Semana 102

Dear Elder Lutze,

I hope you’re feeling better! I’m better but still hacking my head off at times! Busy at work and at home! I scanned 6000 family history pictures since Thursday! Plus laundry, shopping, mowing the lawn, cleaning the filter, attending the temple and my annual physical. 

We helped Rachael moved on Wednesday to Millcreek! She’s mostly unpacked and went to her YSA ward today.

Bishop said you could choose to speak on Fall Break or the next week. He’s fine with either one.

I thought we could surprise Hannah and go out to see her and help her when you’re back. Thoughts?

You know this as a missionary and it can be frustrating… Lead Others to Christ Not Away 

President Joseph Fielding Smith (1876–1972) warned of the seriousness of leading people away from the truth: “I think the greatest crime in all this world is to lead men and women, the children of God, away from the true principles. We see in the world today philosophies of various kinds, tending to destroy faith, faith in God, faith in the principles of the gospel. What a dreadful thing that is. “The Lord says if we labor all our days and save but one soul, how great will be our joy with him; on the other hand how great will be our sorrow and our condemnation if through our acts we have led one soul away from this truth. “He who blinds one soul, he who spreads error, he who destroys, through his teachings, divine truth, truth that would lead a man to the kingdom of God and to its fulness, how great shall be his condemnation and his punishment in eternity. For the destruction of a soul is the destruction of the greatest thing that has ever been created” (Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols. [1954–56], 1:314).

Alma 39:12 ​And now the Spirit of the Lord doth say unto me: ​​​Command​ thy children to do good, lest they ​​​lead​ away the hearts of many people to destruction; therefore I command you, my son, in the fear of God, that ye ​​​refrain​ from your iniquities;

Love,

Mom