Yarn Along

26.06.2013

Reading

Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage - AMAZON LINK

For quite some time I have seen that SARAH has been reading a book called Sitting At The Feet Of Rabbi Jesus, (by Ann Spangler - AMAZON LINK) and I have to confess to being quite intrigued by the description on Amazon and I have in fact put it on my Amazon wish list (which is fairly huge by the way). I stopped myself from buying it, because I am still studying the scriptures (The Holy Bible and The Book Of Mormon) and I did not want to get myself confused with any other 'teachings' or indeed theoretical works. When I discussed this with My Missionaries and said that I was fascinated by the customs and culture of the Holy Land at the time of The Messiah, it was then that they recommended this book, Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage. I put this book on my Amazon wish list too, but the very thoughtful missionaries brought me a copy.  I am LOVING this book, and in fact I am having to ration my reading time so that my Scripture studies do not suffer. 

About the author - James Edward Talmage was born on 21 September 1862 in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, to James Joyce Talmage and Susannah Preater.  His father baptized him into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) on 15 June 1873.  Of his conversion to the gospel he later remarked, “I set about investigating the claims of the Church and pursued the investigation by prayer, fasting, and research….After months of such inquiry, I found myself in possession of an assurance beyond all question that I was in solemn fact a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” 

A great change in James’ life came on 8 December 1911 when he was ordained an apostle in the LDS Church.  As such, in 1924, he was appointed president of the European Mission of the Church, headquartered in Liverpool, England. (more info on James E Talmage - (HERE).

So do I recommend this book? ABSOLUTELY

Knitting

Ok, so bear with me here, there is a reason, all be it a crazy one. I had decided to knit something silly for Elder Butikofer to give as part of a leaving gift and I knew a friend had the book Knit Your Own Scotland (AMAZON LINK), so I asked her if I could borrow it. I had intended to knit the Loch Ness Monster (perhaps), but last week at church Elder Butikofer showed me a picture of himself holding the horns of a Highland Cow (coo), and very pleased with it he was too. There is a Highland Cow in the pattern book as it would turn out, but it seemed far too fiddly for my patience levels right now, so I went to Ravelry instead and bought a pattern for a normal cow (RAVELRY LINK), this was very easy and knitted in the flat in one piece. I changed the yarn from white to red, left off the spots and made brown (bigger) horns. 

I think Elder Butikofer was amused by it, I hope so anyway.

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Valerie

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