There is another body of water
found throughout the church today. I speak of the Pool
of Prospective Elders in each ward and each stake. Picture in your mind a river
of water gushing into the pool. Then consider a trickle
of water emerging from that stagnated
pool, a trickle which represents those going
forward into the Melchizedek priesthood. The Pool of
Prospective Elders is becoming larger and wider
and deeper, more rapidly than any of us can
fully appreciate. It is essential, even critical
that we study the Aaronic Priesthood Pathway, since far
too many boys falter, stumble, then fall without advancing into
the quorums of the Melchizedek priesthood. Thereby eroding the active
priesthood base of the church and curtailing the
activity of loving wives and precious children. What can we as leaders
do to reverse this trend? The place to begin is at the
headwaters of the Aaronic Priesthood stream.