To my Children 2

In Hebrew, the word Sabbath means “rest.” The purpose of the Sabbath dates back to the Creation of the world, when after six days of labor the Lord rested from the work of creation. (Genesis 2:2-3.) When He later revealed the Ten Commandments to Moses, God commanded that we “remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”(Exodus 20:8, Deuteronomy 5:12; Mosiah 13:16, 18:23) Later, the Sabbath was observed as a reminder of the deliverance of Israel from their bondage in Egypt. (Deuteronomy 5:14-15) Perhaps most important, the Sabbath was given as a perpetual covenant, a constant reminder that the Lord may sanctify His people. (Exodus 31:14-15)

5. See Deuteronomy 5:14–15. People who choose to work seven days a week are essentially in bondage—to work or perhaps to money, but they are slaves nevertheless. A millionaire who works seven days a week is a rich slave.  (Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles)

Make the Sabbath a delight by rendering service to others, especially those who are not feeling well or those who are lonely or in need. (Matthew 25:35-40) Lifting their spirits will lift yours as well. (Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles)

It made me happy to see your grandmother introduced you to Jesus Christ. However, you were to young to be baptized. But she did not know that. She was trying to keep the commandments of the Lord. 

Since the first day the missionaries knocked on my door in Yuma, Arizona, and then had the great privilege of being baptized by the power of the Holy Melchizedek Priesthood, I have had happiness and joy. 

D&C 20: 
 71 No one can be received into the church of Christ unless he has arrived unto the years of accountability before God, and is capable of repentance.

 72 Baptism is to be administered in the following manner unto all those who repent—


 73 The person who is called of God and has authority from Jesus Christ to baptize, shall go down into the water with the person who has presented himself or herself for baptism, and shall say, calling him or her by name: "Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen."

 “Come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then … are ye sanctified in Christ.”(Moroni 10:32-33)


With love in my heart, I leave this with you as my prayer, testimony, and blessing in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.