I learned in church today

[clackamascoug]

Either the HG is a pretty imprecise tool or I struggle to interpret it correctly. Lots of misses and not enough hits on my part. I'll be honest, to the extent that some of the crazy stories are true about TSM heeding this or that obscure prompting, he has my vote as prophet. I admire people that can feel such things and act upon them on a consistent basis. I'm pretty good at second guessing everything and my second guesses usually get me conveniently off the hook.

Dwight, when I first read your post, I thought you were saying that you were accustomed to ignoring the flashing lights in your rear-view mirror. That's the kind of behavior that will land you on America's Most Wanted.

I know crazy stories are a dime a dozen, but here's a crazy story I know first hand, meaning that I heard the story directly from the lady that experienced it.

There was a girl in our ward who was named "elizabeth" (who I had taught in Primary, and lived on the same street) and she was driving from Portland to Provo for her Sophomore year. She hitched a ride from a kid in our stake named "jordan" and they loaded up their things and took off. Just on the Idaho side of the Utah border jordan fell asleep at the wheel and drove off the road, hit a ditch, flipped the vehicle several times. Jordan died at the scene and elizabeth was life-flighted to University Medical.

The mother (single/divorced) flew to SLC to be with her daughter, and was told that elizabeth had only a 10% chance of surviving the accident. The mother upon the news just sat there and sobbed in the hallway, and just at that moment President Monson walked by, saw her sobbing and stopped to comfort her. She quickly told the story about the kids going back to BYU and the accident, and President Monson said to her, "Just a moment" He stood there for a moment, looking away from her, shook his head, and said. "Jordan has importuned The Lord and Elizabeth will be just fine, so don't you worry about a thing." The mother when telling the story to President Monson did not mention jordan's or elizabeth's names.

The mother recanted the story to us in our house, and used the word "importuned." In the October Conference a few weeks later President Monson used the word "importune" in his conference remarks. I personally believe the Apostles have a thinner veil than we are even aware.

For what its worth.

[Pelado]

Robert Gay from the seventy gave an excellent talk on living a Christ like life at BYU-I's graduation yesterday. This and Uchtdorf's talk Saturday night were two of the better talks I've heard in a long time. I think it's these talks that really make people try to be better and for the right reason.

I enjoyed his remarks at my graduation, too.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Our ward going rogue today, talks and songs before sacrament. I'll let you know if chaos ensues or testimonies are lost.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Youth talk, woman talk, sacrament. Might be some kind of OW statement?

[TripletDaddy]

I know crazy stories are a dime a dozen, but here's a crazy story I know first hand, meaning that I heard the story directly from the lady that experienced it.

There was a girl in our ward who was named "elizabeth" (who I had taught in Primary, and lived on the same street) and she was driving from Portland to Provo for her Sophomore year. She hitched a ride from a kid in our stake named "jordan" and they loaded up their things and took off. Just on the Idaho side of the Utah border jordan fell asleep at the wheel and drove off the road, hit a ditch, flipped the vehicle several times. Jordan died at the scene and elizabeth was life-flighted to University Medical.

The mother (single/divorced) flew to SLC to be with her daughter, and was told that elizabeth had only a 10% chance of surviving the accident. The mother upon the news just sat there and sobbed in the hallway, and just at that moment President Monson walked by, saw her sobbing and stopped to comfort her. She quickly told the story about the kids going back to BYU and the accident, and President Monson said to her, "Just a moment" He stood there for a moment, looking away from her, shook his head, and said. "Jordan has importuned The Lord and Elizabeth will be just fine, so don't you worry about a thing." The mother when telling the story to President Monson did not mention jordan's or elizabeth's names.

The mother recanted the story to us in our house, and used the word "importuned." In the October Conference a few weeks later President Monson used the word "importune" in his conference remarks. I personally believe the Apostles have a thinner veil than we are even aware.

For what its worth.

When I read stories like these I'm not surprised that the original story teller eventually recants.

[Jeff Lebowski]

"A testimony is like manure. If you just leave it in a pile it stinks, but if you spread it around it makes everything grow."

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

"A testimony is like manure. If you just leave it in a pile it stinks, but if you spread it around it makes everything grow."

I'd love to have that stitched onto something and framed for my house. I'd hang it in the bathroom.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I'd love to have that stitched onto something and framed for my house. I'd hang it in the bathroom.

That is such a great idea.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I'd love to have that stitched onto something and framed for my house. I'd hang it in the bathroom.

Yes, because I always feel great after leaving one.

[TripletDaddy]

Our stake HC speaker owns 3 rental properties, one in Kanab and one in Magna. Don't know the location of the third.

[Pelado]

Our stake HC speaker owns 3 rental properties, one in Kanab and one in Magna. Don't know the location of the third.

Residential? Commercial?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Our stake HC speaker owns 3 rental properties, one in Kanab and one in Magna. Don't know the location of the third.

Think how great it would be if he was in a pinch and realized he actually had a 4th he'd forgotten about.

[Donuthole]

Think how great it would be if he was in a pinch and realized he actually had a 4th he'd forgotten about.

lol

[smokymountainrain]

Our stake HC speaker owns 3 rental properties, one in Kanab and one in Magna. Don't know the location of the third.

Lol. This guy knows how to pick em.

[Northwestcoug]

When I read stories like these I'm not surprised that the original story teller eventually recants.

Lol. I missed that part.