Living by the Power of Faith - Hardcover

Cook, Gene R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877477450 ISBN 13: 9780877477457

Publisher: Deseret Book Co, 1985

Synopsis

On July 29, 1977, Sister Cook and I had just finished visiting the Bolivia Santa Cruz Mission and were stalled in the Cochabamba, Bolivia, airport for some five hours. I recall that we were very tired, having had few hours of sleep the night before. We were both delighted to have a few hours of rest in the airport. As I was drifting off to sleep, I had a very strong feeling that I should awaken and write down some ideas. The desire to sleep was strong, but the promptings of the Spirit were more powerful. I did write; in fact, I wrote for nearly three hours, solving some organizational problems I had struggled with for a number of years previously. I felt a great outpouring of the Spirit on that day and excitedly wrote down each inspired thought. The experience took most of the time of the delay. We were then off to La Paz, Bolivia. We were graciously met by President and Sister Chase Allred at the airport and driven in their van to the mission office. We left our luggage and briefcase in the locked van. Upon entering the office, the president was confronted with the difficult case of a woman whose husband was dying. While President Allred and I isted with her needs, Sisters Cook and Allred left in a car for the mission home. When the president and I to the van, I realized immediately that all of our goods were gone but umed that Sister Cook had taken them with her to the mission home. While we were driving toward the home, I discovered that the right front wind wing had been damaged and began to fear that our goods had been stolen. Arriving at the mission home, we found that our luggage had indeed been stolen. The loss of a substantial amount of and all our clothing created an immediate but only temporary problem. More disheartening was the fact that my scriptures were in my briefcase along with the inspired ideas I had just received in Cochabamba. The overwhelming sensation of discouragement, anger, and inability to do anything about the situ

Edition details

• Publisher: Deseret Book Co
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877477450
• ISBN 13: 9780877477457
• Binding: Hardcover