are busy in our yards. I took another picture of the
grounds at the center; BEAUTIFUL!
This week, just for pure enjoyment I re-read Elder
Andersen’s general conference message given on Saturday
morning; “Spiritually Defining Memories”. Since
FamilySearch is all about memories I believed everyone could
connect with this message.
Joseph Smith, nearly two decades later reflected on his
spiritual journey welcoming in the Restoration. He penned:
“I don’t blame anyone for not believing my history. If I had
not experienced what I have, I would not have believed it
myself.” This was a spiritually defining moment for him. His
experiences were real and he never forgot or denied them.
Later he said, “What I received was from heaven. I know it,
and I know that God knows that I know it.”
When I read what Joseph. Smith said, and I think of my
own life’s spiritually defining experiences I join with Elder
Andersen’s plea; “Embrace your sacred memories. Believe
them. Write them down. Share them with your family...
Trust they come from Heavenly Father.”
I want to be able to rediscover my treasured spiritual
moments by writing them out on paper. To me I am saying;
“I know it, and I know God knows that I know it.” I love to
acknowledge and treasure the spiritually defining events in
my life. Hope you do too.
We miss you all, please take care!
Sincerely, Elder and Sister Topham
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