When You Save A Girl

You Save Generations....

This week has been a week of changes. some good, some sad. Sister L-S was transferred unexpectedly which means the 3 musketeers is just down to Dartanion (Sister H) and Athos (me haha.) But this week has been inspirational as well. Yesterday we had a baptism of an 18yr old girl named Joice. Shes amazing. Shes a good friend of a Recent convert, Julia, whos 16. 

As Ive been pondering about the miracle that we had experienced, I couldnt help thinking of the quote from Pres. Hinckley, "When you save a girl, you save generations."

I know this to be true. Yesterday I bore my testimony about my love & concern for the youth of the church. Many of our youth in our ward come alone without the support of their families. They walk 5 or 6 miles to sit in hard, wooden benches or cold metal chairs for 3 hours and they listen and they pay attention. 

I got emotional as I felt their spirits and their testimony from the pulpit and it made me wonder, Do we do enough for our youth? Do we support them enough? Do we give them a secure place to land away from the temptations of the world? Do we provide for their spiritual, emotional and physical needs? Do we do enough?

Joices story is one of trial and affliction. She has whitnessed the abuse of a father against her mother and has watched her mother work 2 jobs to sustain a househould of 5 children. They live in meager apartments built by the government, and from 10 years old Joice has been raising her brothers and sisters.

Just last night she asked us when she can be able to serve a mission. 

I love this girl with all my heart! And I hope and I pray that she may be nurtured in the gospel. She will marry in the temple with a worthy and honorable priesthood holder who loves her and treats her like a princess. 

I love this gospel! I love being a missionary! And Im so grateful to be apart of this great and glorious work.

"Woman is God's supreme creation.  Only after the earth had been formed, after the day had been separated from the night, after the waters had been divided from the land, after vegetation and animal life had been created, and after man had been placed on the earth, was woman created; and only then was the work pronounced complete and good.

Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so, who honors and respects her body as a thing sacred and divine, who cultivates her mind and constantly enlarges the horizon of her understanding, who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth.  God will hold us accountable if we neglect His daughters.  He has given us a great and compelling trust.  May we be faithful to that trust."

President Hinckley