Lakeland Florida Stake, July 8-9th
2019
Family History Leaders and Consultants, Memo
Minutes:
Family History Consultants,
1.
Brother Morse contacted me
and said that President Bailey stated it would be okay to close the Family
History Office for the rest of July and the month of August. Considering this
the Round Table scheduled for Saturday July 13th is cancelled. We will be in
contact with you the next time we reschedule Family History Center to be opened
and when the next Round Table will be. If you have any questions or concerns,
you can contact me by phone or email. Thank you.
Linda Lemery
2. What day are we closing?I think we should close starting next week; that way, patrons have time to adjust their schedules.I can post signs to that effect when I go in tomorrow....Steven Danderson
Lakeland Ward
3. I agree with Steve. We
need to give the patrons time to know so they don't show up for nothing.
Jeana
4.
What a wicked and perverse generation!!!Do we have time for vacation? Can the lord and our ancestors wait till we are done with all of our affairs ?Does anyone of you know what is to be a month in jail for a crime that you did not commit and have no one visit you or help you?We should send the memo to heaven also and to the prophet so everyone including the Lord can accommodate to our new schedule.Maybe the blessings our stake and our wards and branches need, The Lord is surely going to say, I think I can go on vacation and wait a month or two until I come back to bless these people.Not only that, forget about the patrons, think about the prisoners. Because of the unwillingness of some to help me get access to my own family search account has been closed since 2016 and to interview me for a temple recommend, I have to do my family history work with borrowed accounts and send my family's ordinance cards over a thousand miles away so my family and true friend can help me do the work because I cannot wait for lazy people or inconsiderate leaders that take lightly the counsel of the prophet that we are running out of time. That we should do this now.And you guys are agreeing in iniquity and congratiating each other. To close the family history center is a big No, No.If you can't be there then delegate for our dead cannot wait until we are done with all of our affairs, for conference upon conference our leaders are telling us with strong admonition that we are running out of time. Even temple building and temple work has become more of an urgency than chapel building.Miguel Tinoco, Loma Verde Branch
5. I'm not sure how serious you are, but I'd like a stab at responding to this:<<What a wicked and perverse generation!!!>>This is a true statement, though I suspect the same can be said about EVERY generation!😇<<Do we have time for vacation?>>Some do, others not.<<Can the lord and our ancestors wait till we are done with all of our affairs ?>>They obviously CAN wait, since they HAVE waited! 😇Perhaps the real question we should ask of the Lord is whether He will wait longer. 😇<<We should send the memo to heaven also and to the prophet so everyone including the Lord can accommodate to our new schedule. >>If either the Lord or His Prophet have given instruction that the FHCs remain open year-round, they SHOULD be looped into our discussion!However, I know of no such direction.<<Maybe the blessings our stake and our wards and branches need, The Lord is surely going to say, I think I can go on vacation and wait a month or two until I come back to bless these people.>>Actually, He might! 😇😉<<Not only that, forget about the patrons, think about the prisoners.>>We really should think about both. Those in the Paradise portion of Hades have it quite nice--thus, the wait isn't that much of a burden.<<Does anyone of you know what is to be a month in jail for a crime that you did not commit and have no one visit you or help you? >>Believe it or not, *I* know! My cell was in a stockade surrounded by an electrified fence in the middle of a mountainous desert, miles away from anything.I also know what it's like to face a possible death penalty, because of another person's act.But I digress. Another story for (maybe!) another time....<<Because of the unwillingness of some to help me get access to my own family search account has been closed since 2016 and to interview me for a temple recommend, I have to do my family history work with borrowed accounts and send my family's ordinance cards over a thousand miles away so my family and true friend can help me do the work because I cannot wait for lazy people or inconsiderate leaders that take lightly the counsel of the prophet that we are running out of time. That we should do this now.