On or around March 1, 1986, I was about to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da !

aints" It was a turnin# point in $ %ife as once a#ain after a %on#, %on# ti$e, I fe%t afraid a#ain" &es, I was afraid''' I was () ears o%d then and batt%e scarred ph sica%% , spiritua%% , e$otiona%% and te$pora%% b the ri#ors of %ife, wor* and %i+in#, pro+idin# for and ta*in# care of $ fa$i% - and these had drained awa fro$ $e a%% fee%in#s of fear and of bein# afraid" ,ut before $ baptis$, I was afraid a#ain' -he reason I fe%t afraid a#ain was because I was to%d b the $issionaries that I was #oin# to be inter+iewed first before fina%% bein# baptized, and this $ade $e rea%% afraid" .h / 0or the si$p%e reason that in an inter+iew, there is the possibi%it of fai%ure' 1 and I did not want to fai%'' I wanted to be baptized''' I had %i+ed $ %ife seein# thru a%% the thin#s that $atter to $e" I a$ not #oin# to fai% now''''' 1 in so$ethin# that had be#an to $atter the $ost in $ %ife to $e'''''''' On% troub%e was, this ti$e after a %on#, %on# whi%e, once a#ain I found $ se%f not in contro% of the situation" !o$eone e%se was'''''' 2nd I fe%t he%p%ess to do an thin# about it" .hat wi%% the inter+iew be %i*e/ .hat wi%% be the basis for $a*in# or not $a*in# it/ .hat *ind of 3uestions wi%% be as*ed/ .i%% I be forced to open $ warehouse upon warehouse of sins to the inter+iewer/// 42 oun# )1 r-o%d in+esti#ator once as*ed $e a%$ost in tears of despair5- 6wi%% the Lord sti%% for#i+e $e/7" I said es" .h do ou see$ to doubt/ 2nd he answered ha%tin#% with tears strea$in# down both his chee*s, 6because8 I fee%8 $ sins can no %on#er be counted b ite$ 1 for the are +er +er $an 8" -he are b sac*s a%read " !ac*s upon sac*s of the$" " " " $ sins"7 !o I to%d hi$, brother, if that is how ou fee% about our sins and ou are on% )1 ears o%d, i$a#ine $e bein# baptized at ()' If ours is a%read b sac*s, then $ine $ust ha+e been b the warehouse a%read '''"98"" -his spectre of the possibi%it of fai%in# the inter+iew, and the fact that there was nothin# I cou%d do about it8"" and the fact that at that point in $ %ife, $ baptis$ was the thin# that $attered $ost to $e, pushed $e to the brin* of despair %i*e that oun# $an was: and was forced to as* the 3uestion that that oun# $an as*ed88 which I had ne+er as*ed before' I ;ust assu$ed I cou%d be for#i+en'''""" as the $issionaries had said8"" but then, inter+iew/'/'/'/'/'/'/ Indeed, can I sti%% be for#i+en/ 4Lord p%ease for#i+e $e8" .as the how%in# cr of $ an#uished sou% at that ti$e'''9 I beca$e an in+esti#ator of the church because I had a 1< ear-o%d son who was d in# of cancer then" =e was dia#nosed to ha+e cancer of the bones, the $ost painfu% of a%% the cancers, on Dece$ber 1 of the pre+ious ear and a%% the efforts of the doctors cou%d not sa+e hi$" 0ina%% , one doctor to%d us to #o ho$e and ;ust pra for di+ine he%p" It was at this point when we 4$ 1< r-o%d son and $e9 went fro$ one faith hea%er to another, hopin# and pra in# for a $irac%e" It was a drainin# e>perience and I fe%t drained spiritua%% , e$otiona%% and financia%% as da after da after da - we %oo*ed for a faith hea%er one after another with ?O-=I?