Today in Church, Brother Galvez, one of the high councilmen spoke.  He told a story of a sister in a district training meeting who posed the question,  "How can I better serve in my calling?"  His reply was, "That is a very good question!", and they had a great discussion.  Afterwards, he got thinking about it and said "I wonder what prompted her to ask that question?"  He went to one of the leaders and this is what he was told:
   This sister is a single mother with several children who are older.  She helps to care for their children during the day, but because she is single, she needs to provide for herself.  She arises about 4:00 in the morning and prepares food to sell and then returns home to tend the children.
   She was extended the call to teach Seminary.  Instead of saying "No I can't do that", she chose to arise at 1:00 in the morning to prepare food, leave at 4:00 for a lengthy trip to the seminary site, teach her class at 5:00 and then go back to sell her food.  At 8:00 am, she goes to a private home to teach a private seminary lesson to someone who isn"t able to attend.  This sister was asking how she could better serve in her calling.
    He then said that we should never request a calling and when we are extended a calling we should always accept it and do our very best whether it is a calling for a day or a week or for several years.  He expressed the thought that our calling won't be forever, and when the time comes we will step aside and give someone else the opportunity to serve. Dale believes that this high councilman has recently returned from serving as a mission president.  He has spoken several times and he always has some very good words of wisdom.
   We are very blessed to be able to listen to these people of Lehi speak about the gospel.  One of the things that Pres. Mask said is that the Book of Mormon is to bring the children of Lehi to a remembrance of the Savior and to teach the Jews and the Gentiles of the Savior.  You do not need to teach these people of the Savior.  His name is written on every bus and car window here.  You cannot talk to anyone without them talking of the Savior and their love for him.  What a blessing it is to be here and feel of their humble, beautiful spirits.
   We are looking forward to General Conference next weekend, for the chance to hear from a prophet, and we love having the chance to watch it with good friends here in our apartment building who are also serving the Lord here in Guatemala.
   We will have the chance to meet another wonderful grandson soon and what a special experience that will be.  We love each and every member of our family and hope that they have been blessed as much as we have through our service to the Lord.  We feel very confident that they have been, and express our appreciation to our elder brother Jesus Christ for his sacrifice for us, which allows us to return to Our Father in Heaven.
   We are blessed with a prophet in these latter days to guide and direct us through the pitfalls of life in these times and make the Lord's will known to us.  We are also grateful for the Spirit of God to guide and direct us each day if we are but worthy of that guidance.  That Spirit has been given to us as a gift from a loving Heavenly Father through the laying on of hands by those who are authorized to act in the name of God, those holding the priesthood of God with the proper authority to use it.
   We pray that our nation will be blessed at this time to return to the principles that promote freedom of religion and freedom to worship as we desire.  Liberty and Family are so important and we must stand for these things or our nation will fall as all other nations have when they have lost these principles.  Choose wisely oh people of our nation that we might be blessed to be free from oppression and domination.