Journal of Mary Phyllis Fisher - Thomas Davies

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They often entertained ministers traveling through their country both Catholic and Protestant. None of them interpreted the scriptures the same. Neither did they interpret them as they were given in the Bible. When Mr. Van Tonder would ask the ministers about it, they would tell him that he had an unbelieving spirit. He realized that it had been nearly 2000 years since Christ had organized his church on the earth and he wondered why the Lord did not speak to them and tell them what to do. They gave up smoking and drinking and dancing and tried to live according to Christ’s teaching. They prayed that the Lord would help them find the true church. One day while they were visiting a friend Mr. Van Tonder saw a Book of Mormon. He picked it up. He had never seen a Mormon before. He had heard that their head quarters were in Salt Lake City but all that he had heard about them was negative. His friend told him that the Book of Mormon had been given to him by an acquaintance but he had not read it and if Mr. Van Tonder would like to read it he could do so. He never knew before that there were Mormons in Africa. So he took it home. He didn’t read far when he rushed to his wife and said, “No man could have written this book. It is from God.” So together they read the book. One day while praying he had an impression….. 1971. April 1 st It is Sunday evening. Today Father spoke in sacrament meeting and reported the conference briefly. He gave a lovely talk and bore his testimony that he knew President Smith was a Prophet of God and that he and those who had spoken at conference had spoken under the inspiration of our Father in Heaven. Sara and her family were there. Ted’s family was having their family gathering today also. 1971. April 2 nd In the morning at 4 AM Fay came and picked Father and I up and we started on our way to the 141 conference. [She had stayed that night at her mother’s after a long drive from Edmonton all alone.] Then she drove us in their car to Magrath and we picked up Fay’s sisters Lynn and Wilma. Before we started we had prayer and asked the Lord to protect us from accident and to bless our families while we were gone. They are such a jolly group of girls, so congenial and kind and thoughtful of each other. When we decided to eat some breakfast, I brought out the bread and butter, and discovered I had left the chicken in the fridge. I could have cried if it would have done any good. But we made out all right. Wilma had bought a bag of cabbage and celery and oranges for her lunch, as she is dieting and decided this was a good time to lose the 30 pounds she is trying to loose. She had lost 90 pounds in the past few months and they were so happy about that. They each had their stories to tell. Fay had had a hard two weeks with three emergencies. Boyd had a sliver in his eye lid and it scratched the eye and was so red and swollen she had to take him to the doctor to get it out. Bill fell down and cut a big gash in his tongue and had to go to the Doctor for treatments. And then Boyd got a big bump on his head when he got up to go to the bathroom in the night and it bled so they took him to the hospital. It is a beautiful morning. We are now passing through the mountains, and one of them said, “Look at the mountain goats.” But as we drew near the mountain it was just a herd of cows. How they all laughed. The rocks are so rugged and beautiful in color and the pine trees are growing right out of the rocks. Fay recited a twister about three toads and they contested to see who could learn it first. Wilma won. We stopped at Twin Bridges for gas and Lynn bought some oranges and bananas which we ate 52
along with some cookies, for lunch. I had the words of the theme song ‘Let There be Peace on Earth and Let it Begin with Me’ that we are going to sing at the Ren Davies Reunion the last of July. Wilma knew the music and taught it to all of us. We are passing along between the mountains and the snow along the side is 8 feet high in some places. The mountains look like huge snow drifts. We sang some old fashioned songs, Kat-t-y was one of them. The girls have lovely voices and Wilma is a good leader. At Idaho Falls we left the highway and got out and saw the falls, and drove around the temple. We passed a car just out of Idaho that had had an accident. The car was smashed in, the door was open and we could see a woman on the floor. The police were there and an ambulance had just driven up. The girls began singing to take their minds off the accident. They talked of the wedding for their younger married sister who is being married in June. Ren and Fay took turns driving. We went on about a mile. Fay was driving. It was on a narrow road and a big transport was ahead of us and a small car in front. Suddenly a car came dashing around the transport. Fay went for the ditch bank. We would have been hit if she hadn’t. It all happened so quickly. The Lord has blessed us so far. Fay bought some hamburgers and the girls bought fruit and we had lunch. We are now passing the border from Idaho into Utah. The grass is turning green. There is still a little snow on the tops of the mountains. The fields are green with fall grain and the trees are budding out. I have enjoyed hearing all of Father’s old stories. He has one to tell for everything and some how I never tire of hearing them. At 6 o’clock we arrived at Sandra and Leonard Harding’s