Elder Juan A. Uceda knows well the power of a piece of caramel candy.
With a broad smile, the newly called member of the First Quorum of the Seventy remembers being 18 years old, recently baptized and attending his new ward for the first time. The young convert didn't feel comfortable around folks he didn't know — a symptom of a chronic case of shyness.
"I was so bashful. … I didn't have a lot of friends," he said.
So instead of introducing himself to the members coming in and out of his new meetinghouse in Lima, Peru, young Juan attempted to appear as inconspicuous as possible by standing in front of the hallway bulletin board and reading the ward announcements over and over and over again. As he was loitering near the bulletin board, a pretty young woman about his own age passed. She stopped and backpedaled to the lonesome stranger.See the full story on ldschurchnews.com.
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