>>This concerns me, though not overmuch, since I'm not your Bishop. I don't know why your account was closed, but, since you appear to know the importance of Temple work, I believe it is imperative that you get with your Bishop, Ward Clerk, and Family History Consultant (in descending order of importance) to do what it takes to get your FamilySearch/www.ChurchofJesusChrist.org account and Temple Recommend renewed. You really should NOT be using others' accounts. That is verboten by Church directive.<< And you guys are agreeing in iniquity and congratiating each other. To close the family history center is a big No, No.If you can't be there then delegate for our dead cannot wait until we are done with all of our affairs, for conference upon conference our leaders are telling us with strong admonition that we are running out of time. Even temple building and temple work has become more of an urgency than chapel building.>>Most patrons are NOT members of the Church (That makes sense; we're outnumbered in the USA 30-to-one.). They are grateful that we are helping them in this work--for free. and the fact is, by doing their family history, they help us as much as we help them. I want to maintain that "win-win" relationship going, where all parties concerned get a massive infusion of the Spirit.The heads-up that I suggested is simply "loving our neighbour as ourselves," and "doing unto others...." It is good sense, good business, and is the kind thing to do.Steven Danderson
Lakeland Ward
6. I am just a messenger, but don't worry, The Lord will give you all an answer, just wait and see.Miguel TinocoLoma Verde Branch
7. You should see your Bishop--Pronto!Steven Danderson
Lakeland Ward
8.
Zion and Jerusalem, July 9, 2019
I am a just a forgotten clerk, a, a
half breed Jew, a Mulekite and also Lamanite, a registrant or a servant in the
hands of Christ, and I am fully consecrated to the Lord, 24/7 and this includes
weekend and holidays. Unlike you, who
have callings, I am a missionary and once a missionary, always a missionary. It
never expires. And I also have credentials that your blind leaders refuse to
read or see. I am here to regulate certain affairs in the church; and I
take my orders from higher authorities. (See Priesthood Line of Authority and Patriarchal
Blessing)
It is written in the book of
revelations that the children of Zion shall judge all things pertaining to
Zion. And that liars and hypocrites shall be discovered. I already cried at the
feet of the Bishop, and also at the feet of your stake President. I even copied
them on my first message to you all, for I do not do anything in darkness and I
fear not the wicked. They know who I am and also that I speak with the
authority, not of the church, not of the priesthood, not of Christ, but the
very authority of our Father in heaven. So, my authority is greater than their
authority and my rank is greater than their ranks. Who do you think appointed
them? Fist they both had to pass between my feet or scrutiny before they were
called and appointed. In any case, I'd rather obey and fear God than the
High Priest.
My words paid out. The Lord has been
served and He welcomes all of your valuable input.
With all humility, I am here to tell
you all, that the reason you are closing the family and history center for
nearly two months is not because you all cannot cope with the load of work or
need a break. The reason behind words, as per your kind complaints, is
that the work is too great and the laborers are too few. I know because I
do not know what to do with over 920 souls and over 3000 ordinances to
accomplish. Within the last two months we could only baptize by proxy service
about 200. Not counting the figures above and the over five hundred ordinances
conducted previously. We are laborers building wards and stakes on the other
side of the veil. And this work cannot be accomplished without you all. It is
fun to search and gather names and build endless genealogies, but the Lord also
wants results.
There is no sense in closing a
business when the business is good or booming. Other stakes have had the need
to hire or call all within their bounds, the same ways they call ward or stake
missionaries all willing and able souls to assist in the labors of temple work
and family history. What you should actually do is cry at the feet of your
leaders to call more temple and family history consultants, even everyone that
can do this work in their own home with their own computers to assist
those patrons who are not members of the church.
