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vern jensen <phonev6@gmail.com>	1:28 PM (0 minutes ago)
to Kim

Hello Kim,

Mormons believe everyone can go to heaven if they want but they have to receive baptism and
some other earthly ordinances.  Since most of the people of the earth were never baptized we
 believe we need to find out their names and birthdates and be baptized for them in temples so
they are not blocked/ damned.

I do indexing everyday. I take italian records and type them up so descendants can discover
 their ancestors and eventually do their temple work for them.

Today I found your dog's name! Or at least something close to it.  Carmine Cece was born
 on the 31st of May, 1882.  This birth certificate was made on the 2nd of June/ Giugno.

joke,  JOKE:

So now Fifi has a birth certificate.

swk finishing, Coreyography, nam

We do not call him a criminal. He is a patient. He may be ill, but a failure of society; and since society cannot be tried for its crime, why should he take the blame?” [Joke: So the prophet quoted Reagan! Why didn't any prophet quote California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger?-v] To be continued. GBY- BLTPJS-VJ *3*4*5*6*7*8*9*10*11etc*** @We seem to shrink away from punishing of criminals or the disciplining even of children. Crime in the United States is said to be increasing nearly nine times as fast as the population. One-third of our firstborn children in the United States in two tabulated years were said to be conceived out of wedlock. ('74) @In one year there were an estimated 400,000 illegitimate births in the United States; and many other countries have like records. About half of the female dropouts from high school were pregnant. The ugly estimates continue: More than a million American women each year resort to illegitimate abortions. This is one of the most despicable of all sins—to destroy an unborn child to save one from embarrassment or to save one’s face or comfort. An estimated 8,000 women die every year from such consequences. It is reported that suicide is said to be the number one cause of death among the U.S. college students. @ One popular writer said: “Jesus Christ is not making a universal appeal today because of His moral austerity. Right down the line Christ gives offense by His moral austerity.” He rebukes our acquisitive society. He rebukes our comfort-loving, take-it-easy philosophy. He rebukes our moral laxity. He rebukes our reliance on force and our rejection of love and of the royal way of life. Ours is a comfort-loving society. We equate comfort with civilization. Thanks to our Heavenly Father and his Son that the program is austere. @Paul identified it: “Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. “They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” (Titus 1:15–16.) @

The home is the teaching situation. Every father should talk to his son, every mother to her daughter. Then it would leave them totally without excuse should they ignore the counsel they have received. @The number of parents who go astray astounds us. The numbers of divorces that were the result, in whole or part, of the infidelity bring us back to our basic theme as quoted in the Doctrine and Covenants: “Thou shalt not … commit adultery, … nor do anything like unto it.” (D&C 59:6.) @We say to all: Stay clean in mind and body, and let nothing lead you into the bypaths which will bring ruin and great distress to you. As the Lord said: “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” (Matt. 5:27–28.) @Now the lust of the heart and the lust of the eyes and the lust of the body bring us to the major sin. Let every man remain at home with his affections. Let every woman sustain her husband and keep her heart where it belongs—at home with her family. Let every youth keep himself from the compromising approaches and then with great control save himself from the degrading and life-damaging experience of sexual impurity. There must be an early and total and continuing repentance. @Every form of homosexuality is sin. Pornography is one of the approaches to that transgression. There is no halfway. @Some people are ignorant or vicious and apparently attempting to destroy the concept of masculinity and femininity. More and more girls dress, groom, and act like men. More and more men dress, groom, and act like women. The high purposes of life are damaged and destroyed by the growing unisex theory. God made man in his own image, male and female made he them. With relatively few accidents of nature, we are born male or female. The Lord knew best. Certainly, men and women who would change their sex status will answer to their Maker. @We hope this is another trumpet call. President J. Reuben Clark, Jr., said: “Our very civilization itself is based upon chastity, the sanctity of marriage, and the holiness of the home. Destroy these and Christian man becomes a brute.” (Conference Report, Oct. 1938, p. 137.) Beloved brothers and sisters, you are facing a trial of your faith. Will you listen to your leaders? @Not all sins of this permissive world are with the youth. I was shocked recently when I read a movie magazine. The man spoke of marriage as a legalistic, paper-signing institution, and said: “It should be abolished. Without the social pressures in the state, it could be utopia.” He asked the woman. She said: “Marriage should be done away with. I already know people who are living quietly together without marriage, but I haven’t yet seen the effect of this on children as they grow up in such a society.” @These are not the only ones who are advocating living together without marriage. We call this to the attention of our people with all the strength we possess. @We say again: We members of the Church marry. All normal people should marry. (There could be a few exceptions.) All normal married couples should become parents. We remember the scripture which says: “Whoso forbiddeth to marry is not ordained of God, for marriage is ordained of God unto man. “Wherefore, it is lawful that he should have one wife, and they twain shall be one flesh, and all this that the earth might answer the end of its creation.” (D&C 49:15–16.) @The earth cannot justify nor continue its life without marriage and the family. Sex without marriage, for all people, young or older, is an abomination to the Lord, and it is most unfortunate that many people have blinded their eyes to these great truths. @We have discoursed many times about these worldly and pernicious things. May we quickly and firmly mention other things which we must avoid if we hope for the Lord to bless us. @Husbands and wives should love and cherish their spouses. They must not break up their homes with divorce, and especially through infidelity and immorality. @A higher and higher percentage of children grow up with only one parent. This is certainly not the way of the Lord. He expected for a father and a mother to rear their children. Certainly any who deprive their children of a parent will have some very stiff questions to answer. The Lord used parents in the plural and said if children were not properly trained “the sin be upon the heads of the parents.” (D&C 68:25.) That makes it a bit hard to justify broken homes. Numerous of the divorces are the result of selfishness. The day of judgment is approaching, and parents who abandon their families will find that excuses and rationalizations will hardly satisfy the Great Judge. @May we repeat: Sex perversions of men and women can never replenish the earth and are definitely sin without excuse, and rationalizations are very weak; God will not tolerate it. @As to abortions, we deplore the reported million unborn children who will lose their lives in this country this year. Certainly the women who yield to this ugly sin and the sin which often generated it, and those who assist them, should remember that retribution is sure. It is sure. @We marry for eternity. We are serious about this. We become parents and bring wanted children into the world and rear and train them to righteousness. @

