Arthur's Court http://www.ryanmendenhall.com/blog the thoughts & musings of a would be king Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:59:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Weekly Recap of Arthur’s Tweets http://www.ryanmendenhall.com/blog/2009/06/28/weekly-recap-of-arthurs-tweets-16.htm http://www.ryanmendenhall.com/blog/2009/06/28/weekly-recap-of-arthurs-tweets-16.htm#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:59:00 +0000 kingarthur http://www.ryanmendenhall.com/blog/2009/06/28/weekly-recap-of-arthurs-tweets-16.htm
  • finished my trip with an amazing heart to heart, the crowning event of my time in Alaska. Now boarding for the plane ride home. #
  • just flew back into Anchorage. Couldn’t get enough & the “door ajar” light was on. Mechanic comin to check it out. What would Jack Bauer do? #
  • is reading about States’ efforts to assert their 10th Ammendment rights & head off unconstitutional pushes toward Federal power. Wake up! #
  • wishes RIP to pop legend Michael Jackson. Favorite song: ABC #
  • is headed to the Manti Pagent tonight for anyone interested. #
  • says, I’ve seen the majestic Alaskan mountains, but to me they are like 100,000 others. The Rockies are mine because I’ve tamed them. #
  • had a sweet ol time at the Lehi Roundup! Thanks Somer. Thanks Michelle. Hope all the riders wake up tomorrow not too sore. #
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  • is checkin out Hatcher
    Pass & Independence Mine. Light out and it’s 11:45 pm. Just saw a moose, moosen, many much moosen. #
  • is cruisin down da 1, passin the Knik (say the K) & Peters Creek (no apostraphe, weird) headin inta Anchorage ta bike on the Coastal highway #
  • is in Seward. Just saw puffins for the first time. Headin on a train ride now. I think it’s goin to Hogwarts! ;) #
  • hit his moose quota for today. This time folks, it IS moosen. 4 to be precise. This place is A-MAZE-ING! Bald Eagle feeding her baby too! #
  • is completely by himself in a theater in the heart of Anchorage. No body wants to see Aurora but me I guess. #
  • saw my moose for the day while on a little run, ready as I’ll ever be for tomorrow’s half. Headin to Popeye’s then Night @ the Museum. #
  • is getting psyched up to run the Mayor’s Half Marathon in 30 min. Number 2481 is excited. #
  • runs to draw near to God, to learn, to grow. #
  • did it. #
  • 2:07:30.3 #
  • is soaking in the beauty of a clear aqua Alaskan lake hidden on top of a back country mountain just up from an old gold mine. #
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  • is checkin out Hatcher
    Pass & Independence Mine. Light out and it’s 11:45 pm. Just saw a moose, moosen, many much moosen. #
  • is cruisin down da 1, passin the Knik (say the K) & Peters Creek (no apostraphe, weird) headin inta Anchorage ta bike on the Coastal highway #
  • is in Seward. Just saw puffins for the first time. Headin on a train ride now. I think it’s goin to Hogwarts! ;) #
  • hit his moose quota for today. This time folks, it IS moosen. 4 to be precise. This place is A-MAZE-ING! Bald Eagle feeding her baby too! #
  • is completely by himself in a theater in the heart of Anchorage. No body wants to see Aurora but me I guess. #
  • saw my moose for the day while on a little run, ready as I’ll ever be for tomorrow’s half. Headin to Popeye’s then Night @ the Museum. #
  • is getting psyched up to run the Mayor’s Half Marathon in 30 min. Number 2481 is excited. #
  • runs to draw near to God, to learn, to grow. #
  • did it. #
  • 2:07:30.3 #
  • is soaking in the beauty of a clear aqua Alaskan lake hidden on top of a back country mountain just up from an old gold mine. #
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    You don’t see this in Utah that often :)

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    “Brothers and sisters, one of the great consolations of this Easter season is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so. His solitary journey brought great company for our little version of that path—the merciful care of our Father in Heaven, the unfailing companionship of this Beloved Son, the consummate gift of the Holy Ghost, angels in heaven, family members on both sides of the veil, prophets and apostles, teachers, leaders, friends. All of these and more have been given as companions for our mortal journey because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the Restoration of His gospel. Trumpeted from the summit of Calvary is the truth that we will never be left alone nor unaided, even if sometimes we may feel that we are. Truly the Redeemer of us all said, ‘I will not leave you comfortless. [My Father and] I will come to you [and abide with you].’ “

    Three promises came to my mind as I began to ponder and study this talk. They stemmed from a question that I asked myself after I read Elder Holland’s words. The question is, “How can I receive the Lord’s comfort in troubled or lonely times?”

    Here are the three promises that sunk into my heart:

    1. aDraw bnear unto me and I will draw near unto you; cseek me diligently and ye shall dfind me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. (Doc & Cov 88:63)
    2. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and aopen the door, I will bcome in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Rev. 3:20)
    3. “I will not leave you acomfortless: I will bcome to you…If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will alove him, and we will come unto him, and make our babode with him.” (John 14:18,23)

    I learned the other day in my studies that the Lord extends so many individual promises to all of us. We can know these as we seek to know his will in the scriptures. When we find them we can cling to them with hopeful hearts. AND if we “prove him” by living so that those promises have chance to sprout, we will come to know through the Holy Ghost that he loves us, we will become more fully pure and we will be full of his light.

    This said, the Savior’s grace or enabling power comes into our lives and we realize our reliance upon it. None are saved in any other way than by Christ. He makes ALL the difference.

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    Original Talk: Jeffrey R. Holland - None Were with Him
    Discuss Here: None Were with Him @ Walk The Talk

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    I’m not narrating much because there are people crowding the windows, but on the Coastal Classic Train from Seward to Anchorage we saw a four moosen running around in a field. An eagle was feeding its baby in a tall tree’s nest as well.

    Quota Filled: http://twitter.com/…2202300003

    The Alaska Railroad: http://www.akrr.com/

    Coastal Classic Train: http://alaskarailroad.com/…c1036.html

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    Mindy ranted and raved about the Moose’s Tooth ever since we started talking about going up to Anchorage. It’s a pub and pizzeria. It was packed when we went after the Coastal Trail bike ride.

    After about 50 minutes we snagged our Spicy Chicken Picante & Popeye pizzas. It started to rain and life was good.

    Pic from: http://www.flickr.com/…811294961/

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    Team Moose’s Tooth makes their approach to Lake Spenard and the worlds largest floatplane sea base in the world (http://en.wikipedia.org/…plane_Base)

    Photo by: http://www.wildnatureimages.com/…Photos.htm

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    Biking just past Point Woronzof on the Coastal Trail in Anchorage, Alaska we came upon a random baby moose chillin just by the bike trail. He’s pretty nice and we don’t see his mommy around so it lets Kamie Jo get very close to it to snap some camera phone pics. Pretty close one! ;)

    We’ll get the real pics up soon, but in the meantime, our little guy pretty much was lookin like the photo you see.

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    At a particular point (Point Woronzof - http://www.alaska101.com/…lkBike.gif) on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail you can stop on the rocky beach and watch planes take off from the Anchorage International Airport directly overhead. Listen and you can hear.

    We saw about 5 planes take off from there in the short time we were there.

    We didn’t get any pics, but here’s some pictures someone else took:

    http://www.flickr.com/…265780045/

    http://www.flickr.com/…709185972/

    http://www.flickr.com/…687691299/

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