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It recounts a story about a bishop who helped a man who had just gotten out of prison by providing him with a job, a car, and new clothes.
I've got a book about the Beatitudes that Brad Wilcox and his brother, Roger Wilcox, wrote.
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It recounts a story about a bishop who helped a man who had just gotten out of prison by providing him with a job, a car, and new clothes.
I've got a book about the Beatitudes that Brad Wilcox and his brother, Roger Wilcox, wrote.
When Roger served as a bishop, he received a call from a man who lived within the ward boundary but was not a member.
The man had just gotten out of prison and said, some of my buddies in prison told me if I needed help starting a new life, I should call a Latter-day Saint Bishop.
Roger invited the elders corn president to join him on a visit to the man's apartment. They asked how can we help with great humility?
The man said he needed a job. The elders corn president called the brother in the ward who laid brick and the brother said he would hire the man.
The ex convict was flabbergasted. He then said, I have a car but it's not running. I'm going to need it to get to my job. Roger and the elders corn president made another call to a mechanic in the ward who said he would come and look at the car later that evening.
The former prisoner could not believe it. Finally, the man looked down at his beat up jeans and tank top and said these are all the clothes I have. I don't think I should show up for work like this.
Roger called and invited the Relief Society President to join them at Desert Industries where they got the man some more suitable clothes. At that point, the man broke down in tears.
He said, I can't believe you've done all this to help me when you don't even know me. Roger responded, I couldn't have helped you on my own. Neither could the elders corn president or the Relief Society president.
It's through the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ that good and caring people can pull together to help. We trust that you want to start a new life and we want to help. Through his tears, the man said, thank you. I won't let you down.