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C2NR
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Date: March 19, 2018 02:20PM
I spent last week with my brother from Utah. He has been in bishoprics and high councils. I found out on the trip that he is mentally completely out and no longer wears his garments. He has no faith or belief in the restoration. He still attends for social reasons and he hadn't told our parents. He is going to have to tell them soon because they are expecting him to be in the temple in August when our niece gets married. He was my only sibling that was still a believing Mormon, and I never expected him to lose his testimony. Not surprisingly, the loss of his belief came from what he found on the internet.
The current bishop in the ward I grew up in was called to be a counselor in the stake presidency, but there is no one to replace him. My mom sent me an E-mail just this morning that included this:
"We still don't have a new Bishop, poor Bishop __________ is doing his Stake calling as well as still serving as our Bishop. There just aren't enough people in our ward. Hopefully, we will get someone soon. I am praying hard for several new families to move here into our ward. We sure need some help."
When I was a youth in that ward our primary sacrament meeting programs had enough kids to make three rows of kids stretching from wall to wall. There wasn't enough room on the stand so a row of kids stood in front of the pulpit. A couple of years ago I attended with my parents when I was visiting and it just happened to be the primary program. There were 13 kids.
The ward is in the San Diego mission.