We are aghast at the reports of young people going to surgery to limit their families and the reputed number of parents who encourage this vasectomy. [vasectomy, Vasectomy, VASECTOMY, V A S E C T O M Y ! The apostles were aghast! How dare our men get a vasectomy? This is wrong. This is against the plan of salvation, the plan of happiness, the plan of redemption! Who do they think they are removing a gift from God?Don't kick a gift horse in the mouth. D&C 88:33 For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the gift? Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift. // There are so many gifts of the spirit I have longed for, envied, been jealous of, desired. Here is a gift of the body, given to every man. Yes it is a gift that is sort of like giving a corvette to a 6 year old. How in the world do we learn to drive it properly? How do we make it work? And what are the rules of the road so we don't crash into someone else? And there are men, persuaded by Satan and his deceptions that the world is overpopulated and it is wrong to have children. Besides that if you are sterile you can have promiscuous sex without consequences. You will never have to pay for the support of a child being born because of you! @ There are many wonderful gifts Brandon but in my opinion sex was the greatest. Now compare that to sight and taste and touch and hearing, (pause) love, family, speech and thought, (pause) freedom, sharing, loyalty, sacrifice, (p) color, light, texture, smell, (p) words, books, language, emotions, (p) plants, animals, mountains, clouds, (p) music, voices, singing, playing, (p) lakes, rivers, oceans, glaciers, (p) aren't all of these gifts as well? Adrian believes religion, government and money are the three greatest human constructs. And Vern believes sex is the greatest gift? Answer: Children, offspring are brought to this earth by sex. They are the source of greatest joy. This is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. Even HF in his omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence gets his joy from his children, offspring progressing. That is his joyful work and joyful glory. So yes, I am convinced that is the greatest and most sacred gift/ sharing we have been given. So at first it might seem out of place and absurd for SWK and apostles to feel so strongly about vasectomies. But it is like cutting off your spiritual right hand!-v ]Remember that the coming of the Lord approaches, and some difficult-to-answer questions will be asked by a divine Judge who will be hard to satisfy with silly explanations and rationalizations. [[Did you like that sentence? I asked you to star 10-20 parts that impress you. As you can see there are tons of things that blow me away! How could he dare to say these things? Is this really what the Savior would say? Can we just pass them off and not pay attention? V-Sure! Would we be politically correct if we endorsed them? No! We would be pariahs, rejects, mocked and ridiculed if we repeated these teachings! Just be quiet. Don't pay too close attention. They will be forgotten and go away. . . ]] He will judge justly, you may be sure. @Why do we take our destiny in our own hands? From the building of the first colonial cabin, the home and family have been the center of true civilization. Any distortion of the God-given program will bring dire consequences. The families worked together, played together, and worshiped God together. @Could it be possible that many of us, like a cork in a stream, have been swept off our destiny line by false concepts, perilous ways, and doctrines of devils? By whom are we enticed? Have we accepted the easy way and veered off from the “strait and narrow” way to the easy and comfortable way and the broad way which leads to sorrowful ends? (See Matt. 7:13–14.) We know better than we do. Will you listen? Will you follow the advice and counsel of your leaders, local and general? Or will you choose your own paths though they lead you into the dark wilderness? @God bless you, our beloved people. Listen to the words of heaven. God is true. He is just. He is a righteous judge, but justice must come before sympathy and forgiveness and mercy. @Remember, God is in his heavens. He knew what he was doing when he organized the earth. He knows what he is doing now. Those of us who break his commandments will regret and suffer in remorse and pain. God will not be mocked. Man has his free agency, it is sure, but remember, GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED. (See D&C 63:58.) @Our counsel then to you is to live strictly the laws of your Heavenly Father. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. ~@~ This is SWK's opening address in October'74. He had been the prophet since January'74. He desperately felt the responsibility of cleansing his garments of the blood of this generation! He did not want to leave any stone unturned of his responsibility to teach and warn. He was a little man and had an inferiority complex. 5 years into his apostleship he had his first 2 heart attacks~! He had been trying so hard to make up for his inexperience and inabilities as the newest youngest apostle that he wore himself out! But he was a wonderful gifted man. There was no reason he should have felt insufficient! He was gregarious and a social adept. The saints loved him. He was the student body president of his High School every year! His last year his campaign slogan was: Why change horses now? I have been your class president all the other years, why change? He seldom rested Brandon. He was driven. And his community and service organization loved him. He had one business failure after another because of the depression but he worked just as hard as if he hadn't. What a sweet, great, little dynamo of a man! Can you tell I love and admire him? One of the weirdest requests he made in this talk was not to use playing cards! Have you ever heard of that? Not to only leave gambling alone but don't touch the gambling cards. Merrill Palmer uses Rook cards instead. But you know how cheaply you can get a dozen sets of playing cards? If I remember right you can get a new set of cards for a dollar if you buy them in batches. One set of Rook cards is $8! @ If you were to make a list of all he told us to do, how many items would you have on your list? __ @ Next. Since you were interested in Selena I ordered a book about movie stars for you. I may be mistaken. You may not be interested. I don't keep track of actors and actresses, singers and dancers. I could probably tell you all my movie stars on two hands. But I ordered you another book about Corey Feldman called “Coreyography”. Our world requires some weird things of its child actors. I think parents that encourage their kid to be in movies are retarded! They are probably trying to live the life they missed through their child. Same is often the case with mothers of cheerleaders. Those mothers want their daughters to be popular and admired. Oh well. But what if there were no children in movies. Wouldn't that be boring! I think the greatest stories of all time are about coming of age. A child overcoming massive obstacle to succeed and discover talents within themselves. I love the innocence of those stories. The adventure, the seeing things through new eyes. You know my saying: Every time a child is born the world is renewed in innocence. @ Anyway, in anticipation of the book you have coming here are 10 items published in 2013 about the book. @October 28, 2013 2:05 p.m.10 Tidbits From Corey Feldman’s Memoir,By Jen Chaney Corey Feldman in April, 1987 @Corey

