Jeff Smith released from HC
Mark Messick called to HC
Hayden?? (1st ward): comparing modern challenges to pioneer challenges and drawing strength from heritage
1st Ward Bishop (Jeff Devageray sp??): preparing young men to serve a mission
Young men:
Study Preach My Gospel, Book of Mormon, scriptures
Learn to fast properly
Attend YOUR church meetings and mutual
Attend seminary
Look for service opportunities
You can have fun but you need to use your time well
Get your patriarchal blessing
Fathers: model and facilitate those actions in your sons.
President Miles (just returned from Germany Alpine Mission): We all serve because we love the Lord and we understand that the plan of salvation we have been taught is true.
When someone tells him they have list their testimony he asks them to offer a better plan than the plan of salvation.
We need not disrupt the doctrine of Christ that we share with other Christians. We simply assignment it with context of the plan of salvation to flesh out the why of the Atonement.
Missionaries who struggled were those who came from families that didn’t help prepare them to be missionaries.
Having missionary prep start with seniors in high school is too late because dealing with problems like pornography or masturbation takes two years. (that’s probably a low end of average)
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