On Wednesday June 10th, 2009 the youth in our ward went on a hike up Santaquin Canyon to roast hot dogs and marshmellows and to listen to a couple of speakers talk about missions. 
Elder Con Newman, who returned from Argentina almost a year ago, spoke about how serving a mission changed his life. He read a list of promised blessings for serving a full time mission from a talk given by President Gordon B. Hinckley. He says, "I promise that if you will do so [serve a mission], you will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make." President Hinckley also says "If you serve a mission faithfully and well, you will be a better husband, you will be a better father, you will be a better student, a better worker in your chosen vocation." Brother Newman told us that in high school he wasn't able to learn very well and only pulled a C average. After his mission he enrolled in college and he has never gotten below and A- in any of his classes. In high school he struggled with math and now he is majoring in chemistry in preparation to be a pharmacist. I was really impressed with his talk.
Next, Sister Boggs, who will soon be leaving for a mission in Russia, spoke about how preparing to serve affected her life. She gave some great advice to live worthy so you don't have to change anything you are doing to be able to serve a mission. Both of the speakers were very inspirational.
Brother Fratto whittling a roasting stick with a hatchet. I was impressed he didn't lose a finger!
Enjoying the s'mores!
2 comments:
I'm so glad you're blogging again! :) And your blog design is so cute!
Ditto Shauni! Great to see you on here again!
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