Feldman's new memoir, Coreyography, comes out tomorrow, and while the very idea of a Feldman memoir might fill many with earnest, campy memories of Tiger Beat subscriptions and hopes and dreams for kooky Lost Boys trivia, you're only half right. While some of the book will indeed sate people's need for eighties childhood nostalgia, the book veers into heavy stories of Feldman's years of drug addiction and the sexual abuse he says he and the late Corey Haim suffered through at a very young age in Hollywood. To give a sample of the light-to-dark range of tales in Coreyography's 288 pages, here are ten anecdotes, arranged on an intensifying scale that goes from Fun Trivia to Fascinating Hollywood Tidbit to Yikes, This Got Real. Note: This list stops shy of the lowest lows and does not include some of the really depressing stuff. @1. In an effort to seem cool, Feldman brought a piece of Mogwai fur to school while shooting Gremlins. It would have been better to have waited until after the 1984 movie came out. “What the hell is mogwai fur?” a kid yelled at Feldman, then threw a spitball at him. @2. Feldman, Corey Haim, and Dream a Little Dream director Mark Rocco threw an epic party at The Four Seasons in L.A. and Rick (then Ricky) Schroeder joined the fun. The studio told its stars and director to relax for a final night in the suites that had been booked for the Dream a Little Dream press junket in 1989. Instead Feldman, Haim, and Rocco called some friends and threw an impromptu bash that quickly careened out of control. Nearly 1,000 people showed up. A minibar fridge wound up in a bathtub. In the morning, angry studio execs were faced with a $10,000 bill. Feldman recalls the press reports that followed: “If they’re to be believed, televisions were tossed out of windows, Haim and Ricky Schroeder hosed down a stripper with Champagne, and kids went streaking down the halls of the penthouse, pandemonium into all hours of the night. I have no idea how much of that may have been true — maybe it’s all true. All I know for sure is that I don’t remember much.” @3. When Feldman yells “Reverse pressure!” in The Goonies, he’s actually thinking about Michael Jackson. Feldman, a major MJ fan, spent weeks pestering Steven Spielberg, executive producer of 1985's The Goonies, to bring his friend Jackson to the set. On the day the cast shot the scene in which the Goonies mess with the plumbing at the Astoria Country Club, Spielberg — who, according to Feldman, directed 25 to 30 percent of The Goonies along with credited director Richard Donner — used the moment to his advantage. Just before shouting “Action” to capture Feldman’s “Reverse pressure!” line, he said, “Today’s the day, Corey. Michael Jackson is coming to set.” That got Feldman amped up enough to scream the line with the proper Goonie-caliber oomph. @4. Feldman came somewhat close to being cast as Danny Torrance in The Shining. Feldman made it through several callbacks in his bid for the role of Jack Nicholson’s son. But ultimately, young Danny Lloyd won the right to say “Redrum.” @5. Feldman smoked pot for the first time with Stand by Me co-star River Phoenix. They persuaded some guy in the film’s sound department to let them each take a hit off his bong. After giggling for a few minutes, they both admitted they didn’t feel anything. @6. Corey Feldman and Michael Jackson once went to Disneyland in disguise. To avoid being spotted during their trip to the amusement park, Feldman wore aviator sunglasses and a faux mustache, while Jackson donned a fake nose (!), sunglasses, and “a giant afro.” The close friends stayed for the entire evening without being recognized. They got a last-minute room to stay overnight, and when Jackson realized the room contained only one bed, he ordered a cot for himself and insisted Feldman take the bed. Throughout the book, as he has previously, Feldman maintains that Jackson never acted inappropriately toward him nor, to his knowledge, other children. “He was adamantly against drugs and alcohol, he was extremely straight-laced; I couldn’t even swear around him,” he writes. “Being with Michael brought me back to my innocence.” @7. Regarding lost innocence, Feldman’s issues with his cocaine-abusing mother were apparent to everyone on The Lost Boys set, including Kiefer Sutherland. Feldman recalls that he recently ran into Sutherland at an L.A. restaurant where the 24 star told him for the first time that, during the filming of  1987's The Lost Boys, Sutherland saw Feldman sitting outside of his hotel room in tears because of his mother’s drug problems. Writes Feldman: “‘We all knew what a mess she was,’ Kiefer went on. ‘There were so many times I wanted to go down there, to shake some sense into her.’ Instead, he spent the evening with Jason Patric and Dianne Wiest, sharing a bottle of wine and surfing channels on the television. But every half hour or so, he’d pull back the curtains and peer out the window, checking on me, checking to see if I was still there.” @8. Feldman almost got fired from Lost Boys. After doing cocaine himself for the first time, Feldman was so out of it on set that director Joel Schumacher fired him. Fortunately, Schumacher changed his mind the next day. @9. While in rehab, Feldman shot up heroin for the first time with Dave Navarro and Perry Farrell. At Exodus, a private rehab center, Feldman — who previously had been cooking and snorting heroin — says he finally did it with a syringe with one of his roommates (Navarro) and Jane’s Addiction front man Farrell, who was visiting his rehabbing girlfriend. @10. Carrie Fisher encouraged Feldman to get off drugs. By the time Feldman, then 17, shot the 1989 Tom Hanks comedy The 'Burbs, his drug problems had become so apparent that director Joe Dante and co-star Carrie Fisher were taking him aside on set and encouraging him to seek help. “Please, listen to me,” Fisher implored him, according to Feldman. “You are such a talented actor, but if you keep going down this road, you’re going to throw it all away. You’ve got to stop before it’s too late.” Feldman wouldn’t listen. @~@ So there was a little preview Brandon. Sounds like a strange life! There are so many who slip on the drug path, aren't there! Any wonder HF feels about it the way he does? It takes our free agency away. @ Next. What do you think of the statement: As ye sow, So shall ye reap? // If it is true, and I believe it is, then serving and caring for our spiritual siblings will be rewarding. I know you care for your mother. And I know she cares for you. She loves how good a reader you have become! She has high hopes for you. Personally I am excited at the talents and skills you have developed. Now if you could just feel wonderful/ significant in and of yourself! If you could have all the confidence you need so the mockers didn't matter anymore. If you could only feel HF's love for you as an individual! Of course, if all of us could it sure would make a difference. @ This talk is from the poet:NAM he is now an assistant to the 12! @ When the audience laughed and found his comparisons extreme, he wasn't ready and sounded flustered as he was interrupted. New to the calling! @My brothers and sisters, I should like to speak of and to a particular group of important individuals. These are they who fully intend, someday, to begin to believe and/or to be active in the Church. But not yet! These are not bad individuals, but good individuals who simply do not know how much better they could be. Such individuals often stay proximate to—but do not participate fully in—the Church. They will not come inside the chapel, but neither do they leave its porch. These are they who need and are needed by the Church, but who, in part, “live without God in the world.” @To such individuals, in the brief, imploring invitation which follows, be assured there is a real craving for your companionship and a genuine need for your unique strengths. @There are reasons for your commitment to be made now, for as the rush of hours, days, and months grows stronger, the will to commit grows weaker. Events to transpire soon on this planet will dry up the options for the lukewarm, for the issues raised by Jesus are irrepressible issues! @If, however, you really do not wish to commit now, then let me warn of the following: Do not look too deeply into the eyes of the pleasure-seekers about you, for if you do, you will see a certain sadness in sensuality, and you will hear artificiality in the laughter of licentiousness. @Do not look too deeply, either, into the motives of those who deny God, for you may notice their doubts of doubt. @Do not risk thinking the unthinkable, lest you find yourself drawn with a deep and powerful pull toward the reality that God does exist, that he loves you, and that finally there is no escaping him or his love!

