Go Forward With Faith

Go Forward With Faith By Sheri Dew
The book i have to read in the next day...its 560 pages and i have 50 of them read .. pray for me i will be reading all day ... i might read one more chapter before hitting the hay.

i have already started to learn so much from this book about President Hinckleys life. I have gain so much more respect for him and i havent even gotten to the chapter about his mission. but everything he went through in his life so far has made him such a great and tremendous leader. thats what the book report/group presintation is on. my group chose to do great leaders and chose to do the prophets of our church, and as you might have guessed now mine is President Hinckley.

Did you know that he fought the fact of a biography being writen about him for a long time then finaly told sheri dew that she can. she took a manuscipt to him and he replied to her "i am sick sick sick of reading about Gordon Hinckely...Adulation has has ruined many good man and woman, i dont want this book to portray me as someone im not"

he wanted the book to be writen like he was a normal man, that is how he thought of himself. he didnt want to start school, his schooling was even delayed a year. he played hookie once, and his mother wrote a letter to the pricipal of the school saying "dear mr strearns please excuse gordons absince yesterday. his action was simply an impulse to follow the crowd."
that letter cut him deep for he was one of the people who came up with the idea and got others to do it too. -- no wonder he used to talk so deeply about things like that.

as i have read i have found many things that have made him such a great leader, and the fact that anyone can be a leader, the prophet was perfect growing up reading these storys, he has questioned his faith, and he even cussed once -- and got his mouth washed out by sope. He was a normal person. He went through many trials in his life. The experinces he has had i believe have made him into such a great leader, and having many great exsamples of many great men, his father, his bishop, his teachers, by learning from them and taking what they know, he grew into the man - and the prophet we knew and loved.

i really hate to put down the book, but i know i need to get some sleep.
and will be reading all day tomorrow/today.



today was much better the yesterday -- who said friday the 13th was unlucky .. my license is back in my posession, i made cookies with a cool guy, my phone is semi working now -- i still have to go back to IF to get the update but i would of had to leave it there over night and dont know when i will be back there. lets just hope i can not be distracted and get a lot if reading done tomorrow.



i dont think i will read anymore .. gunna read scripts and pass out. whoot 500 pages tomorrow ... and its taken me 3 hours just so far!! pray for me!! :D

have a wonderful singles awareness day everyone!!!



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