Time transcripts of #1 David Martin Mission President

[00:00:00.08]	I went on a full-time mission, two-year mission for my church, the LDS Church.

[00:00:06.67]	and I served in Idaho. That's where I went, 

[00:00:10.33]	and my mission president who was an educator, 

[00:00:13.78]	his name was Sherm Crump, Sherman Crump, 

[00:00:15.97]	and he expected all the missionaries to read, um, to read

[00:00:24.27]	the Standard Works which are the Bible, 

[00:00:27.39]	including the Old and New Testament, 

[00:00:29.59]	the Doctrine and Covenants, The Book of Mormon, 

[00:00:31.60]	and Pearl of Great Price which are scriptures, 

[00:00:34.69]	and he expected us to read them in a certain time period 

[00:00:39.37]	and then to reread them and reread them.

[00:00:41.59]	In addition, we had to memorize certain discussions 

[00:00:46.31]	and there, I believe there were seven discussions 

[00:00:49.26]	and we also had to memorize 120 separate scriptures 

[00:00:55.26]	and so that process gave me the skills necessary 

[00:01:02.01]	for me to really become a better student 

[00:01:05.17]	when I returned from my mission. 

[00:01:07.61]	And before we could become a senior companion 

[00:01:10.34]	and be in charge of our own area, 

[00:01:13.63]	we had to memorize all those scriptures 

[00:01:17.03]	and memorize the discussions

[00:01:19.44]	and have read the Standard Works, 

[00:01:21.16]	so it was quite a process to be entrusted 

[00:01:28.35]	with your own area as a senior companion

[00:01:30.86]	but that was the way that President Crump ran the mission, 

[00:01:35.05]	so I'm grateful for him for the way that he instilled 

[00:01:42.27]	in all the missionaries  that he was President over 

[00:01:44.48]	the desire and the skills necessary to

[00:01:47.87]	memorize and to understand what you memorized.