Then saith the Lord unto his
disciples:
"The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest."Matthew 9:37–38For it shall come to pass that the inhabitants of Zion shall judge all things pertaining to Zion.And liars and hypocrites shall be proved by them, and they who are not apostles and prophets shall be known.And even the bishop, who is a judge, and his counselors, if they are not faithful in their stewardships shall be condemned, and others shall be planted in their stead.For, behold, I say unto you that Zion shall flourish, and the glory of the Lord shall be upon her;And she shall be an ensign unto the people, and there shall come unto her out of every nation under heaven.And the day shall come when the nations of the earth shall tremble because of her, and shall fear because of her terrible ones. The Lord hath spoken it. Amen.Doctrine and Covenants 64:38–43
Now, unto what shall I liken the children of Zion? I will liken them unto the parable of the woman and the unjust judge, for men ought always to pray and not to faint, which saith—There was in a city a judge which feared not God, neither regarded man. And there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying: Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself: Though I fear not God, nor regard man, yet because this widow troubleth me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.Thus will I liken the children of Zion.Let them importune at the feet of the judge; And if he heed them not, let them importune at the feet of the governor;And if the governor heed them not, let them importune at the feet of the president; And if the president heed them not, then will the Lord arise and come forth out of his hiding place, and in his fury vex the nation;And in his hot displeasure, and in his fierce anger, in his time, will cut off those wicked, unfaithful, and unjust stewards, and appoint them their portion among hypocrites, and unbelievers;Even in outer darkness, where there is weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth.Pray ye, therefore, that their ears may be opened unto your cries, that I may be merciful unto them, that these things may not come upon them.What I have said unto you must needs be, that all men may be left without excuse; That wise men and rulers may hear and know that which they have never considered;That I may proceed to bring to pass my act, my strange act, and perform my work, my strange work, that men may discern between the righteous and the wicked, saith your God.Doctrine and Covenants 101:81–95
It is the duty of the Lord’s clerk, whom he has appointed, to keep a history, and a general church record of all things that transpire in Zion, and of all those who consecrate properties, and receive inheritances legally from the bishop; And also their manner of life, their faith, and works; and also of the apostates who apostatize after receiving their inheritances. It is contrary to the will and commandment of God that those who receive not their inheritance by consecration, agreeable to his law, which he has given, that he may tithe his people, to prepare them against the day of vengeance and burning, should have their names enrolled with the people of God. Neither is their genealogy to be kept, or to be had where it may be found on any of the records or history of the church. Their names shall not be found, neither the names of the fathers, nor the names of the children written in the book of the law of God, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Yea, thus saith the still small voice, which whispereth through and pierceth all things, and often times it maketh my bones to quake while it maketh manifest, saying: And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the saints whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the book of the law of God; While that man, who was called of God and appointed, that putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning. and all they who are not found written in the book of remembrance shall find none inheritance in that day, but they shall be cut asunder, and their portion shall be appointed them among unbelievers, where are wailing and gnashing of teeth.
These things I say not of myself; therefore, as the Lord speaketh, he will also fulfil. And they who are of the High Priesthood, whose names are not found written in the book of the law, or that are found to have apostatized, or to have been cut off from the church, as well as the lesser priesthood, or the members, in that day shall not find an inheritance among the saints of the Most High; Therefore, it shall be done unto them as unto the children of the priest, as will be found recorded in the second chapter and sixty-first and second verses of Ezra.Doctrine and Covenants 85:1–12
I told you that the LORD would give
you an answer and you did not believe me. Who has believed our report? To whom
has the Arm of the Lord been revealed?
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season unto thee, O house of Israel. When ye are weary he waketh morning by morning. He waketh mine ear to hear as the learned. The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiter, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded. Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. And the Lord is near, and he justifieth me. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who is mine adversary? Let him come near me, and I will smite him with the strength of my mouth. For the Lord God will help me. And all they who shall condemn me, behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, and the moth shall eat them up. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light? Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks which ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand—ye shall lie down in sorrow.Book of MormonScriptues
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.Old TestamentScriptures
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.Old TestamentScriptures
These things I say not of myself but
as one having authority in the sacred name of Jesus Christ Amen,
Miguel Angel Tinok Rod-Tree-Jesse
