Week 9

There was a lot of good videos and articles for week 9, and I loved them all. Within all the videos and articles, they talked about different topics such as: trustworthiness, hiring honest and ethical people, and what a leader is to name a few. There was a couple of things that stuck out to me and that was Elder Bednar’s talk on BYU-Idaho being a disciple preparation center and Jim Ritchie’s video on achieving higher ground. With Elder Bednar’s talk I loved his whole talk, but I would say I really liked the way he talked of BYU-Idaho and the rest of the church schools being similar to the 17 Missionary Training Center’s across the world. They were mostly isolated geographically, most were located near a temple etc. Elder Bednar quotes, “…We are blessed to be in a special place – a Disciple Preparation Center – and to be engaged at a pivotal time in an essential work. As disciples we have important lessons to learn; we have an eternally important work to do.” After reading this it made me think about my time at BYU-Idaho and why I am there and what I will be doing after graduating, and what a blessing that I am able to prepare myself while taking classes to be a better prepared disciple of Christ. The whole BYU-Pathway program through BYU-Idaho was inspired of God and we are able to finish our degrees while at the same time preparing ourselves for discipleship at an affordable price! What a blessing that is for all of us! In Jim Ritchie’s video on achieving higher ground, I really liked how he talked about Captain Moroni and Abinadi from the Book of Mormon, and how they were true leaders who took others to higher ground. They were obedient, they worked hard, they sacrificed, they were prepared in all things as leaders. We can look to them as examples as to how we should be conducting ourselves with ourselves.