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Faithful Obedience   The last week of February, that’s crazy! It was fun to have Sadie and Seth home for the weekend. It’s definitely the highlight of our week when any of you get to sneak away and come for a visit. A quick message this week that was meaningful to me that I thought I would share with all of you. We are in the middle of quarterly ministering interviews again as an Elders Quorum Presidency. One of my interviews was with an older brother in the ward who has been struggling in wondering about his personal worthiness. It wasn’t something he felt like he needed to talk to the bishop about, but something from his past that the adversary has been working against him with regarding his thoughts. He was asking for some counsel from his quorum president. I felt prompted to share with him D&C 6:36-37 (which happens to include the youth theme for this year). The Savior’s plea to each of us: “Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not. Behold the wounds which pi...

  Lift where we stand Good Morning Family, It was fun to talk to you all last night. Sadie and Seth, we are beyond excited about your incredible news! Our family continues to grow, and this brings us so much joy and happiness! I will keep it short this week, but I wanted to reiterate a wonderful teaching from Elder Uchtdorf that I relearned this week. My thoughts and feelings around being interviewed for the reorganization of our stake presidency this past weekend were many. But the lesson to “Lift Where You Stand” is what has put    all these emotions and feelings into perspective and has brought peace to my at times “anxious and troubled heart.“ There is a great lesson here for each one of us, and my invitation for you is to take time to study this talk by Elder Uchtdorf and apply his teaching to “lift where you stand”. Dieter F. UchtdorfLift Where You StandEvery priesthood holder stands at a unique place and has an important task that only he can perform. I am so thank...

  This past week I watched one of the leadership training videos we were asked to watch in preparation for our upcoming stake conference meetings. It was from the leadership session of the October 2023 general conference session given by Elder Bednar. The title of his training was: Ye Shall Have Joy with Me—The Connection between Worship at Home and Church I’ve often wondered about the process of how the prophets and apostles choose their conference addresses. No doubt they rely so much on the impressions of the Holy Ghost, and the counseling that occurs amongst themselves concerning the needs of the church. I would guess the Spirt works on them for months in preparation.  I love all their messages, and try my best to apply them in my life, but I’m extra conscientious when a    specific topic rests on them for a long period of time, becoming apparent in repeated addresses. It seems like that has been the case for President Nelson with the theme of Temples/Covenants/P...