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President Nelson taught:

1. Find a quiet place where you can regularly go.
2. Humble yourself before God.
3. Pour out your heart to your Heavenly Father. Turn to Him for answers and for comfort. Pray in the name of Jesus Christ about your concerns, your fears, your weaknesses—yes, the very longings of your heart.
4. And then listen!
5. Write the thoughts that come to your mind. Record your feelings and
6. Follow through with actions that you are prompted to take. 

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/04/revelation-for-the-church-revelation-for-our-lives

Paula started having contractions at 11:30pm on Wednesday night, 18 April 2018. I was fast asleep at that point. At 3 am Paula woke me up and said it was time to go to the hospital.

We arrived at the American Fork hospital at about 3:40 am. Paula was checked and admitted as she was 5 cm dilated. Some antibiotics were administered at 4:10 M because Paula is strep-b positive. Dr. Lamoreaux wanted the medication to take affect so we had to wait at least an hour. At 5:10 am Paula had progressed to 9 cm so the doctor broke her water.

At 5:29 am, baby girl Jensen was born. Paula had to push very hard as the baby was posterior. She was 8 lbs 1 ounce and 19 inches long. She came out screaming and a nice pink color. Paula screened with excitement when she saw our new little is a girl. She is eating well already and doing very well.

I received an offer of employment on Monday. I’ve been working hard to learn the will of the Lord concerning this opportunity. After many prayers, fasting, and a temple trip; the confirmation I’ve been anticipating has come. While driving my kids to the store we threw in the movie Leap. As we were driving, the young girl in the movie is at a low point after being sent back to the orphanage and is given this bit of advice by her deceased mother as a voice, “if you never leap, you’ll never fly.” When I heard those encouraging words, an overwhelming feeling from the Spirit came over me and I knew that was the Lord speaking to me.

When most people think of writing a journal, they go buy a physical book from a store. Yeah, I don’t think that way. So, I setup an electronic journal. That was my goal for day one of this endeavor; done.