@Do not think too much about what you are teaching your family, for what in you is merely casualness about Christianity may, in your children, become hostility; for what you have not defended, your children may reject angrily. @Do not reflect on the practicality of gospel standards such as abstaining from alcohol; for if you do, a surf of statistics will wash over you, confirming that abstinence is ultimately the only cure for alcoholism that is both preventive and redemptive. You will also see that the living of one protective principle of the gospel is better than a thousand compensatory governmental programs—which programs are, so often, like “straightening deck chairs on the Titanic.” @Do not think too much, either, about other doctrines, such as the importance of love at home; because if you think about them very long—in a world full of orphans with parents—you will be grasped by a reality that will make your teeth chatter. @Do not think, either, about the doctrine that you are a child of God, for if you do, it will be the beginning of belonging. @Do not dare to read the Book of Mormon seriously, or you may suddenly realize that it is inlaid with incredibly important insights from a millennium of sacred history. @Do not overpack the luggage you plan to take with you when you leave this world, for we simply cannot get most mortal things by celestial customs; only the eternal things are portable. @Do not pray, for you will get answers from a listening and loving Father. @Do not think too much, either, about the possibility that there are living prophets in the world today. Think instead about how those who are so sustained seem quite ordinary in many ways. Forget that other prophets were fishermen and tentmakers—ordinary enough to scarcely be noticed—except for what they said and what they did! For the winds of tribulation, which blow out some men’s candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of these special men. @Do not let yourself reflect too much on the social, political, and economic indicators that suggest the gathering storm, lest you realize that there is an inseparable connection between the keeping of the commandments and the well-being of society. @Do not read what the holiest inhabitant ever to live on this planet said about the necessity of certain ordinances, or you will see that he allowed for no exceptions, including himself. @Do not search the scriptures to see if good people still need the Church, for the best being who ever lived organized the Church—because random, individual goodness is not enough in the fight against evil. @Do not, if you have been offended, recall that while you may have been bumped by an ecclesiastical elbow, the chip was on your shoulder long before the elbow appeared. @Do not be fully honest about the hypocrisy of those in the Church who may pretend to be better than they are, or you will soon realize that there is also another form of hypocrisy—appearing to be less committed than one really is! @Yes, brothers and sisters, it is best to avoid all such things as these if you wish to continue

