BYU Education Week - Part 2

1. When Brother Flake was a Mission President, his wife would inspect the missionary’s apartments. One bedroom she came out of, with an astounded look on her face…… She said, “I don’t know whether to vacuum or roto-till !”

2. There was also a sign on the missionary’s fridge which said……. “If you eat HERE, you will NEVER LIVE to regret it” - Huh?

3. Once the whole mission zone traveled to a city that was some distance away. They took four buses, and put a sign on each bus to “name” it. The names were Ammon, Aaron, Omner and Himni. The President also took along a van, and if the missionaries got too “rowdy” – they had to ride in the van. The name on the outside of the van? “Laman and “Lemuel”.

4. During Brother Flake’s tenure as Mission President, they lived next door to a Baptist minister. They also happened to have a big swimming pool in their backyard. Two funny stories: The missionaries would THROW the Flake’s children in the pool – and said they (the missionaries) were going swimming, “vicariously”. Also, one of the Flake children asked the minister next door, if he wanted to come over and go swimming in their GIANT baptismal font - he was NOT impressed.

5. Kids say the darndest things: “Please bless my brother, who is in the Empty Ocean” (MTC)

6. Brother Flake also taught for some time, a class at BYU called Mormonism 101. This was for non-members, who wanted to understand what our church believes, etc. Some of the questions answered on a test: What is the name of the place where Christ atoned for our sins? “The Garden of Yosemite” What is the name of the Mormon's health code? “The Doctrine of Wellness”, What type of marriage is important to Mormons? “Internal Marriage” What is the name of one of the “higher” priesthood? “Moronic Priesthood”, What is Fast and Testimony Meeting? “A meeting that makes you cry, even if you aren’t a Mormon”

7. Years ago, Elder Jeffrey Holland, who was studying at Yale, stood to stretch his legs after a long session in the Yale Library. He sauntered over to the librarian, leaned across the counter, and asked her if she happened to have a book, that was…. translated from golden plates, which had been buried in the earth for over 1500 years, and were found by a young man, because an angel and told him where to look……. The librarian, with an incredulous look on her face, exclaimed that she had NEVER heard of such a book, but if there ever WAS such a book, she would certainly like to read it. Elder Holland then smiled, and asked her to show him where “The Book of Mormon” was located in the library.

8. Elder LeGrand Richards, was quite “bold” – when he would board an airplane in Salt Lake City, he would stand at the front of the aisle, and ask every member of the church to raise their hand. He would then say to the others, “The person sitting next to you is Mormon, and they would LOVE to tell you about our church”. When asked by someone at a later date, if he was afraid of offending someone, he said that he would rather take the SLIM chance of offending someone by asking if they would like to hear more about our church, than the ABSOLUTE chance of offending God, by NOT ASKING.

9. When Elder Flake was in the mission field, he was one time paired with Elder Looney as his companion. Can you just picture the introductions?