We are all busy as buzz saws here at the Trapp house. My daughter and her fiance are tying the knot on April 10. It reminds me of my engagement period and the decisions that I made at that time. It's been over a quarter of a century and I am a different person now. I wonder if I will be different again in another 25 years for I fully intend to live at least to 77 if not 99.

We are holding the reception at the old RLDS campground in Nauvoo State Park. I wish my father were yet alive to take part in the proceedings. But that will have to wait until after the resurrection, naturally.

My daughter Liesl Trapp has gotten an engagement ring. Her boyfriend Jack popped the question and now my youngest is getting ready to flee. Her twin brother is on a mission in Las Vegas for another year so he will miss the wedding but even this won't deter her. We are very happy for Liesl and her fiance. I'm thinking of a wedding gift, a vacuum buddy or a computer. And all our best wishes.

Today's sacrament meeting talks were given by the Grow family. This delightful family has the most interesting things to say that it really helps me concentrate on the topic. I don't really have to try to listen, it's as natural as breathing, when they speak. Sister Grow talked about....

It would appear from recent events that many folks no longer understand the basic economic fact that every transaction is based upon the exchange of fair value. Any attempt to short circuit the exchange of value will reverberate throughout the entire system. If one side of the transaction is cheated of value it will work against the functioning of the economic engine. Just like putting sugar in a gas tank, unfair exchanges will ultimately degrade the overall performance of the motor, whether that motor be mechanical or economic in nature.

Poe was gifted, wasn't he?

My wife is a seminary teacher, and as a substitute I occasionally fill in when the teacher is unable to be there. As we enter the coming season, I find this video inspiring not just for seminary students, but also for the teachers. Thanks, Elder Packer.

This video about the Money Masters is thought provoking. The production is a bit lacking, but the story line is sincere, even though there is too much finger wagging. And its long but will make you realize that the Fed is not a government agency and has a monopoly on money.

Yes I 'do' my home teaching. Unfortunately, I only see one person out of a potential 4 homes. Then my self esteem takes a hit because I am only 25 percent. Some people are eager to have home teachers, but it would appear that the people to whom I have been assigned are resistant to the whole concept. I leave notes, voice mails, I stand for 10 minutes at the door and knock, but no one stirs within. I think one of them may actually be dead. I left a note on her door one month and came back the following month and the note was still there. I looked inside the patio window and saw nothing but some old newspapers on a table.

Do home teachees have any obligation to share some of the responsibility to be home taught? Can they call their home teacher and let him know that they welcome him and are anxious to see him, or , if not, at least let him know where they stand? Thanks.

I'm open to suggestions if anyone can impart some wisdom here on how to be a great home teacher.

This is anti-discrimination? Why do I need to be informed of a person's sexual orientation before I can get a chance to practice being unprejudiced? What business is it of mine, to know what a person's behavior is in his or her intimate moments?

Do I introduce myself as a monogamous, heterosexual male? Why are we being so narrow minded as to identify a person with a partial assessment of their being? Isn't it true that in an effort to bring about equality for everyone, that we are actually heightening the inequality? When we divide people according to their sub-traits, we form classes of people which we can then stereotype or see in tiny little compartments.