We're back online!

Dear All,

We've undergone some major changes and although there are now fewer of us, there are still Sabeys by the sea enjoying and learning from life. I don't know how many people followed our blog but in case you did and you've missed it, I'm happy to announce that it's back. I will do my best to post pictures and videos of the girls and maybe write a post or two. Feel free to pass along the link to anyone who might be interested.

In this, the inaugural post of the remodeled blog, I would like to share a quote from President Kimball, a portion of which, was displayed as a footer on the original blog:

"Is there not wisdom in his giving us trials that we might rise above them, responsibilities that we might achieve, work to harden our muscles, sorrows to try our souls? Are we not exposed to temptations to test our strength, sickness that we might learn patience, death that we might be immortalized and glorified? If all the sick for whom we pray were healed, if all the righteous were protected and the wicked destroyed, the whole program of the Father would be annulled and the basic principle of the gospel, free agency, would be ended. No man would have to live by faith. If joy and peace and rewards were instantaneously given the doer of good, there could be no evil--all would do good but not because of the rightness of doing good. There would be no test of strength, no development of character, no growth of powers, no free agency...

No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God...and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven."