10 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FROM THE PROPHETS FOR 2018

This post was written the day before
President Monson passed away.

Instead of the 30 New Year's Resolutions
 I make each year on my blog (and last year, 
I didn't record at all),
here are 10 resolutions I will work toward.
These were suggested by the general
 leadership of the LDS Church.

1.  Read the Book of Mormon

(I'm in Alma 37)

2.  Serve Others

3.  Become More Humble

4.  Don't Let Social Media Get You Down

5.  Work to Overcome Prejudices

6.  Support Local and General Church Leaders.

The following 3 men are in my bishopric.

Bishop and Counselors

Our Stake was divided in December.  

The Stake President I had is now the 

Stake President of the new American Fork

 South Stake.  It's hard to believe that the ward 

I grew up in, 10th, is in the South Stake!  

Four wards from the West Stake (everyone's 

addresses are north and west) 

His 1st Counselor, Geoffrey Dean, 

is my new Stake President.

He did not have a picture in LDS Tools.

So...here is the Stake President that I served with

 for 4 years in the Stake Relief Society Presidency.

(teaches at Skyridge High School)

American Fork was first in the Utah Stake.
This included all of Utah County.
The first split created the
Alpine Stake (Alpine School District)
and the Provo Stake (Provo and Nebo
School Districts) 
The next split created the American Fork Stake
from the Alpine Stake.
This was the west and south areas of 
American Fork.  The Alpine Stake was 
Alpine, Highland, and the north and east
areas of American Fork.
The American Fork North Stake
was the north and east areas of
American Fork.
Alpine Stake was then Alpine and Highland.
Then came the American Fork East Stake,
the east end of American Fork.
The American Fork West Stake, my stake
from 1980 till I moved in 2006, was the north
and west part of the American Fork Stake.
Alpine and Highland were split, becoming
separate stakes.
The American Fork Central Stake was 
divided from the American Fork North and
East Stakes.  One of my principals,
Paul Rasband, was the first Stake President!
The American Fork Hillcrest Stake was splitting
the American Fork West Stake, east and west.
 I was in the West Stake, and Renae and Lynnell 
were in the Hillcrest Stake. 
(Fun fact:  I was in the AF West Stake
Young Women's from 1989-2000.  Then, my
friend, Lynnell, was put in as 1st Counselor (president
was Martha Hadlock, secretary at Alpine
Elementary after I retired), 
later President, and my BFF, Renae, was secretary.
We got to go to camp again, just like when we
were young! This lasted until they were split out.)
Alpine and Highland now each have 4 stakes:  
Alpine, Alpine North, Alpine West, Alpine YSA.
Highland, Highland Central, Highland West, 
Highland South
And now, American Fork has created the
South Stake.
So, from being a part of the Utah Stake,
American Fork now has 7 stakes!!!
The original Alpine Stake 
has 15 stakes!

First Presidency of LDS Church.

7.  Attend the Temple More Often

8.  Repent

9.  Bring Spiritual Light Into Your Life

 

10.  Be Patient With Yourself

And . . . a little humor

My dad taught Elder Holland in the late '50s, 
and early '60s. The juniors and seniors in St. George attended Dixie Jr. College with the freshmen and sophomores in college.

My dad taught Elder Holland math, physics, 
and surveying (the surveying class got to survey the 
Virgin River Gorge . . .  which allowed cars a direct path 
from St. George to Las Vegas.

This way, you didn't have to go through Santa Clara and

around to get to Vegas). He taught him in high school 
and college.  (He went on a mission in between)

The new college campus and Dixie High School were

completed in 1964. My dad was low in seniority, and was asked to teach high school. He wanted to teach college.

So, we moved to American Fork where he was from.

He taught himself to be an electrician and also worked

with water pumps.

He did get to teach again the last few years on his life.

He taught the Electrician's Apprentice Class at UVU.

General Young Women Presidency

General Primary Presidency

Our Primary colors are 1. . . 2. . . 3
Red, Yellow, and Blue