What a Wonderful Visit from Bishop Gérald Caussė to the Ghana
MTC
June
30, 2016
It was so nice to have the visit of Bishop Caussé on Thursday. We have been anticipating this day for months!
In his remarks he noted how his life has really changed over
the last 8 years. He asked the
missionaries “Why did I say yes to President Monson when called me to be a
General Authority and to leave my country?” He asked, “Why did you come on a
mission?” Had several respond.
“I said yes because I know one day I will be before Christ
and will be happy to say that I did all that I could to help Him. I would then thank
Him for the atonement He made for me.”
He told of when he was asked to visit the Vatican to talk
about the new Rome temple. He was asked to go because the archbishop over relations
with other faiths was a French person from Bordeaux, his city of birth, and had
attended the same secondary school there. ”I gave him a wonderful article from
Elder Holland about Mormons being Christian. He invited me to come back with
experts in our church doctrine and have a debate. Being an expert in knowledge
does not necessarily qualify one to share the gospel. I thought about bringing
my children back and having them sing I
am a child of God.”
“In the Middle Ages there were many savants on religion, but
no truth because of the apostate state of the world. What you really need are
not experts in the gospel, but those with the feeling and testimony by the
spirit.”
“In Preach My Gospel gospel we learn that the message
is that the church is restored. That makes it different from all others. what
are the things that make us different from the restoration 1. The First Vision 2. The
Book of Mormon translated and 3. The restoration of the keys and authority
of the Gospel.”
“A visitor at the baptism of our Child remarked how impressed
she was at how we pray to God in a such a personal way.”
He then spoke to us about another way to say the Plan of Salvation
... the Doctrine of Christ. He pointed out that either way it is said,
it points to the atonement of our Savior.
Bishop Causèe and President Brubaker have a special bond that started when we were serving in the Paris France mission.
Elder and Sister Tibbitts welcome Bishop Causèe to the MTC.
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Bishop Causèe, President Brubaker, President Curtis had a personal tour with foremen of the new MTC
it will house up to 350 missionaries. This is the dormitories. The big question is
when will it be complete?
