The sky threatened rain, but the gaze of the missionaries was fixed on the sidewalk in front of them ? one more discussion in which the investigator had said he wasn?t feeling anything and wasn?t interested anymore. A revivalist preacher had set up camp in a parking lot and, with speakers larger than Volkswagens, was […]
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As soon as my car door closed, I knew my keys were locked inside. I jammed my hands into my pockets. I was hoping that I had my keys and I just couldn’t feel them. All I found was my cell phone and my wallet. I looked at my apartment building. They key to my […]
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Here is the story I read tonight at the Ward Christmas Party. Thanks for everyone for laughing at the right moments! — Once my parent’s Dodge Dynasty pulled to a stop on the side of the road near Teton, Idaho, all four doors opened and everyone bolted from the car. Everyone that is, except me. […]
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I thought the caricature artist was taking too many liberties with my chin as he sketched me standing on the roof of a house with a rope in my hands. I was lowering my companion, Elder J. de Souza, down the chimney. He had a Book of Mormon under his arm and his narrow eyes […]
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I’ve never really been a big swearer. I can count on two fingers the number of times I dropped the dreaded “F” bomb. The first slipped out after I made a minor error. I wasn’t even upset, just surprised. The second involved a cockroach and I still feel no remorse over that one. I generally […]
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