Discipline

The leaders of our ward are struggling with what must seem to them a huge problem. It is a family of four children ages 11 to 4, their unemployed father, and their cancer-stricken mother. The mother has just been sent off to Utah to be cared for by her sisters-in-law. Her leg broke because of the cancer, and her outlook is bleak. The father quit his job to take care of the children.

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The 100 Percenter

Several years ago my oldest grandson who had been a deacon for a year came to me and said, “Grandpa, I have been a hundred percenter ever since I was ordained a deacon a year ago.”

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Vanuatu Culture—Deaths and Jobs

Marjorie came to bed last night complaining about the sounds in the night. “It’s either dogs or drunks,” she said, “and I can’t tell which.” We slept soundly, but the hullabaloo started up again this morning.

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