Now, brothers and sisters, I
want to summarize something very quickly. If you consider the adjustments
that have been made, you now have the operational,
the executional responsibility for the work of salvation, under
the direction of the bishop, taking place in
the elders quorum and in the Relief Society. Not just the presidencies,
in the elders quorum and in the Relief Society. If you pay attention to the
recent adjustments in the Young Women classes and in the
Aaronic Priesthood quorums, they have exactly the
same responsibility, all under the direction of the
bishop--but Relief Society, elders quorum, Young
Women class presidencies, Aaronic Priesthood
quorum presidencies, quorums and classes. And they're not
planning activities in Aaronic Priesthood quorums
and in Young Women classes to take up time, to fill a check
box, because we're supposed to do this every
week, or because we want to entertain people. You focus on the
work of salvation, learning and living the
gospel, sharing the gospel, uniting families, and helping
the poor and the needy. Period, exclamation point,
end of sentence--that's it! This is really simple. Now, all of this
prepares us to hear what I want to express now. Can you see? Can you, can we
begin to see what happens when the elders quorum,
the Relief Society, the Aaronic Priesthood quorums and
the Young Women classes are all laser beam,
singularly focused on the work of salvation? The miracles that will
occur, the advancement of this work in the earth
will be astronomical. And I have this one admonition. Do not underestimate the
capacity of these young men and these young women. They don't just need to
sit and listen to adults tell them how great it is. They don't need to
have adults saying, "Well, when you get a little
older, you'll have your turn." They need to be anxiously
engaged in this work right now, and they will help
identify things to do, ways of accomplishing this work
that will majestically move this work all over the earth. Please do not underestimate
what those Aaronic Priesthood quorums
and those Young Women classes can accomplish.