CES Fireside and Elder Cook

Dear READER,


One of the things I love most about being a Young Single Adult is that you get to participate in a lot of things they don't have for married people. They do all these special activities just for you because your single and that somehow makes you different than everyone else. That is really besides the point of this post. Today we had one of those moments. We had a CES Fireside. (which I'm not really sure what CES stands for but we had a Fireside) Quentin L. Cook a member of the twelve apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to speak to us. It was a simple talk nothing big of new was stated but he brought up some great points I would like to share with you.


These are quit simple - So I'm just going to bullet point them and let you get what you will from it.

• Each member of the Church is a representative of the Lord Jesus Christ


• 1/3 of all missionaries ever sent out have been from my generation. When I heard this I was very surprised but also glad to say "hey I'm one of those 1/3". I know a bit vain but it was really my first thought.


• Reflect who you are and who you want to be - we should never be someone we are not


• I thought this was interesting, we were told not to wear masks (literally and figuratively speaking). We were told that those who wear masks are more likely to do different things (bad things) because they can't be seen. It was really interesting and he talked about the KKK and how they would wear a mask when doing their things but were actually just normal people like you and me, when they went back home. WEIRD!


• don't hide your identity, it only gets you into trouble.


• Be true to the faith - for which marters have perished


• Make sure there is no question to who you are


• Spend your time on things that will be of greatest worth and bring you closer to the Savior. OK so I thought a lot about this as I do things that sometimes just aren't worth my time. They are not helping me in any way but I do them anyways. So my thought was that I want to be better at this and really work on doing things that are going to benefit me and other.


• Become what you ought to be


• Work on developing Christ like attributes (these can be found in Preach My Gospel chapter six). My goal is to work on these attributes a new one each month and ask the Lord for help in them. I want to be more like him.


• Be righteous, have a family, and serve well --- man this is council from an apostle of the Lord I hope I'm getting the hint and ready to listen to it.


• Build up your country and community


• Be fully engaged in politics so you can be very well prepared and knowledgeable. I thought this was interesting as my brother has been following the campaigns and talking about it and I just haven't cared. So I think I need to get on top of that.

It was a really good Fireside and I learned a lot. I received council that was just for me and was chastened and told to be better in some area's. It was wonderful to hear from an apostle of the Lord. How blessed we are to live in a time were we have apostles and a living prophet upon the earth. It's incredible to me.

Yours Truly,

Jenessa