An Evening with Sister Elaine Dalton

Sister Elaine Dalton, General President of the Young Women for the Church, lead our Stake Auxiliary Leadership Training in November. Being in the Stake YW's presidency, I had the opportunity to have dinner with her, Brother Dalton, and their daughter-in-law (as well as Sister Cheryl Lant and a member of the General RS Board). After dinner, we had a training for the Stake YW Leaders over six stakes, where she talked to us about being 'in front' (i.e., completing personal progress, having regular scripture study and prayer, etc.), and she challenged us to make a difference in the life of at least one YW (whether in the Church or not) every single day. Then we had a training with the Ward and Stake YW Leaders of the six stakes. It was truly amazing. I was impressed by her humility and sense of service. Her love for us, the YW and the Lord was apparent in everything she said. She talked about being 100% in three things everyday: Pray morning and night; have at least 5 minutes of scripture study; and smile. I also had the chance to chat with her husband, who served his mission in Fort Worth and spent some time in Denton. He and his wife recently visited there for the Denton Jubilee, to celebrate 50 years of the Church being in Denton. It was a wonderful, magical evening!