I missed yesterday. Just ran out of time in the day. I didn’t do my Family History first thing so it just kept getting bumped by things that seemed more important at the time.
Tonight, I have been looking for the mother of Hannah Mckean in the Watt Family line. I think I might have found a person who could be her..Mary Haining christened in 1748, November 21. She doesn’t appear to be attached to anyone in Family Tree. I am going to sleep on it and pray about it some more.
I read a blog post from Family Search about how to use the Search feature in Family Tree. It was very helpful.
I also listened to this article in December 2021 Liahona magazine this morning on my last drive to the University of Utah Hospital for N342 clinical.
Help the Hastening
In Doctrine and Covenants 88:73 the Lord said, “Behold, I will hasten my work in its time.” Some of the clearest signs of this hastening are:
- Increasing numbers of temples and their proximity to Church members.
- Missionary work throughout the world.
- The explosion in the availability of information about our ancestors.
- The development of powerful technology to find, organize, and share this information.
- A real and rapidly increasing desire among God’s children on earth to discover who they are and connect with their families—past and present—as well as their ancestral homelands.
As President Nelson said, “Our message to the world is simple and sincere: we invite all of God’s children on both sides of the veil to come unto their Savior, receive the blessings of the holy temple, have enduring joy, and qualify for eternal life.”7
What a blessed opportunity we have, as Church members living in the latter days, to be Heavenly Father’s helpers in gathering together His children!
I really wanted to just check out tonight and lose myself in a the latest episdoe of “The Wheel of Time” series on Amazon Prime but I remembered that I hadn’t done my Family History today and came downstairs and started on the computer. I know that 27 days ago I would have chosen the TV show. I am changing and growing as I use the time the Lord has blessed me with to help gather Israel.