Empty Power Lines

We went out last week to find new schools where we can put in MGRs. We traveled to a school that the district said did not have electricity. We got there and noticed that there were power lines leading right up to and ending at the school. We asked the supervisor who came with us to explain what was going on. He said that, last year during the elections, one of the presidential candidates started a project to put up power lines in remote areas so that those areas would vote for him. The problem with this is that they started in the middle of nowhere and didn't connect the new lines to the old ones, leaving the new ones without electricity running through them. The candidate who started the project lost the election so the project stopped. Since there is still quite a distance between the old and the new lines, they are unsure whether the new president will continue to bring light to them. They think it is possible that, during the next election in 4 years, they will continue the project so that people will vote for them again, but nothing is for sure here.

It kind of reminds me of the Priesthood. Lots of people appear to have the power, but the connection is missing. There is no power flowing through the lines. What a huge responsibility we have to spread the gospel to all those without its light. There are some in our neighborhoods or even our own families who are living a spiritually primitive lifestyle. As Elder Perry said last conference: We are the finders. Missionaries are the teachers. If we approach our friends, they won't get scared and run away like they would if the missionaries approached them. Help them to see the benefits of having light in our homes. Invite them over. Allow them to feel the warmth of the gospel. As you prayerfully invite others to come unto Christ, they will see what it can do for them and they will come.