Writing Gospel Principles in Our Hearts
Walter F. González October 2001 Saturday Afternoon Session
English is the language of the Restoration, and in this conference session, English spoken with an accent symbolizes Church growth all over the world. I’m from South America, where the Church has grown tremendously. When I joined the Church 30 years ago, we had 108,000 members and 6 stakes. At that time we had no temple on our continent. Now we have 2,600,000 members and 557 stakes. Eleven temples are functioning, and two are under construction. Nephi, the son of Lehi, said: “But I, Nephi, have written what I have written, and I esteem it as of great worth, and especially unto my people. For I pray continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night, because of them” (2 Ne. 33:3). This heartfelt cry is being answered in our day through the Book of Mormon. Nephi was praying that the word he had “written in weakness will be made strong unto [us]; for it persuadeth [us] to do good; it maketh known unto [us] of [our] fathers; and it speaketh of Jesus, and persuadeth [us] to believe in him, and to endure to the end, which is life eternal” (2 Ne. 33:4).