Some people think they belong to the bank of Jesus Christ not the Church of Jesus Christ and they expect the church to pay for their support. When they ask us for money we say we can't authorize any payments and refer them to the branch president. Lynn counseled President Amer to have everyone who needs financial help come into his office at the church and receive some counsel about money management and how to use the fast offering money. Since he started doing this the begging has slowed down considerably. We haven't purchased food for anyone for quite a while, which proves that they really don't need the help, they just want it.
Except for one couple. They can't seem to get the message or understand the concept of self-reliance. This week we received a request for 100 JD's from a woman and her husband so they could buy "some things." President Amer is in Thailand or a few months and the couple told us they cannot go to the first counselor in the branch presidency to ask for money because they don't respect him. After a quick e-mail to President Amer they decided to tell the man that he would have to deal with the first counselor. If he won't go to his Priesthood leader (who the Lord has called), what can we do? So sorry.
No comments:
Post a Comment