to delay deciding about Christ and his church. @However, Joshua didn’t say choose you next year whom you will serve; he spoke of “this day,” while there is still daylight and before the darkness becomes more and more normal. (See Josh. 24:15.) @When Jesus called his first disciples, the scriptures record that they left their ships and nets “straightway.” They didn’t ask to join Jesus after the fishing season; they didn’t even delay their response in order to make just one more catch. They left “straightway”! (See Matt. 4:20.) @Act, my brothers and sisters, for once the soul is tilted toward belief, and once there is even a desire to believe, then marvelous things begin to happen! Once one leaves the porch and comes inside the Church, then one not only hears the music more clearly—he becomes a part of it. @Act now, so that a thousand years from now, when you look back at this moment, you can say this was a moment that mattered—this was a day of determination. @Never mind, therefore, that you have made an investment of self and time in inactivity. Never mind that there is an accumulation of pride that will make it difficult to acknowledge that you have been wrong, for it will never be easier to do than it is now. @All must know that feeling which is associated with a broken heart and a contrite spirit—by which we are cleansed by the hot, holy fire of a special shame, so that we might, thereafter, have a more pure love and a greater capacity to serve both God and man. Hearts “set so much upon the things of this world” are hearts so set they must first be broken. @Indeed, one of the most cruel games anyone can play with self is the “not yet” game—hoping to sin just a bit more before ceasing; to enjoy the praise of the world a little longer before turning away from the applause; to win just once more in the wearying sweepstakes of materialism; to be chaste, but not yet; to be good neighbors, but not now. One can play upon the harpstrings of hesitations and reservations just so long, and then one faces that special moment—a moment when what has been sensed, mutely, suddenly finds voice and cries out with tears, “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” (Mark 9:24.) @The truth is that “not yet” usually means “never.” Trying to run away from the responsibility to decide about Christ is childish. Pilate sought to refuse responsibility for deciding about Christ, but Pilate’s hands were never dirtier than just after he had washed them. @The past of each of us is now inflexible. We need to concentrate on what has been called “the holy present,” for now is sacred; we never really live in the future. The holy gift of life always takes the form of now. Besides, God asks us now to give up only those things which, if clung to, will destroy us! Gby-bltpjs-vj This talk is so potent that it is perfect for splitting in half! Half is enough!

To be continued:

@And when we tear ourselves free from the entanglements of the world, are we promised a religion of repose or an Eden of ease? No! We are promised tears and trials and toil! But we are also promised final triumph, the mere contemplation of which tingles one’s soul. @

My friends, there are footprints to follow where we must go—made not by a leader who said, safely from the sidelines, “Go thither,” but by a leader who said, “Come, follow me.” And our mortal leader is a prophet who is showing us how to lengthen our stride. @Yes, for those in the Church’s courtyard or on its porch, ask not “for whom the [Church] bell tolls; It tolls for thee.” (John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII.)

And, if you sense that one day every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord, why not do so now? For in the coming of that collective confession, it will mean much less to kneel down when it is no longer possible to stand up!

Meanwhile, may we be different in order to make a difference in the world. And may God hasten that time for all our sakes, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Inquiry to Kent & summary of Apostles of 1990

Ezra Taft Benson Ordained an Apostle—October 7, 1943 Hobbies—sings, enjoys family activities Profession—agriculture specialist Interesting fact—served as Secretary of Agriculture in the United States government while an Apostle

Hello Kent Goodwin, This is Vern Jensen. I met you and Brent and Chris in about '76 when I came home from my mission and we were painting the Bloomington Country Club Condos. Then off to BYU.



In '83 I moved into our new home at 2138 Colombia Circle, Bloomington Hills. Each time I drive to the Stake Center I see your old home and wonder how you are doing.



I will turn 61 in ten days and got retired/ fired from teaching Jr High Science at Tonaquint Intermediate, February'13. So three years of retirement so far! It has been a relief not to have to face testing/ testy 13 or 14 year olds each day. I had fun as a science teacher but the clientele changed. I would have much rather taught HS but I was not a coach and of course they always needed coaches.

