Getting to elder David A. Bednar (attending, mission, church, scriptures)

[Bishka]

BTW, Elder Bednar was the president part of the time I have been attending BYU-Idaho!

When he was called to be a new apostle, Elder Bednar was serving as the president of BYU-Idaho, formerly known as Ricks College.


As president of BYU-Idaho, he always asked students to bring their scriptures to devotionals so they could learn from them.

Before moving to Idaho, he taught at universities in both Arkansas and Texas. In 1994 he won an important award for outstanding teaching.

Even Elder Bednar's father was not a member of the Church, he supported his son's decision to accept a mission call to Germany.

Elder Bednar met his wife, Susan, when they were both college students at BYU. They were playing flag football, and she caught one of his passes. He was impresssed. It was the only pass she remembers ever catching!

Elder Bednar was born on June 15, 1952, in San Leandro, California.

Elder Bednar played quarterback on his high school football team.

Elder Bednar's father told him he would join the Church when he knew it was the right thing to do. After Elder Bednar was married, his father called and asked him to come hom and perform his baptism.

Elder Bednar is the youngest of three children by fifteen years.

Elder Bednar and his wife were married in the Salt Lake Temple and raised three sons.