@ as the resu%t of our search" -hen one da I awo*e with the thou#ht that the Lord was casti#atin# $e, punishin# $e for $ warehouse upon warehouse of sins8"" 2nd the #ui%t fee%in#s, the an#uish, the re$orse and despair en#u%fed $ entire bein#, and the ni#ht-and-da stru##%e and search for for#i+eness be#an and beca$e $ore se+ere and desperate with each passin# da " 0ina%% , $a be after the Lord saw that $ heart was a%read tota%% bro*en and that $ spirit, a%thou#h stee% sti%%, was a%read who%% $e%ted b the heat of $ aff%ictions, I fina%% fe%t =is #uidin# hand and sure directions what I shou%d do" 42%thou#h, I was et tota%% unaware at that ti$e that it was the Lord'9 On 0ebruar )<, 1986, the AD!2 re+o%ution be#an and the ban*s c%osed for se+era% da s" I ran out of cash" I went to one of $ friends to borrow $one and he noticed that so$ethin# was terrib% wron# with $e and as*ed what was botherin# $e" I to%d hi$, of $ son who was d in# of cancer" .ithout b%in*in# and ;ust %i*e that - he to%d $e strai#ht% , 6that is not a prob%e$ $ friend" 2%% ou ha+e to do is find a WORTHY person and ha+e hi$ b%ess our son

and he sha%% be hea%ed" 6 2nd then 88"" I rea%ized ;uuuust 8" how far awa I ha+e wandered fro$ @od, 4bein# an a%tar bo in $ pre+ious re%i#ion up to hi#h schoo%9 8" I =2BA ?O=A2CD -=A .OCD .OC-=& !DOEA? I? -=O!A -ACM! I? 2 BAC& LO?@, LO?@ -IMA' I did not e+en see$ to *now the $eanin# of the word an $ore' 2fter searchin# thru $ $ind I fina%% to%d hi$ that I did not *now of an one who cou%d fit into the word .OC-=& - and as*ed hi$ if he *new an " =e said he did *now of so$e one who b%essed his wife after the doctors cou%d not see$ to *now what was the $atter with her and she reco+ered o+erni#ht' 0I?2LL&, =ACA I! -=A LI@=- 2- -=A A?D M& -F??AL''' !o, I as*ed hi$ to %ead $e to hi$ but b so$e 3uir* of fate, he cou%d not re$e$ber the na$e of the person nor e+en where he %i+ed' DF!=AD -O DA!D2IC 2@2I?// ?o $ore' ?ot an $ore''' 0or i$$ediate% - 3uestion upon 3uestion *ept poppin# up in $ $ind' !o$ethin# or !o$eone inside $ head *ept poppin# the$ up' 2s* hi$ how ta%% is the #u " =e answered" Co$p%e>ion" 2nswered" =air" 2nswered" Moustache" 2nswered" ,ui%d" 2nswered" 2nd then, the personGs identit ca$e into $ $ind, for he was $ friend' !o I *ept describin# hi$ further unti% fina%% I said 1 D2??& DA L2 BA@2" 2nd $ friend e>c%ai$ed 8 es' thatGs the #u ' !o i$$ediate% I went to ,ro" Dann de %a Be#a and re3uested hi$ to b%ess $ son" =e a#reed but he said I ha+e to %isten to the $issionaries first to increase $ faith 1 to which I i$$ediate% reacted5- ou wi%% not he%p an one un%ess he has first to con+ert to our re%i#ion/ Datient% and *ind% ,ro" De %a Be#a e>p%ained faith in the Lord Jesus Christ to $e and as he did so, I fe%t %i*e I was a H r-o%d bo once a#ain bein# tau#ht the catechis$ under a $an#o tree, after bein# cau#ht b our nei#hbor whose $an#oes we had been stea%in# ;ust for the fun of it as oun# bo s' 2nd so I too* the %essons, a%% si> of the$ and did what the $issionaries to%d $e to do" 2t first, I did a%% ;ust so I cou%d finish the %essons as 3uic*% as possib%e and $ son cou%d be b%essed, but after the first %esson and $ first 3uestions, and the first answers of the $issionaries, 4A%der Da%$a and A%der Bi%%anue+a 1 ;ust two oun# bo s, to $ $ind9 - thru the thic* $ists of dar*ness in $ $ind, I be#an to see 88 +er , +er faint% at first, but -here was so$ethin# there 8"" and %oo$in# c%earer and c%earer with each step that I did fo%%owin# the $issionariesG instructions 1 I was be#innin# to see +er , +er faint% at first - a +er different *ind of @od' 2nd as I did what the $issionaries to%d $e to do, I had to as* $ se%f 1 are there sti%% a peop%e and a @od - %i*e these in the wor%d toda / 1 4for the wor%d as I ca$e to *now it, was a +er different wor%d" It was a wor%d where % in# was nor$a%, drin*in# up to the wee hours of dawn, nor$a% 1 etc" and so forth and so on" It was a wic*ed wor%d that I ca$e to *now and %i+ed in and drin*in# a%coho% was ;ust nor$a%% for starters' Once under the inf%uence of %i3uor, an thin# #oes after'9 " " " " 2nd when I started to pra as the $issionaries had tau#ht $e, --------he '''''''''''' ------- are these thin#s rea%% happenin#/ -- 4for %itt%e thin#s were be#innin# to happen - actua%% bi# $irac%es to the e es of an in+esti#ator - accordin# to $ short in+esti#atorGs pra er 2L-=OF@= I .2! -O-2LL& F?2.2CA O0 -=A!A &A-"'9 --- and then $ in+esti#ator !unda " I was %ate and a s$a%% chi%d was waitin# for $e to brin# $e to the priesthood c%ass" 4 2 I - ( r" chi%d///''' 1 who too* $e b $ %itt%e fin#er JF!- LIEA -=2-''' and %ed $e to the second f%oor of the $eetin#house to the priesthood c%ass'9 2nd as I entered, I noticed written on the b%ac*board the sentence 6I =2BA =A2CD -=& DC2&AC7" ,ein# %ate, I did not pa $uch attention to it, and I ;ust sat down where the $issionaries were, the bein# the on% persons I *new in the roo$" 2s I %istened to the teacher I found out that it was the tit%e of the %esson for that c%ass and the $issionaries #uided $e to the bib%e +erse where that sentence was found" It is on ) Ein#s )J5<" 7-urn a#ain, and te%% =eze*iah the captain of $ peop%e, thus saith the Lord, the @od of Da+id th father, I =2BA =A2CD -=& DC2&AC, I =2BA !AA? -=&

-A2C!: ,A=OLD" " " " " " " " " " " 4I cou%d read on% up to this word80OC IMMADI2-AL& I .2! O? 0FLL CAD 2LAC-''''' -hese Mor$ons are settin# $e up !O I COFLD ,A CO?BAC-AD ''''''9 2nd so on fu%% defensi+e red a%ert I %oo*ed at e+er bod in the roo$ one b one tr in# to deter$ine who probab% $aster$inded the who%e caper'''' .=O =2D ,AA? !D&I?@ O? MA -=I! LO?@/'/'/"""" -O E?O. -=2- I =2D ,AA? CC&I?@ 0OC M& !O?''/ -=I! DAC!O? MF!- =2BA ,AA? DAADI?@ I? OFC ,2-=COOM OC M2&,A -ALA!CODI?@ OFC ,2-=COOM 0COM 202C -O !AA MA CC&I?@ .=ILA ,2-=I?@ 8"" OC .OC!A, -=I! DAC!O? =2D ,AA? .2-C=I?@ M& .I0A 2?D -AA?-2@AD D2F@=-AC! ,2-= 2L!O''''' 88 0OC =O. AL!A COFLD =A E?O. -=2- I .2! CC&I?