1058. The Unforgettable Lesson a 16-Year-Old Learned After Spending the Day Weeding with President Ballard - A Choice true story!
This is such a choice story! I love it! Read to the bottom to really understand it! The Unforgettable Lesson a 16-Year-Old Learned After Spending the Day Weeding with President Ballard by Elder W. Craig Zwick, excerpted from "More to Your Story" | Jul. 28, 2018 Makes You Think Just as the sun was coming up on a brisk, spring morning in 1963, I headed to the stake center to meet my priests' quorum adviser. It was Saturday and, oh, how I longed to be almost anywhere but digging weeds at the church. I was pretty much a normal 16-year-old kid, totally into myself and involved with countless activities. The night before, my adviser had called me at home and asked me to participate in a service project. He described it as “a great opportunity to work together to improve the looks of the gardens at the church.” I had made big plans to hang out with my friends, but when he said, “Craig, can I count on you?” I felt as though I