Melva Gifford

This is a presentation by Wayne May: about an archeological find called the one Michigan plates. They were discovered in 1846

– If we could show the proof of what we want to show you today, it would be greater than King Tut. Items of an ancient culture were found in a cave. (Right: founder of org.) Referencing Mauretania: 300 BC to 44 AD
– A country in the Mediterranean would be compared to Hong Kong today. All races and creeds, cultures and religions mingle and do commercial business.
– Rome had control of everyone except for Egypt and Mauretania.
– The Fahisions played a major role here. After the plyumic wars, the Roman put salt on land to make it infertile
– When censor died land was divided up amongst 7 generals.
– The land of Mauretania was very rich and powerful.
– All lands were controlled by the Romans.
– King of Mauretania dies and his replacement son gets invited to Rome. They killed him. In 44 ad Mauretania collapse. Romans want to get the treasury. Rome did not find gold in the treasurer. So Romans stripped the bodies of the Mauretania’s dead.
– Alexander the Great had his body preserved in honey.
– What are the two most sought after archaeological items in the Mediterranean today?
– Ark of the Covenant
– Alexander‘s coffin
– Mississippi watershed:
– Map has 5 sites of burial
– Burrows cave (don’t know what I missed on this.
– Cave colony people: artifacts dominated from Greeks, Romans, Libyans and other countries. Matching what was in Mauretania.
– 1. People in the cave had knowledge of Christ
– 2. Proof that Christ walked in America. Saw scrolls in pots.
– 3. able to get DNA.
– 3. Access to DNA.
– 4. If we proved this archeology would have to look at all the previous archeology ignored.

Here are my notes on a church talk. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. (Title by Melva)

– President Nelson has extended invitations for members to act. On the greatest cause of the earth is the gathering of Israel.
– How are you doing with the savior’s repeated invitation to come follow me? It is an ongoing process throughout our life.
– No more important choice that the seriously follow Christ.
– Nelson says you will not find this process in a manual. The Holy Ghost will guide you.
– We are all in different places of the convenient path. It is not as much as important of where you are on that path but that we are on it.
– When the Savior began his ministry, he was walking by the sea and saw two brothers he called them to be fishers of men. They straightway followed him. This set a pattern of discipleship.
– In order to follow the Savior, they left their ship to follow him. We need to let things go.
– The choice to follow the Savior is more important than the things we leave behind.
– Those first disciples left nets, jobs, home, and family. For us, we might leave a grudge. Mindless hours of screen time, neglected prayer, envy, minimal time in the temple. Or pride.
– Nelson: this endeavor will require you to leave any things of the world.
– This will give you a chance to examine your life meticulously. The Holy Ghost can release you of things that are not important.
– As you move from the world of distractions. You will need to say no to some things.
– As you concentrate your life to the world your spiritual strength will amaze you. Are you ready to be amazed?
– Is there something in your life that needs to be let go of and be left behind.
– As we leave things behind we will create space for things of spiritual value.
– As we begin a new yr. and decade we remember that Nelson said the church if facing a hinge point of the gospel. Consider our personal growth.
Luke 2:52> Christ’s growth.
a. Intellectual, physical spiritual and social growth. It is a pattern to be like the Savior.
b. We have the opportunity to study the book of Mormon. Read it with new eyes and ponder of heart. Study it like you’ve never done before. You will find that you will get nearer to God.
c. There is power in the book to change lives but it has to be opened.
d. We must follow the savior no matter where it leads and the cost. Don’t forget the first disciples who had the strength to let go.

This was at the TPUSA Speech conference. I found it on YouTube.

I frequently get even the easiest words wrong. But here is two visual images for a bowl. The b and the l can the edges of a bowl. And that visual image may help be remember the sequence of letters.