@ I? OFC ,2-=COOM ABAC&-IMA I -OOE 2 ,2-= 2LL -=I! -IMA///"""4 es, I had been cr in# a%$ost e+er da ' - but on% in the bathroo$ did I cr and pour out a%% the pains and sorrows of $ dai% stru##%es, a%% the an#uish and despair, a%% the he%p%essness and hope%essness of the search for a cure for $ son8" his i$pendin# death """"' not one of $ fa$i% , not e+en $ wife saw $e cr 8888"9 2?D F!I?@ -=A ,I,LA &A- -O !A- MA FD''''''' 2?D =O. COFLD =A E?O. THAT WE WERE AGAIN CRYING THIS MORNING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LAST FAITH HEALER THAT WE WENT TO, AFTER EXPERIENCING WITHOUT A DOUBT - RECEIVING A GREAT MIRACLE FOR AN ANSWER FROM GOD FOR OUR PRAYERS??? -hese Mor$ons $ust ha+e been sp in# on $e this %on# to *now a%% these thin#s''''' ,2!-2CD!''' 88 Or so the opposition ra#ed in $ $ind8""' ,ut as I stared at the teacher, at the two $issionaries beside $e and at e+er one e%se in the roo$, I cou%d not notice an trace of #ui%e of an *ind whatsoe+er' 2%% I cou%d see was innocence, e+en pure innocence, #ent%e s$i%es, purit of spirit that #%owed thru their e es, sincerit , peacefu%ness, cheerfu%ness, *indness, honest and a%% such #oodness that I ha+e not seen in a +er %on#, %on# whi%e 8""''' 2nd when the $issionaries as*ed $e if I had found the +erse, I said es, and %oo*ed at the +erse a#ain8" 2?D -=ACA I- .2!''''''''''''''''''''' thus sa th th! L"#$, th! G"$ "% Da& $ th' %ath!#, I HAVE HEARD THY PRAYER, I HAVE SEEN THY TEARS()***************** It is @od spea*in# here88"''''''' 2nd as I read it a#ain, I HAVE HEARD THY PRAYER, I HAVE SEEN THY TEARS --- BOOMED AND THUNDERED IN MY MIND8""''' 2?D I 2LMO!COLL2D!AD 2- -=A -=OF@=-" " 2?D COFLD ?O- =OLD ,2CE M& -A2C! -=CF -=A BAC& -=ICE, ,L2CE CLOFD! O0 DI!,ALIA0 " " ''' @OD =A2CI?@ M& DC2&AC!'''///" " " !AAI?@ M& -A2C! I? -=A ,2-=COOM ABAC& -IMA I CCIAD''''///////// 42%% $ hairs stood''''9 8",ut @od was indeed spea*in# to $e8 ta%*in# to $e thru the +erse8te%%in# $e that =e has seen enou#h of $ tears a%read " " " " " " " " " " " " 0or no one rea%% *new how $uch I cried'''' 0or I cried on% e+er ti$e I too* $ bath8"" O?L& I? -=A ,2-=COOM DID I CC&'''' 88" !O 0I?2LL&, 20-AC 2 LI0A-IMA O0 !A2CC=I?@, I =2BA 0OF?D M& @OD''' 2 @OD .=O =A2C! DC2&AC!, 2?D 2?!.AC! -=AM8" 2 @OD .=O C2CA!8" 2nd then it a%so dawned on $e that a%% those %itt%e thin#s that were happenin# 4bi# $irac%es actua%% , to $ in+esti#atorGs $ind9, were answers to $ in+esti#atorGs pra ers8"" the $ost that touched $ heart, $ who%e bein# and for which up to now I a$ eterna%% #ratefu% to =ea+en% 0ather8" was when I started to pra as*in# =ea+en% 0ather, if it was possib%e, to p%ease, p%ease, p%ease8" -a*e awa the cancer pains that $ son had a%read started to fee%" 0or one e+enin#, $ son wo*e $e up to co$p%ain of pain so$ewhere in his %e#8" 2nd I cou%d on% sa 8 oh no88 here the co$e, referrin# to the bone cancer pains, which were the $ost painfu% of a%% the cancers, so I was to%d88 2nd faced with such he%p%essness, I cou%d on% pra and as*, p%ead with =ea+en% 0ather to p%ease ta*e awa the pain fro$ $ son88 2nd then I wou%d hear $ son re3uestin# $e to turn on the t+, and as I watched hi$ watch t+, I *new his pains had #one" 2nd we wou%d #o to s%eep" 2nd how $an ti$es did these pain attac*s happen durin# a )(-hr" da / More than once, se+era% ti$es, and as the da s passed b , these pain