Gordon B. Hinckley Ordained an Apostle—October 5, 1961 Hobbies—builds things, plants trees Profession—public communications Interesting fact—has worked closely with seven Presidents of the Church

My brother Adrian'60 has come down from Boise to convalesce with me after open heart surgery. He spent 16 days with me and then flew back for his next doctor visit. I was disappointed with his story of his excommunication. Gray Larkin kept track of him and got him rebaptized after a year but your testimony at his church court particularly laid him low. Here we are after all these years and renewing our relationship. He wonders why you were so set against him.



As you probably know my parents were excommunicated under the direction of President Steve Peterson in '89. Off to Kooskia, Idaho they scampered. I have a little brother Scott'77 who was born the year after I returned home from Guatemala! The ward voted him down when he was presented as a 14 year old to be ordained to the office of a teacher. For some reason they blasted him when it was my parents they distrusted, with reason!

Thomas S. Monson Ordained an Apostle—October 4, 1963 Hobbies—fishes, raises pigeons Profession—businessman: printing Interesting fact—often visits the elderly in rest homes

I am wondering if you blasted Adrian for the same reason. Or was he personally offensive to you? Admittedly, he is very unusual. He is a high functioning savant. IQ 168 and able to focus like you can only imagine. He can tell stories like Robin Williams. But only relates to other people in a strained way. I don't know if you are familiar with autism and savants but some can't relate to other people at all, and others seem almost normal.



“I got excommunicated for having sexual intercourse with my wife,” Adrian says. Of course at that point she was his wife. And darn if she didn't give him 7 kinds of STD's.

Howard W. Hunter Ordained an Apostle—October 15, 1959 Hobbies—plays several musical instruments Profession—lawyer Interesting fact—can walk again after being confined to a wheelchair

He has been driving for Parke Cox trucking for the last 9 years. He loves the geologic features which intrigue me as well, as he crosses the USA over and over again. All of us kids were gun shy/ isolated from each other by the horrendous psychotherapy treatments we have adopted, trying to regain trust and safety in society. Our childhood foundations were blown to smithereens! The parents we loved and honored were criminals! Crud, if that doesn't mess you up! What is real anyway?



If my parents were fakes/ frauds/ cons/ then what about the God they taught us? As you could imagine my testimony was shaken. The world became a hell hole of deception. I had to stop teaching for a year and took a sabbatical. '90-'91 I went back to school and got my elementary certificate. But I have never used it. There are lots more openings in uncomfortable Middle School than sweet elementary.

Boyd K. Packer Ordained an Apostle—April 9, 1970 Hobbies—does wood carvings of birds, paints pictures Profession—educator Interesting fact—flew a bomber during World War II

I couldn't sing the hymns for a few years. I was numb. I kept attending to keep my children company but as for me . . . I just endured.



So here I am. Still alive. Children grown. 6 grand daughters and 6 grand sons. Oldest is 10.



There is Adrian. Throat cancer 4 years ago. Heart attack 31 of May. No children. No Grand children. It took13 years to pay off all my dad's debts and taxes, his 30's were blasted out of productivity. Ask me if that wouldn't dampen your motivation?



But since he started providing for and Autistic Woman Jenese,and her extreme autistic son, Nick'00, and extreme autistic daughter, Jenna'05 ten years ago, his life has had purpose. To provide.

Marvin J. Ashton Ordained an Apostle—December 2, 1971 Hobbies—plays tennis and other sports Profession—businessman: lumber Interesting fact—helps people feel good about themselves

He has been Parke Cox Trucking's highest mileage trucker all 9 years. Yep, setting records in efficiency. He cashes out his 3 weeks yearly vacation to provide vacation for that family. I call them his step family. Of course his bosses and associates want to know what his sex life is like. “Would you f_ _ _ an invalid/ retard?” He asks them.



He believes people are determined by their genes. He believes there are 40% promiscuous genes in our human population and 60% monogamous genes. Some of us are loyal spouses and some of us are philanderers because of heredity. His first wife Michele, was promiscuous. He figured he could convert her. Little did he know. I know you have had a lifelong disease, hemophilia. I am curious about what it has taken for you to have lived successfully for so long. And sung like a lark!

L. Tom Perry Ordained an Apostle—April 11, 1974 Hobbies—sports, physical fitness, repairing things, gardening Profession—business: finance, department store administration Interesting fact—walks to work and has a cheerful greeting for everyone.

lds.org/general-conference/1974/04/build-your-shield-of-faith?lang=eng

L Tom Perry- story

What a protection it was to travel through the journey of life knowing that a shield of faith is being carefully constructed for you by loving parents from our first moments on earth.

Let me just give you a small example of how that shield would work. One day I was made an attractive offer by a group of marines, buddies of mine, as we were about to go on liberty. It wasn’t until after we were on our way that I discovered this was not the best of company to be in. It was then that I found out the reason they had invited me. It was because they knew of my standards. They knew that I would be sober when it was time to return to the base, and I could guide them back.

