August 3, 2014 - This evening was another fun night with the
YSA’s. We had our monthly YSA FHE. This month we held it on the temple
grounds. We were anticipating winds and
rain but the elements held off until it was over. Elder Brian Whatling from England is
here in Fiji serving as a councilor to the temple president, spoke to 44 of our
YSA’s. He is a former Seventy for the
Northern Europe area.
He told the YSA’s to
be vigilant to “defining moments’ in their lives where they would have choices
placed before them and the importance of having made the correct choices BEFORE
that moment came. He told of the
importance of having a strong root structure as related in the Book of Jacob
chapter 5. He told them that the four
strong roots he felt they needed were:
1-
A deep and unshakable testimony
that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and our Redeemer;
2-
Each person needs a strong friend
they can rely on to help them in times of crisis.
3-
Have a spiritual moment every
day.
4-
Obtain, listen and follow our
patriarchal blessing.
Great advice for all of us. Afterwards, as always, they sat on the grass
and sang hymns. There as very peaceful
spirit and inviting spirit there around the temple grounds.
Afterwards, Lario, (the YSA I baptized a couple of weeks ago), came up to
me and told me that he had been experiencing several defining moments in his
life since he has joined the church. He
is a great young man and I can tell he has been prepared for this time in his
life for the Gospel and its blessings.
He is diligently preparing to obtain temple recommend so he can
participate in baptisms for the dead and to serve a mission. Sad news though. He told me tonight that he might be moving to
Australia with his family. We would
miss him but I am sure he would be all right.
It is so cool when one of your students come up to you and can’t wait to
share a special scripture they found that has special significance to them and
has provided answers their questions – especially when they find them in the
Book of Mormon. That is Lario.
May we always recognize those defining moments in our lives as opportunities to grow and learn. Thanks Elder Whatling.
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