attac*s beca$e $ore and $ore se+ere and fre3uent''' 88 ,F- 2LL I =2D -O DO .2! DC2&88"' 2?D -=A!A .OFLD @O 2.2&''''''' &A!, 20-AC 2 LI0A-IMA O0 !A2CC=I?@, I 0I?2LL& 0OF?D M& @OD" " " " -=A @OD .=O =A2C! 2?D 2?!.AC! DC2&AC! 8-=A @OD .=O C2CA! 88 -=A @OD I? M& !ACCA- !O?@ O0 !-CA?@-=8""which #oes this wa 88" IG%% wa%* with @od, fro$ this da on" =is he%pin# hand, IG%% %ean upon" -his is $ pra er, $ hu$b%e p%ea" Ma the Lord be e+er with $e" -here is no death, thoG e es #row di$" -here is no fear when I %ean on =i$" IG%% %ean on =i$ fore+er and =eG%% forsa*e $e ne+er" =e wi%% not fai% $e as %on# as $ faith is stron#, no $atter what road I $a wa%* a%on#" I+,, -a,. - th G"$, I+,, ta.! H s ha/$) I+,, ta,. t" G"$, H!+,, u/$!#sta/$) I+,, 0#a' t" H1 !a2h $a' t" H 1, a/$ H!+,, h!a# th! -"#$s that I+,, sa') =is hand wi%% #uide $ throne and rod, and IG%% ne+er wa%* a%one, whi%e I wa%* with @od" 2nd thou#h I was in pain and in sorrow, and aff%icted8" I was no %on#er in $iser as I used to be" In a%% the recesses of $ heart and sou%, there was peace and har$on 8 such as I ha+e ne+er *nown before'' 8"" nor e+en thou#ht possib%e to e>perience''' 2nd so when the $issionaries as*ed $e if I wou%d %i*e to be baptized, I said es" " "' ,ut then this inter+iew8"" 2$ I #oin# to %ose $ @od a#ain after a%% these ears of searchin#/ 2nd so once $ore I fe%t he%p%ess'' 2nd once $ore I %eaned upon $ @od and pra ed hu$b% to =i$" D%ease do not %ose $e8" I do not want to be %ost a#ain e+er'''''' D%ease he%p $e pass $ inter+iew88 and then fina%% , the inter+iew and the dreaded 3uestion a$on# others" Can ou #i+e up a%coho% and our drin*in#888"" I tried so hard to find e+en ;ust the s%i#htest iota of honest for $e to be ab%e to sa es8"" but there was none I cou%d find8" !o I ;ust stared b%an*% at A%der Jacob 4the A%der who inter+iewed $e9 and said nothin#" 2nd then A%der Jacob e>p%ained to $e +er *ind% and +er si$p% the =o% @host, how I wi%% recei+e It durin# $ confir$ation" @od the =o% @host//// &es8"" 2nd so I re$e$ber $ secret son# of stren#th a#ain whose tit%e is 6IG%% .a%* with @od78"" Meanin# after confir$ation I wi%% ha+e @od the =o% @host for $ constant co$panion/ &es' !o I can rea%% wa%* with $ @od a%read //// &A!!!!!' 2nd so after #ent%e proddin# fro$ A%der Jacob, I fina%% dec%ared, es I can #i+e it up' 2nd so on March 9, 1986, $ birthda , I was baptized, and at confir$ation, I did recei+e the =o% @host" ,ro" Dann de %a Be#a confir$ed $e a $e$ber of our church" I noticed that I not on% %oo*ed c%eaner and oun#er, but handso$er too' 8"" 2nd the first da passed, and there was no prob%e$, and so did the second, third, fourth e+en up to the se+enth da , and there was no prob%e$" ,ut be#innin# the ei#hth da , I be#an to fee% a s%i#ht burnin# sensation in $ nec* in the throat area 1 which #ot $ore and $ore se+ere as the da s passed b " 0ina%% on the 1(th da after $ baptis$, it #ot so bad that I cou%d not bear it an $ore88 Once $ore, the he%p%essness8"" so once $ore I pra ed8"" but it did not #o8""' I pra ed a#ain8 and a#ain8" and a#ain, and a#ain and a#ain, a#ain, a#ain, a#ain and a#ain''''' ,ut it refused to #o8"" and I be#an to fee% as thoG a b%ow torch was p%aced direct% in $ throat and I fe%t so hot in $ throat I cou%d not bear it an $ore"" the a%coho%ic withdrawa% s ndro$e""'/ 2nd so at e>act% (51< in the afternoon, $ resistance co%%apsed and I #ot out into the cit to drin*" 2nd as I went to the first Kwaterin# ho%eG with the intention to 3uench $ thirst for a%coho%, tears ;ust we%%ed up in $ e es and b%urred $ +ision" .2! I- 2LL I? B2I?///// M& LI0A-IMA !A2CC= 0OC M& @OD///// M& 0I?DI?@ =IM///////// M& ,2D-I!M/////// M& ,AI?@ @IBA? GOD THE HOLY GHOST 0OC 2 CO?!-2?- COMD2?IO?///////''''''''' MY FINALLY BEING ABLE TO WAL3 WITH MY GOD 2CCOCDI?@ -O M& !ACCA- !O?@ O0 !-CA?@-=//////////''''''''' .ILL 2LL -=A!A ,A I? B2I?/////////////////// 2M I

@OI?@ -O ,ACOMA 2 !L2BA -O 2LCO=OL 2?D 2LLLLLLLLL -=A DABIL! O0 =ALL///////////////// -hese thou#hts raced throu#h $ tortured, troub%ed and despairin# $ind, and findin# no answers" " " " I continued to trud#e on to the nearest and first Kwaterin# ho%eG %i*e a desert tra+e%%er desperate% thirstin# for water' ,ut e+en as bede+i%%ed as I was, a soft, #ent%e, a%$ost i$perceptib%e thou#ht crossed $ $ind8" K-here is sti%% a wa ou can a+oid drin*in#8G -o which I i$$ediate% , 8".=2-/ =O./ 8 and the soft, #ent%e thou#ht continued in $ $ind8 G2s* =ea+en% 0ather to hide and tuc* awa a%% our drin*in# buddies"G8" .=IC= I IMMADI2-AL& DID''' I DID ?O- ABA? M2DA I- I?-O 2 DC2&AC' I ;ust i$$ediate% as*ed @od to p%ease, p%ease hide the$ a%%''''""""" DLLAAA2222!!!!!AA'''''' 0or I ne+er dran* a%one8 It was a%wa s with $ buddies or at %east one of the$888 2?D -=A @OD of $ secret son# of stren#th, M& @OD'''' .=O @2BA M& !O? 2?D MA CIDA .=A? -=ACA .2! ?O MOCA CIDA" " " " .=O -OOE 2.2& 2LL -=A ,O?A C2?CAC D2I?! O0 M& !O? 0COM D2& -O D2&, ABAC&D2&''''''' --- ABAC&-IMA -=A& OCCFCCAD '''' .=O @2BA F! DA2CA 2?D LFIA- =2CMO?& I? OFC =A2C-!, ABA? 2! .A .ACA @OI?@ -=CF -=A!A !.ICLI?@, C2@I?@ !A2 O0 =ODALA!!?A!!, =ALDLA!!?A!! 2?D -=A IMMI?A?- DA2-= O0 M& !O?" " " " " " " " " " " "&A!, M& @OD .2! !-ILL -=ACA''''' " " " " " 2?D =A DID =IDA -=AM 2LL' 0or I did tru% #o fro$ one waterin# ho%e to the ne>t fro$ (51< p$ to 951< in the e+enin# --- for < fu%% hours I co$bed a%% the cit for $ drin*in# buddies and cou%d find ?O?A'''' 2nd so at 951< p$ a%% I cou%d fee% was 2LCA2D& hun#er and fati#ue, so I went ho$e, bathed, had dinner and drowned the seethin# heat in $ throat with a ha%f #a%%on of ;uice PAC3ED IN ICE*) " " " " " AND THAT WAS THE END OF THAT****************************************** ?ow, a%$ost )8 ears %ater, these are sti%% as fresh in $ $ind and $ bein#, as the happened in 1986, and I had a%wa s wondered wh =ea+en% 0ather sti%% did hide the$ awa " " " a%% $ drin*in# buddies when I .2! 2LCA2D& @O?A OF- LOOEI?