We found ourselves in Los Angeles on a streetcar headed toward a dance hall. They had already started to drink a little, and I was ready to part their company. It was here that that protective shield took over and I knew of the prayers of my parents for my welfare. The streetcar stopped and allowed new passengers to come aboard. The new passengers separated me from my buddies and pushed me to the back of the car. It was there that I discovered a nice group of young people standing and seated. Immediately upon finding me in their company, one spoke up and said, “Hi, Marine! We’re Mormons. What do you know about our Church?”

I answered, “Plenty,” and got off the streetcar with them and went to a ward social.

You see, the shield of faith was there. It was protecting me from the fiery darts of the wicked. . . APRIL 1974 | Build Your Shield of Faith @L. Tom Perry @

Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (only until April 11, '74)

He had 7 STD's when he took Michele in to see Grant Carter for their prenuptial/ marriage exam. He sat them down afterwards and explained some of them were untreatable, they can't be cured but managed. To be responsible sexual partners they would need to warn any contacts they had in the future. He has 3 types of HPV that are cancer causing. [Internet: HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). Anyone who is sexually active can get HPV, even if you have had sex with only one person. HPV is so common that nearly all sexually active men and women get it at some point in their lives. HPV can be passed even when an infected person has no signs or symptoms. You can develop symptoms years after you have sex with someone who is infected, making it hard to know when you first became infected.] [There are more than 40 HPV types that can infect the genital areas of males and females. But there are vaccines that can prevent (too late!) infection with the most common types of HPV.] His first wife Michelle gang banged the DSC football team. She also did drugs. Those dilated eyes that he thought he could see eternity in when she got up off the carpet with her skimpy silk shorts and half shirt, were high eyes. He was so foolish to fall for her. But she helped him through our family/ parent situation. What can I say, we were all damaged!



On one trucking trip down south, (he started driving in 2007) a big tall black guy at the dock asked if he knew Michele Olson in Saint George Utah, since he had played for DSC. Yep, I married her, said Adrian. “Man was she a good f _ _ _!” said the guy. He and Adrian hit it off just fine. There was one time when Adrian said 3 condoms came out of her that were not his. Three times a day for the first 5 years and more on weekends was their pattern. That blows my mind. The only time we ever tried that was when my wife was desperate to get pregnant. And it made me swollen/ sore.-v

David B. Haight Ordained an Apostle—January 8, 1976 Hobbies—camps, fishes, hikes Profession—mayor; businessman Interesting fact—survived serious accidents and illnesses

One of the STD's creates brown bb's under the skin that he learned to remove with surgery tools. Heavens, I had no idea I should be so glad not to have ever had to deal with that!



So why tell all this? 1- I like to write. 2- It probably has not been documented. 3- To help you relate. 4- To remind me of how blessed I am. 5- To remind me of how deserving of support my silver lining brother is.

James E. Faust Ordained an Apostle—October 1, 1978 Hobbies—gardens, reads the scriptures Profession—lawyer; state legislator Interesting fact—is especially good at remembering names and faces of people he meets

On and on Kent. None of us are functional. We are all disfunctional. Do you wonder whY? HF helped me make it through my teaching career. Back in '88 I started jogging and kept it up for 5 years. In '99 I started therapy and kept it up for 5 years. In '93 I was drowning and prayed and pleaded. My problems were bigger than I could handle again. My last straw was weekly temple attendance. I turned my problems over to HF and I just did the best I could. Turned out my wife had 3 back surgeries and then was diagnosed with MS- multiple sclerosis. It affects the brain and nerves. My last son was born in '92, five years after my last daughter. He works for Walmart in Centerville and lives in SLC.



Loose ends. My last son is still a loose end. : )



I lead the music each Sunday in sacrament meeting and I get to sing to my ward. Yep, I love to sing too. 6 years of picking the sacrament meeting hymns. No wife in the audience to miss me. She decided we didn't get along so she went to live in Provo in a condo provided by a rich brother. Divorced 11/11/11

Neal A. Maxwell Ordained an Apostle—July 23, 1981 Hobbies—plays tennis, reads Profession—educator; political scientist Interesting fact—created the first stake in Nigeria, Africa

So since I knew Spanish they pushed in our stake to get foreign language indexers. The Rome Temple was a big deal 3 years ago! They begged for Italian Indexers. It took me a year to learn but what a productive blessing it is in my life.



I also post all my letters to the longest resident of Purgatory Correctional Facility. In December'14 they outlawed letters. Only post cards! I can fit 6K words on a post card! Ha, ha, you can't fool me!! He usually gets my favorite General Conference Talk from that week as well. '71-present are all available. I have done them all once and am working on my second time of listening and studying. They bring me peace and help me sleep.

Russell M. Nelson Ordained an Apostle—April 12, 1984 Hobbies—music, skiing Profession—heart surgeon Interesting fact—plays the organ for the weekly temple meeting

No one reads my blog: adventurebill1, http://adventurebill1.blogspot.com/
but if my kids ever wonder what I am doing and thinking they can check up on me. Plus, if HF needed someone to read and hear a strong testimony of the gospel he could guide them there.



In conclusion: I hope you can tell me a message you would like Adrian to hear from you.



Mark Clayton my wonderful therapist, has taught me the steps of conflict resolution.
1 identify your feelings and perhaps where they are coming from.
2 own them.
3 share them.
4 listen to the feelings of your opponent/ partner and accept them.
5 validate their feelings and have them validate yours.
6 propose a solution that matches both sets of feelings.
7 adjust the solution till it feels good.