home in Ogden where Fay had arranged for us to stay the night. Father and I had planned to go to a motel but they insisted we stay and had beds for all of us. They were so nice to us. They gave us breakfast and insisted we come back and stay on Wednesday on our way home. Saturday morning the girls and I went to conference. We arrived at the tabernacle at 8 o’clock. Fay’s sister from Toronto was there and they were so happy to see each other. Fay had phoned and made reservations at a hotel where they could all be together. Fay had saved money to take her sisters to conference. Fay loaned us the car and Father and I went to Mary and Lawrence’s place in . Mary and Lawrence seemed happy to have us. They have such a beautiful home. On Sunday we visited with them and listened to conference on their TV. On Monday we took Mary and went to the genealogical building in Salt Lake. I wrote out Davies, Rogers, Berringtons, and Millington’s names from the St. Chad’s register in Shrewsbury, the part Father could not get in Cardston. Fay and her sisters were there doing work also on their lines. Mary bought us in on Tuesday and in the morning I attended Conference and father again went to the library. We both attended the last session. It was the most glorious conference. President Joseph F. Smith spoke first and last, and I felt that he was indeed a prophet of God and that each one of the apostles who spoke were inspired. The music by the choir and the Primary children was glorious. We had a good trip home. We were tired but very happy and thankful that we had been able to attend the conference and for our safe journey and for the lovely time we had had. 1971. April 8 th It was six o’clock in the evening when we arrived home from conference and Father went to the temple as he had a part to take in the next session. But I went to the hospital. Just after we got 53
Page 1 and 2: TO MY CHILDREN Journal of Mary Phyl
Page 3 and 4: us, and Tom and Lore, went down to
Page 5 and 6: When Tom was just a little fellow h
Page 7 and 8: gave me such a lovely blessing. He
Page 9 and 10: came out for the first time. I came
Page 11 and 12: milking cows. He also got a small t
Page 13 and 14: They wouldn’t take any thing for
Page 15 and 16: companion to come to Los Angeles an
Page 17 and 18: and seemed so homesick and discoura
Page 19 and 20: had been renting, so Ren and Lynn p
Page 21 and 22: Merrill, reading by Veryle’s 14 y
Page 23 and 24: Boy born at Utah Valley Hospital, J
Page 25 and 26: take. Dan and Ted went also. Anne d
Page 27 and 28: warm and quiet and clean. We got tw
Page 29 and 30: Christmas with Leatha and Aunt Dora
Page 31 and 32: 1960. February 19 th Tonight Ren, F
Page 33 and 34: Sara phoned yesterday. Ricky was on
Page 35 and 36: Father bought a new car and we took
Page 37 and 38: e back to work Tuesday morning so t
Page 39 and 40: They had gone to Las Vegas a number
Page 41 and 42: Lynn had living quarters in part of
Page 43 and 44: this year. So our family is growing
Page 45 and 46: grandparents, were there in the roo
Page 47 and 48: Janene and Denise. Lloyd had finish
Page 49 and 50: Rae showed a locket with a picture
Page 51: Veryle read it so nicely. The parce
Page 55 and 56: Stringham brings her car and picks
Page 57 and 58: Myrtle has lived in the hospital. S
Page 59 and 60: told him that morning, of a time wh
Page 61 and 62: This morning Gail Southerton was ma
Page 63 and 64: things in the one bedroom and garag
Page 65 and 66: In the year 1830, a member of the c
Page 67 and 68: will learn obedience and grow to be
Page 69 and 70: took names for the dead. I will try
Page 71 and 72: 1974. April 27 th It is Saturday mo
Page 73 and 74: Orman thinking I had the flu. I had
Page 75 and 76: Fay is expecting soon and Rae is no
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Page 79 and 80: 1974. December 3 rd Today I went to
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Page 83 and 84: It is late and I am very tired. I m
Page 85 and 86: And trusting plans the morrow. For
Page 87 and 88: people. They never say an unkind wo
Page 89 and 90: I surely haven’t been to the temp
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Page 93 and 94: meeting some of our family especial
Page 95 and 96: Maybe the thing for me to do is to
Page 97 and 98: mountains. I have been tired today.
Page 99 and 100: some peas and put them in the fridg
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that goes on. Oh if my children wil
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Father and I are going down to Magr
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it did that I can remember. I was s
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that I thought of as I sat there th
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1977. Saturday, July 16 th When I w
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1977. August 24 th This morning Ren
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It was Sunday. Sara invited us to c
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1978. March 7 th I have been lookin
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Ren came home from the temple and i
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children and grandchildren. I shoul
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1979. January Relief Society is at
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of boxes with pretty curtains aroun
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