Dex Devall, Eddie Patrick & Dillon Stone – Personal Priesthood Interview
I love it when an apprentice comes close to being accepted into the order. His training is essentially complete. He’s learned the rules. He knows who he is. He knows why he’s here and where he’s going. And as masters, we’re just fine-tuning him and double-checking that he’s truly ready for graduation.
I was paired with Master Stone to oversee Apprentice Devall’s Personal Priesthood Interview, and I was extremely pleased on both counts. I’ve seen young Devall go through many of his silly seasons; the times when he was a rookie recruit with such an intensely rebellious streak that we had to do everything we could to simply get him back on track. These troubled kids, in my experience, go one of two ways; either they push themselves so hard that they’re thrown out of the order, or they pull themselves together and become outstanding apprentices. Devall, fortunately, fell into the latter group. In fact, in the relatively short time I’ve been in the order, I’ve never met a young man who has generated so much excitement among the masters. It was a great privilege to play such an important role in your training.