Dallin H. Oaks Ordained an Apostle—May 3, 1984 Hobbies—fishes, camps Profession—lawyer; judge; educator Interesting fact—was president of Brigham Young University, 1971–1980

Adrian admits he was so filled with hatred for so many years he could barely function. He did some things to vent the anger and the hatred. There are some sore spots where the feelings still well up, sometimes unexpectedly. We can be flashbacked, or triggered into childhood feelings again. Have you ever been suicidal? Some of my family members/ siblings have been for their whole lives! Me, only when I had a terrible toothache. :)

M. Russell Ballard Ordained an Apostle—October 10, 1985 Hobbies—repairs things, fishes, golfs Profession—businessman: automobiles, real estate, investments Interesting fact—both grandfathers were previous Apostles

I have no idea what you have gone through in your life Kent. I have admired your service and dependability and dedication. Your willingness to share your talents. This perspective Adrian has on his excommunication and you makes little sense to me. It doesn't match the Kent I knew. But we all have our liabilities and feelings.

Joseph B. Wirthlin Ordained an Apostle—October 9, 1986 Hobbies—walks, reads, loves his 44 grandchildren Profession—businessman: foods, cattle Interesting fact—speaks and reads German and loves spaghetti

I do not know your email address. I spent some time looking up all I could about you. :) It is not very helpful. : (

Richard G. Scott Ordained an Apostle—October 6, 1988 Hobbies—music, painting, birding Profession—nuclear engineer Interesting fact—helped develop nuclear power plants for submarines and aircraft carriers

Please receive this letter with gentleness and thoughtfulness. Thank you. Good luck on your eventual retirement.

Vern Jensen

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Kent <oldsawdustmaker@gmail.com>

7:47 PM (13 hours ago)

to me

Hi Vern,

It's was nice to hear from you. Life has happened to me as well. I'm so sorry for all the troubles your family has had to endure through the years. I know I can't even begin to understand the trials that were forced upon you and your brothers and sisters. I am especially sorry for the pain I have cause Adrian. I have been blessed with an ability to forget most events I was involved in when serving In priesthood leadership position. I vaguely remember Adrian's council and if you hadn't reminded me I wouldn't have remembered now. So I can't even remember what I said. I am surprised that I said such harsh things about him, because I have often thought about him through the years and have only fond memories of our friendship. I am truly sorry. I can't even remember the circumstances of why a council was held. Please believe me when I say I'm sorry. I have never felt ill will toward any of your family. Only pain inside for all the suffering your family has endured. I remember the time that I was so impressed when Adrian came into my office to explain how he had been paying tithing on every dollar he brought into his business at the time instead of the increase and how it was causing him some tax issues. I remember thinking just how hard he was trying to live the way he should. I still remember many good things like that but don't remember any of the negative I wish I could remember the circumstances so I could explain why I said what I said. But at this time I have no explanation and for that I am sorry. Please forgive me for the pain I have cause because I'm sure that was not my intention. ( at least it is against how I try to live my life).

I have face a number of challenges in my life. Some financial ,some physical and some spiritual. As to why I'm still alive, I'm really not sure. In the last five years I've had open heart surgery, 4 heart surgeries for oblations to try and correct v- tach. and a stroke. During the same time one of my daughters has gone through breast cancer that required 17 surgeries. A grandson that was in an accident where was hit broadside by a truck weighing 80 tons. He spent 30 days in icu where we were told on a number of occasions that he was brain dead. Plus some severe financial struggles from the down economy. Please understand I am not complaining. I have been extremely blessed. Physically I am stronger now than I have been In decades, I have no outward signs from any of the challenges that I faced. Only a greater appreciation for the tender mercies of the Lord. My daughter is In remission now and living a normal active life. My grandson has had to go through countless hours of rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury but has recovered so well that he is preparing to send his mission papers 2 years after the accident. ( his fault by the way). He is just 18 now. I know my struggles are minor compared to those face by your family and I'll pray for the comforting spirit to be with you.

I am serving now as a primary chorister and loving every minute. I also serve In special needs mutual which is in some ways like working with primary kids and just as enjoyable. Plus my wife and I volunteer as guides at the temple on Saturday night for a couple hours. All and all I have lived a blessed life and I'm not sure why I've been so blessed. I am so grateful for all the good and bad that I've had in my life and for the blessings I've received in both situations. I have been blessed with a wonderful wife who makes me a better person and 7 kids and 23 grandkids. They all have different challenges in their lives but as a family we are exceptionally blessed.

Please pass this on to Adrian. I feel so bad for how I've made him feel and if I could do anything to reduce that pain please let me know. You'll have my email now so feel free to use it.

Your friend. Kent

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vern jensen <phonev6@gmail.com>

9:28 AM (3 minutes ago)

to Kent

Thank you Kent,

I have tears in my eyes.

You accepted my letter in the way it was intended. You sweetheart. Thank you.

Glory be. No conflict in this relationship! No defensiveness, No hedging, just good old, plain old honesty, candidness and sharing of pain. Cool! Who could ask for more.

I am also grateful for such a prompt reply. No waiting for days or weeks to hear back from you!

Vern