Dear Reader,
No, I don't wear makeup. That is just part of the song "I say a little prayer for you." It's a good song. Mostly because it highlights the flexibility of saying prayers. I have been praying and hearing people pray for a very long time. Since before I can remember people around me have been asking for blessings on their food, praying for loved ones that are ill and even praying that they will find their long ping-pong ball. Prayers can be about many different things.
One of the best things I love about working at the MTC is seeing missionaries every day when I walk through that gate. It is always amazing to see Missionaries outside at a table who are likely praying. Praying right there in public, without questioning who is watching or what anyone might think.
Attending Brigham Young University is almost as inspiring. Every day I walk down Campus and people are outside, in the library or in the student center reading their scriptures or praying. Hopefully it doesn't sound like BYU is all spirituality and nothing else gets done. That is the amazing thing. Right outside the student center, we build Cardboard Castles and make videos about music artists.
I'll share a story with you about a flight to South America. This flight was really long (over 13 hours), so naturally I brought things to entertain myself. At one point I pulled out the Book of Mormon and started reading. About 10 minutes later, the man next to me asked if I was reading the Bible. I told him a run-down version of the Book of Mormon and he understood. He then gave me the best compliment I think I have ever received. "I admire you for having the courage to read about religion in public and to be willing to answer questions about it. I must tell you that I am studying to be a priest and I did not even think to be studying the Bible on such a long flight." He then explained that he was on his way to see his family after finishing the semester at school. He was studying theology and we talked a long time about faith, repentance and other Gospel principles.
At the end of our conversation, I gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon. He took it and by the end of the flight we had become friends. I have not heard from this man since, but I know that he was touched by the spirit that day.
I am not perfect in any way. I'm trying to be. It is really overwhelming at times. However, my goal has always been the same: become the person that is a follower of Christ in LITERALLY all times, all things and all places. I am not perfect because there are some times and some places where I am not that person. But I'm working on it.
No, I don't wear makeup. That is just part of the song "I say a little prayer for you." It's a good song. Mostly because it highlights the flexibility of saying prayers. I have been praying and hearing people pray for a very long time. Since before I can remember people around me have been asking for blessings on their food, praying for loved ones that are ill and even praying that they will find their long ping-pong ball. Prayers can be about many different things.
One of the best things I love about working at the MTC is seeing missionaries every day when I walk through that gate. It is always amazing to see Missionaries outside at a table who are likely praying. Praying right there in public, without questioning who is watching or what anyone might think.
Attending Brigham Young University is almost as inspiring. Every day I walk down Campus and people are outside, in the library or in the student center reading their scriptures or praying. Hopefully it doesn't sound like BYU is all spirituality and nothing else gets done. That is the amazing thing. Right outside the student center, we build Cardboard Castles and make videos about music artists.
I'll share a story with you about a flight to South America. This flight was really long (over 13 hours), so naturally I brought things to entertain myself. At one point I pulled out the Book of Mormon and started reading. About 10 minutes later, the man next to me asked if I was reading the Bible. I told him a run-down version of the Book of Mormon and he understood. He then gave me the best compliment I think I have ever received. "I admire you for having the courage to read about religion in public and to be willing to answer questions about it. I must tell you that I am studying to be a priest and I did not even think to be studying the Bible on such a long flight." He then explained that he was on his way to see his family after finishing the semester at school. He was studying theology and we talked a long time about faith, repentance and other Gospel principles.
At the end of our conversation, I gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon. He took it and by the end of the flight we had become friends. I have not heard from this man since, but I know that he was touched by the spirit that day.
I am not perfect in any way. I'm trying to be. It is really overwhelming at times. However, my goal has always been the same: become the person that is a follower of Christ in LITERALLY all times, all things and all places. I am not perfect because there are some times and some places where I am not that person. But I'm working on it.
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