Mission
Being Needed
I have a fear. I’m sore afraid of becoming old and non-useful. Being needed is a basic human need, and I can see where the time might come when I’m either no longer useful or not able to contribute.
In thinking about that, I remembered our mission. I have never in my life been more needed, depended upon, or used than during our mission.
What Good Would That Do?
Ralph Swenson was once filling potholes with asphalt when a voice asked him, “Do you have your year’s supply?”
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(Materials needed: 3 pictures and a sling).
(Display Journey to Bethlehem by Joseph Brickey).
I would like you to study this picture.
Arriving Home from Vanuatu
Friday 15 May 2015 was a long day. We began it by leaping out of bed before 6:00 a.m. in Luganville, Vanuatu in a scramble to get to the airport by 7:30.
Read MoreWeaning, Part Two
Jacob says, “But wo unto him that…wasteth the days of his probation…” (2 Nephi 9:27).
The world is filled with time wasters.
Peculiarities
In the wee hours of the night I found my mind playing with a concatenation of weird and outlandish things that deserve explanations.
For instance, how weird and outlandish is it that I would sit down in general conference beside a man who had a picture of my son on the electronic device in his pocket for the reason that his eldest grandson and my youngest son were in the same MTC district in far-off Chile?
Weaning, Part One
Every winter I end up caring for four or five cats. They’re usually young, semi-wild cats that need help getting through the tough season. When spring arrives and the snow melts I taper off the feeding program by putting food out only every other day. That causes them to get a little desperate and start to cast about for another food source. They quickly learn about mice and how to hunt. Keeping the mice and gophers in check is the reason for their presence on our place. As soon as I see that they’re not desperate for food anymore I quit feeding them altogether. They transition from being very dependent on me to becoming much happier when they’re self-sufficient and off their diet of dry cat food.
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