Mormon Notes: Friendship and Love
Especially for Youth, or EFY, is a week-long youth program sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For a number of summers, I served/worked as an EFY counselor.During my years as an EFY counselor, I noticed something miraculous. Over the course of a few days, my little group of teenage participants somehow grew together in friendship and love. These participants were often from totally different parts of the world. Placed in different situations, some would not have even normally become friends. Some came willingly to EFY, others were sent there by concerned parents.Now, I've had a number of great opportunities as an EFY counselor. The least of which is this re-discovery of a simple truth: when you feel the spirit of the Lord together, you love one another. I've had many experiences prior to EFY that prove this fact. However, EFY just helped me to see this truth in action over and over again. Each week, I struggled to see how our team (called a company) would come together in friendship and love. Yet, each week I was shown the power of the Spirit.I thought about this truth because we discussed "Friendship" in the Priesthood lesson today--it was a great lesson.
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Especially for Youth, or EFY, is a week-long youth program sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For a number of summers, I served/worked as an EFY counselor.
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