Priorities

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“If you put first things 1st, and second things 2nd, you’ll get both. If you put second things 1st, and first things 2nd, you’ll get neither!”

This quote is attributed to Neil A. Maxwell. It was repeated by Area Seventy Elder Mark A. Gottfredson during a recent Tempe Arizona Stake Conference.  Both were of course referring to how we live the Gospel. And how life often gets in the way of us doing so by messing with our priorities. 

It seems that many in our community have their priorities straight! This is once again evident by the turnout to the 2021 Light The World Giving Machines, and the amount of money donated to six charitable organizations participating in this year’s program. Many of our readers slid credit cards and paid for food, blankets, services and other needs at the vending machines placed under the Gilbert Water Tower. Your efforts resulted in not only caring for the needy, but they also helped to lighten the burden of those operating the organizations tasked with meeting those needs. The smiles on faces in the images below tell that story. So, we’ll let the happy story be told with these pictures. Thank you for reading, and for putting first things 1st.

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