@ 0OC -=AM !O I COFLD DCI?E 2@2I?" " " "' I cou%d on% thin* of one reason " " " " " I sti%% used $ free a#enc to refuse to drin*, and thoG $ bod had a%read cra+ed for it, 1' s0 # t $ $ /"t *** 2nd so, whi%e a%% the de+i%s of he%% $ust ha+e been upon $e at that ti$e tr in# to drown $ spirit to force $e to drin* a#ain, HEAVENLY FATHER COULD NOT ALLOW MY FREE AGENCY TO BE DISRESPECTED EVEN BY ALL THE OPPOSITION!!! - FOR HE HIMSELF RESPECTS MY FREE AGENCY!!!!! EVEN WHEN I CHOOSE TO DO WRONG!!!! A/$ s" h! $ $ h $! a,, 1' $# /. /4 5u$$ !s ) ) ) )* I testif that when we use our free a#enc , =A2BA?L& 02-=AC .ILL ,A -=ACA -O M2EA !FCA -=2- I- I! CA!DAC-AD ABA? 2! =A =IM!AL0 CA!DAC-! I- --- ABA? .=A? .A C=OO!A -O COMMI- !I?' =A CA!DAC-! ABA? -=2- C=OICA'''' -he on% troub%e is when we choose to do ri#ht, the opposition wi%% oppose us as worst the cou%d' 1 to pre+ent us fro$ doin# #ood' ,ut when we choose to do bad, ---- ohh8 the opposition ;ust *eeps 3uiet, and e+en encoura#es us to do worse'''' I testif that the $easure of our faithfu%ness I! O?L& I? .=2- .A C=OO!A -O DO''' =O. .A F!A OFC 0CAA 2@A?C& -O C=OO!A -O DO CI@=-8 2?D I0 .A C=OO!A -O DO CI@=-, =A2BA?L& 02-=AC .ILL ,A -=ACA -O M2EA !FCA -=2-=2- C=OICA I! CA!DAC-AD8" I testif further that it is not =ea+en% 0ather .ho wants us to be $iserab%e with our %i+es, but the opposition" I do testif that there are conse3uences to our e+er choice and if we are not carefu% we can $a*e the wron# choices and suffer the conse3uences thereof" I testif 1 that the conse3uences of wron# choices are on% capti+it and death 4) ?ephi )5)H9 1 but that the conse3uences of ri#hteous choices are peace and rest in this wor%d, and eterna% %ife in the wor%d to co$e 4D?C <95)I9" I testif that a%% our %o+ed ones who we want fu%% con+erted - wi%% be fu%% con+erted - if on% the wi%% not use their free a#enc to harden their hearts'' I testif that we can %o+e a%% $en as @od %o+ed us - that we can for#i+e a%% $en, e+en as =ea+en% 0ather can 1 that we can acco$p%ish a%% our ri#hteous choices and ha+e a bit of hea+en e+en whi%e et on this earth because =ea+en% 0ather wi%% support us' 1

that when we %i+e our %i+es worth of the constant co$panionship of @od the =o% @host, .ho$ we recei+ed after baptis$, -! $" t#u,' -a,. - th G"$*** 6 a/$ - ,, /!&!# a/'1"#! -a,. a,"/! / th s -"#,$* I do testif that the D%an of !a%+ation is indeed the perfect p%an of our =ea+en% 0ather to enab%e us to return to =is presence and that the 2tone$ent of our Lord Jesus Christ is the ape> and perfection of this p%an" I testif that when our Lord Jesus Christ co$$anded us to be perfect e+en as our 0ather who is in hea+en is perfect, it was on% because =e *new that =ea+en% 0ather had a%read #i+en us the $eans, whereb we can acco$p%ish this co$$and" 41 ?ephi I5H9 =e *new that a%% we had to do was to use our free a#enc wise% and proper% and ri#hteous% , and we wi%% be ab%e to perfect ourse%+es'''''' 0OC -=A !IMDLA CA2!O? -=2- =A2BA?L& 02-=AC =IM!AL0 .ILL !FDDOC- OFC F!A O0 OFC 0CAA 2@A?C&'''' I *now a%% these thin#s are true and I do bear witness to it, in the sacred na$e of our Lord Jesus Christ" 2$en"