Renewal

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up.Pearl S. Buck

http://www.cantos.org/jaguares/enmipais/

CD release

We will be posting more information about a CD being released in Ecuador that includes songs by Elder Howard:
http://www.cantos.org/jaguares/eventos.html

Happy Easter Sunday!

"And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.  He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.  Come, see the place where the Lord lay." Matthew 28:5-6

Happy Birthday, Sister Howard!

Sábado 30 Abril 2011 2 pm empieza el concierto y almuerzo - Martha Encalada canta "Doña Nelly" en "Restaurant La Trucha" en Huagrahuma. http://www.cantos.org/jaguares/eventos.html Venga temprano para pescar en el Rio Muguír con Pablo en la Piscícola Quiroz Quiroz (083 546 899, 095 237 185). 

Temple views

Guayaquil Temple at night

Here are a few views of the temple you could share: 

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Grow Tall and Strong

Redwood trees in California

Where I grew up in California, it was handy to visit the redwood forests.  Curiously, the Thursday evening temple coordinator in Guayaquil is Walter Redwood.  He is 100% Ecuatoriano, has never seen a redwood tree, and furthermore, he is very short, but wears a size 50 jacket; very different from a redwood tree.

 This tree is 369 feet tall (twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty).  Another tree in the same forest is 379 feet tall, but only temporarily.  "Its mass is equivalent to 15 adult blue whales, the largest animal on earth. Each year, this tree produces enough new wood to make a 90-foot-tall tree with a trunk 12 inches in diameter. If all of Del Norte Titan were cut into boards one foot wide, 12 feet long and one inch thick, the line of planks laid end to end would stretch over a hundred miles and could build 120 average-sized houses."

It looks tall and slim, but it is very, very big around.  What I remember about these trees of interest, is that they grow in rocky soil with short roots.  They stand for over 1,000 years because their roots reach out to each other and intertwine.  They hold each other up!

Grow tall, but "see that ye are not lifted up unto pride; yea, see that ye do not boast in your own wisdom, nor of your much strength. Use boldness, but not overbearance; and also see that ye bridle all your passions, that ye may be filled with love... Alma 38:11, 12

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.  Psalms 68:34, 118:14, 18:32, 28:7

Your greatest strength is in your marriage:
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwHmjd70cso

Memories

Cousin Brett Foutz made a lot of memories in his home in Gilbert, Arizona.  Now the memories are all that is left.
http://www.kpho.com/slideshow/news/27445576/detail.html

Fuschias (Arete)

When I play the organ for preparation meetings at the temple, I think of my mother and how she played the organ at home every night, and at church, and that she loved the temple.  At the Farmers Market in Guayaquil I found one Fuschia plant and bought it for $7.  A valuable investment in a memory, as my mother always had many Fuschias.

Templo de Guayaquil

Many of the General Conference talks in April, 2011 focused on being prepared for times of pain, suffering, and all manner of tribulations.  The insight I had was that we must avoid the temptations of materialism, and focus our time and energies on building relationships and memories.  Don't forget to share your feelings and experiences with your family and friends.  Be sure to create memorabilia and traditions and stories that can be passed on from generation to generation.

Huge sculpture in Guayaquil

Be sure that your children have memories of their grandmother, including knowing about your experiences with her.   One way to do that is to come to Guayaquil for a visit and tour with her.  Be sure to ask her about the fabulous sculptures throughout the city.

We will be with the family again by November, 2011.  In November 2009 I had a dream about the family.  Here is how I documented my pleasant dream and the music that I dreamed up to go with it.  Ask your mother about the dreams she has about you!

Words of the Prophets

Latest General Conference

Oakland Temple, where I did my endowments in 1967

 "For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith.  For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and for his name's glory." Doctrine & Covenants 21:5-6





April 2011 General Conference

Lubbock Temple where close to home gives access to all.

"No text nor volume outside of the standard works of the Church should have such a prominent place on your personal library shelves [as the General Conference issue of the Ensign], not because of their rhetorical excellence, nor the eloquence of delivery, but for the content which points the way to eternal life" (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 523).