By Elder Don R. Clarke

Of the Seventy

Don R. Clarke, "Becoming What You Want to Be", New Era, Jan. 2011, 40–43

Don R. Clarke
You can become any good thing the Lord wants you to be if you'll listen to Him and follow the Spirit.
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When I was the mission president in the Bolivia Santa Cruz Mission, one of the missionaries serving with me, Elder Hinostroza, was happily serving in a town near the Brazilian border and wanted to finish serving his mission there. When it came time to make missionary transfers, I felt the impression to change Elder Hinostroza's assignment and sent him to Santa Cruz. He said, "President, why change me when I have only six weeks left on my mission?"

I said, "I think it's the right thing to do."

He looked at me and said, "I'm not so sure." But he was a good missionary and went to work.