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I Testify That When The Lord Closes One Important Door In Your Life, He Shows His Continuing Love And Compassion By Opening Many Other Compensating Doors Through Your Exercise Of Faith. He Will Place In Your Path Packets Of Spiritual Sunlight To Brighten Your Way....they Point The Way To Greater Happiness, More Understanding, And Strengthen Your Determination To Accept And Be Obedient To His Will.

Don't Look For A Life Virtually Free From Discomfort, Pain, Pressure, Challenge, Or Grief, For Those Are The Tools A Loving Father Uses To Stimulate Our Personal Growth And Understanding.

Life Never Was Intended To Be Easy. Rather, It Is A Period Of Proving And Growth. It Is Interwoven With Difficulties, Challenges, And Burdens. We Are Immersed In A Sea Of Persistent, Worldly Pressures That Could Destroy Our Happiness. Yet These Very Forces, If Squarely Faced, Provide Opportunity For Tremendous Personal Growth And Development. The Conquering Of Adversity Produces Strength Of Character, Forges Self-confidence, Engenders Self-respect, And Assures Success In Righteous Endeavor.

The Key To Successful Missionary Work Is A Close Relationship Between The Missionaries And The Members. Creating An Environment In Working With Members That Will Bring More Into The Church.

It Is Through The Repeated Process Of Feeling Impressions, Recording Them, And Obeying Them That One Learns To Depend On The Direction Of The Spirit More Than On Communication Through The Other Five Senses.