08/29/2026
Jessie Kloepfer from the Limestone Creek ward shared this beautiful experience from FSY saying:
“When I was at FSY this year, I really felt the strongest that I need to prepare for what is next in my life (Spiritually and at College). Several morning devotionals I felt that I need to serve a mission at some point. Some words that stuck out to me were "Don't let satan stop you from filling out mission papers" and "When you stop inviting others, you take away their agency." I had never thought of it that way before. My favorite devotional while I was there was "Climbing the Mountain of the Lord" by Brother Jutkins. He started by telling us about how dangerous it is to climb Mount Everest and how you have to wait for a good time frame before you can climb to the actual top and also make it back home. Then he compared this to mountains that we wish to climb in our lives and how sometimes we cannot make it back to what is really important if we are blinded by our own endeavors. But while we have our own mountains, what mountain does the Lord wish for us to climb? The answer is your next covenant on the path. This was a pretty big wow moment for me as Initiatory and Endowment are in my near future. Brother Jutkins then went on to add that if you put the Lord's mountain first, He will help you climb the mountains you want to climb without losing sight of what is important. I really enjoyed this devotional and have pondered about it as one of the mountains I wish to climb is going into the medical field. But if I put the Lord first, I won't get too absorbed in my ambition.”
Such a reminder of the strength of our youth and all the ways we can be inspired by who they are becoming!