Susan Brough taught Sunday School today. She shared this experience of her husband's. Growing up his family wasn't active. When it was time for him to go to college, he went for one year to BYU. Then he returned home to Wyoming to go to the local college because he couldn't afford to continue at BYU. He got accepted to the University of Utah for medical school and he was so excited. One night he was at the church, playing basketball, when his stake president asked if he could talk to Dave. His stake president asked if he had considered serving a mission. He really hadn't. He didn't have the money, he'd made it into medical school, he hadn't been raised as an active member of the church. It didn't seem possible or feasible for him. His stake president told him to go home and pray about it. He did. He wrestled with the decision. But ultimately he decided to go. Shortly after he found out that he was being offered a full ride scholarship to BYU which would allow him to continue his education after he returned from his mission. His mission was the foundation to his testimony of the gospel and the foundation to their family.
LESSONS LEARNED:
If we pray about what to do, the Lord will guide us or at least warn us if we are heading in the wrong direction.
Leaders can have a big impact when they counsel and invite others to make choices that help them get on and stay on the covenant path.
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