Sunday, October 13, 1968

Yesterday during morning class Elder Burr, our afternoon professor, interviewed everybody in the district personally for a few moments. He wanted to know generally how we felt we were doing and how we were getting along. Elder Welch did the same last week.

Following class Elder Rencher and I walked downtown, where I bought a pair of shoes on sale at Penney's and also a pair of slacks. I saved four dollars on the shoes. We came back just in time to go up to the Wilkinson Center for lunch. Starting Saturday morning we began eating there rather than Amanda Knight Hall. The food is better, utensils clean, more food, the environment has more class. The only complaint is the walk, but the exercise will be good. Most of the afternoon we spent watching Wyoming beat BYU in football 20-17. BYU lead much of the game—it was sad.

Today was fast Sunday. In testimony meeting I played the piano. This evening we attended the BYU Eight-Stake Fireside in the Fieldhouse. President N. Eldon Tanner spoke. He mentioned the great value of a good and honorable name, the necessity of not selling honesty for a dime, the importance of personal responsibility. He spoke of his childhood home in Canada. He delivered a blessing and expression of love from the Prophet. He explained the necessity and value of real prayer. It was a great talk, one which moved me back into the spirit of missionary work, for earlier in the evening we were a little too light of spirit.