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This was a presentation by Amberi (or Emily) Nelson at the Book Of Mormon conference. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

– On the mountains of truth, you can never climb in vain either you will reach a point higher up today or you will be training your power so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
– Buddha: There are things that cannot be long hidden the sun, the moon, and the truth.
– Nephites lived and died in the heartland of America.
– The who:
– The Nephites= Nephite were Old Testament Jews.
– Factor Ludlow: Judah applies to the southern kingdom of Juda.
– That is where Lehi lived.
– John Welch: both? Suggest the Nephites were true to their word and were stick to observe the Law of Moses and its statures, ordinances, judgments, and command I mean to imply that the Nephites was as Jewish as Christ (paraphrase)
– The what: Law of Moses set of rules to follow Christ.
– 2 Nephi 5:10
– Nephi 4:16
– Where found: the plates of wrath. That contained 5 books of Moses. Plus geology. They comprised the Torra. Genesis to numbers.
– Time of Book of Mormon spends time on getting the retrieval of plates> why so important. Because it had the Law of Moses on them.
– What happens if you have law only in your head? How many generations happen before it can be changed or corrupted? Records needed to maintain knowledge.
– The why:
– The purposed of Law of Moses if to prophecy four things
– The life of jest Christ
– The mission of Jesus Christ
– The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
– The coming triumphal return of Jesus Christ.
– Have holiday days to represent different things.
– The coming of the Angel Moroni to Joseph Smith was on the days of the feast of trumpets.
– 10 days from this Sunday will have Yom Kippur represents the day of atonement. You have ten days to get right with God or you will be left behind.
– Feast of Tabernacles is the return of the bridegroom 5 days after Yom Kippur.
– The climate and season their imperative role:
– Exodus 3:10 festival seasons tided to archeological a
– South America has opposite seasons from North America.
– The latitude influences the weather. The Latitude of Jerusalem aligns with northern America.
– 1 Nephi 18:25 sees animals that are needed for the Law of Moses.
– Land can grow grapes, wheat, and especially barley. Barley sets the calendar. Growing season, festival. Barley is planted in fall. When turning brittle and it dries, on the first new moon it starts the year. The beginning of Passover.
– If the barley is not ready to wait a whole new month.
– Symbolize of barley: known as the first fruit.
– 3 days after Passover. Present barley to priest. Jacob 4: > reference first fruits.
– 1 nephi8:1 references barley. Barley is grown in Ohio.
– Mosiah 9:9 had all kinds of seeds.
– 1 Nephi 5:14
– No correct animals in South America. The closest to a lamb is a large rat.
– Lamb is an important part of the Law of Moses. Wool material is part of the cloth that the men would wear for their coverings.
– Nephites told Christ will come 600 yrs. after Lehi left Jerusalem. So the Law of Moses was used to keep people on track. The law gave them hope.
– Jacob 14:15 knew of Christ.
– 2 Nephi 11:4 law of Moses the truth of the coming of Christ
– Jarom 11-12: Law of Moses to look forward to Christ.
– The why:
– The testimony of Christ
– How can I live my life as if Christ was with us here? How many of the things in your life can point to Christ? Go to bed lay down our life and be resurrected the next morning etc.
– Dec10:49-50 ancient inhabitants pray for inheritors of this land.

Here are my notes on a church talk. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. (title by Melva)

– Jan 14 president Nelson completed his 2n’t full year as Prophet. How has his leadership changed the church?
– We need to keep up with temporal things first and then the weightier system.
– Improvements in the building are funded by tithing.
– Church mistering, shortening meetings, sister missionaries can wear pants. Under18 can be temple volunteers, boy scouts gone. 11 yr. old moved to the next level. Use the full name of the church. This shows the work is hastening.
– Are we changing our behavior to meet the hastening?
– We need to make the church is more home-centered.
– We need a daily dose of the gospel.
– We need to counter the philosophies of men that attach through. We need to receive revelations.
– We can’t survive without the influence and guidance of the Holy Ghost.
– Starving deer were trapped. Compassionate people fed them hay in hopes of keeping them alive. The deer stilled died with a stomach full but they died because they lacked their natural diet and their nutrients needs were not met. We can’t live on stray of life we need more substance.
– Does the spiritual parking lines e of our lives need to be repaved?
– Family set goals of something you want to improve in. post it in a significant place.
– Temple recommend’s first four questions
– 1. Do you believe in the God Head?
– 2. Do you have a testimony of the atonement of Christ?
– 3. Asks if we have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel.
– 4. Do we sustain the current leadership?
– Nothing is mentioned of Joseph smith. No man is named. The questions emphasize of Christ.
– Questions were changed that were clarified. The word ‘strive’ was added. Choices

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