What a week!! On Saturday night, the Oakland Temple was having a visitors center reopening celebration. There was this big piano concert that we've been inviting a lot of people to in the past three weeks. They called it a Gala Concert. It was beautiful. They were SO GOOD. It was cool for me and I think it was really powerful for the investigators that we brought with us. We've been teaching Ruth and Bobby, an unmarried couple with a 3 year old girl. They came with us and it was especially powerful to be able to walk around the temple with them. Eternal families are a reality. That is just so amazing to me. I'm so grateful for the Gospel. We taught them about how they can be together forever and Ruth got especially excited. It's been amazing to work with them.
These next few weeks I'm going to be focusing on the Christlike attribute of hope. I love Ether 12:4-"Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith , maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God." So, as we learn, faith leads to hope, but hope also leads to faith, which leads us to be strong, do good things and praise our Heavenly Father. I'm amazed at the hope that so many strong people have shown to me in my life. Let us go out and "hope for a better world" this week. I invite you all to pick one Christlike attribute that you want to focus on this week. Study about it, write about it and find ways that you can better apply it. I love you all. Have an amazing week. You're all amazing.
With Love,
Elder Barnett
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