President Castro's Quotes of the Week:
“Our deeds, in large measure, are children of our prayers. Having prayed, we act; our proper petitions have the effect of charting a righteous course of conduct for us.”
“Our deeds, in large measure, are children of our prayers. Having prayed, we act; our proper petitions have the effect of charting a righteous course of conduct for us.”
(Elder Bruce R. McConkie, Preach My Gospel, 102)
“Sincere praying implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue.”
(President David O. McKay, Preach My Gospel, 102)
Alex, our Facilities Management fixer-upper, can-do-anything guy, gave Elder Mecham a key to a shed at the Ventura Stake Center. A lone key. In this shed are stored several old pictures which used to hang in church buildings in this area.
Several weeks ago when we were in Santa Maria for zone conference, Alex let us set out numerous old pictures which were being stored up there (in Santa Maria) for the missionaries to take to their apartments, if they so desired. The pictures were snatched up like candy. It was then that he told us about the pictures in the Ventura building and suggested we could have them for the missionaries as well. So, when Alex was in our office the other day, which he isn't very often, Elder Mecham asked about the pictures and how we might get them, and Alex gave him the key.
Tuesday, Elder Mecham and Elder Blue were headed to Ventura for some errands, so Elder Mecham put the key in his pocket so they could swing by the stake center and take a look at the pictures and possibly pick them up and put them in one of the mission's storage garages. Well, as often happens, other things came up and they didn't make it over to the stake center. Later that day, when Elder Mecham went to put the key up, he discovered it was no longer in his pocket.
We searched high and low for that key! Elder Mecham figured it probably "came" out when he pulled his other keys out of his pocket. He and Elder Blue retraced their steps. Vehicles were searched. The parking lot was searched. Phone calls were made to see if anyone had seen it or turned it in. No luck! No key! Not a huge deal, though, because this was just a key to a shed, right? WRONG!
Thursday, Alex was back at our building doing an inspection, and Elder Mecham confessed that he had lost the key. That is when we learned that this lone key was a master key which would open several doors in numerous church buildings!! YIKES! I'm pretty sure that silent prayers were being offered by all of us at that time!
Elders Blue and Mecham were on their way up to Ventura again. They hadn't been gone very long, when I got a phone call from Elder Mecham reporting that they had found the key. In the middle of the alley by the storage garage. Where they had already searched for it and couldn't find it. They wondered how they could have missed seeing it! Perhaps one of their tires was right on it when they had been there previously. Or perhaps an angel just dropped it out of the sky for their finding :)
Prayers answered. Sweet relief!
We have yet to get the pictures :)
Alex, our Facilities Management fixer-upper, can-do-anything guy, gave Elder Mecham a key to a shed at the Ventura Stake Center. A lone key. In this shed are stored several old pictures which used to hang in church buildings in this area.
Several weeks ago when we were in Santa Maria for zone conference, Alex let us set out numerous old pictures which were being stored up there (in Santa Maria) for the missionaries to take to their apartments, if they so desired. The pictures were snatched up like candy. It was then that he told us about the pictures in the Ventura building and suggested we could have them for the missionaries as well. So, when Alex was in our office the other day, which he isn't very often, Elder Mecham asked about the pictures and how we might get them, and Alex gave him the key.
Tuesday, Elder Mecham and Elder Blue were headed to Ventura for some errands, so Elder Mecham put the key in his pocket so they could swing by the stake center and take a look at the pictures and possibly pick them up and put them in one of the mission's storage garages. Well, as often happens, other things came up and they didn't make it over to the stake center. Later that day, when Elder Mecham went to put the key up, he discovered it was no longer in his pocket.
We searched high and low for that key! Elder Mecham figured it probably "came" out when he pulled his other keys out of his pocket. He and Elder Blue retraced their steps. Vehicles were searched. The parking lot was searched. Phone calls were made to see if anyone had seen it or turned it in. No luck! No key! Not a huge deal, though, because this was just a key to a shed, right? WRONG!
Thursday, Alex was back at our building doing an inspection, and Elder Mecham confessed that he had lost the key. That is when we learned that this lone key was a master key which would open several doors in numerous church buildings!! YIKES! I'm pretty sure that silent prayers were being offered by all of us at that time!
Elders Blue and Mecham were on their way up to Ventura again. They hadn't been gone very long, when I got a phone call from Elder Mecham reporting that they had found the key. In the middle of the alley by the storage garage. Where they had already searched for it and couldn't find it. They wondered how they could have missed seeing it! Perhaps one of their tires was right on it when they had been there previously. Or perhaps an angel just dropped it out of the sky for their finding :)
Prayers answered. Sweet relief!
We have yet to get the pictures :)
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