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312. From Elder Holland: "To My Friends Who Want to Believe".

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This was in LDS Living on Dec. 15, 2014.  Also to our friends in Indonesia who are reading these blogs, we have a grandson, Elder Jacob Lieske, now stationed in Jodja, or Yogyokarta.  He arrived Sept. 24, 2014.  We hope you get to meet him sometime.  Elder Holland grew up in my home ward, and he is especially dear to us -- and the whole Church! Elder Holland: To My Friends Who Want to Believe EXCERPTED FROM ELDER JEFFREY R. HOLLAND'S NEW BOOK "TO MY FRIENDS" -  This is an excerpt from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's new book, To My Friends. This is not the full excerpt from this chapter. To read the rest of it, go to  deseretbook.com and order a copy of this fabulous book! On one occasion Jesus came upon a group arguing vehemently with His disciples. When the Savior inquired as to the cause of this contention, the father of an afflicted child stepped forward, saying he had approached Jesus’s disciples for a blessing for his son, but they were not able to pro