Any cool missionary experiences lately? One of the girls in our ward brought a friend to church on Sunday. Hopefully we will be able to start teaching her! She’s super, duper cute. For my 12 week program, Sr. Hafen and I watched a District video last night about working with members and one thing that stuck out to me was something the member said, “A lot of us really want to share the Gospel! I mean, we love the Church and the blessings we've received from it. We just don’t know how.” So, here is my missionary tip for the day—
1. Be personal—talk about you and how you’ve been
blessed.
2. Testify!—What do
you know? I know that with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I can be with my family
forever.
3. Ask an inspired
question—It’s called a Question of the Soul. Do you believe in life after this
one?
4. INVITE—this is so
important! This gives them the opportunity to act. We’re having a special
meeting about families at church this Sunday. Would you like to come with us?
That list has helped me so much when contacting. People
really respond. I love thinking about
(well, me and Soeur Hafen do) before this life when all of us were together,
receiving our call to Earth and some of our best friends found out they wouldn't
get to grow up in the Gospel. And they looked at us with tears in their eyes, “Promise
you’ll find me. Promise you’ll help me remember.” And we promised. Some missionaries get stressed out thinking “What
if I don’t find them all?” For me, I feel a calm, peaceful feeling telling me that each and every person is one
of my beloved brothers and sisters and it makes me love them all so much.
The cool thing is the Lord is on our side. One of my
favorite scriptures right now is Ether 3:5 “Behold, O Lord, thou canst do this. We know that thou are able to show forth great power.“ I literally see his hand in
everything I do . Sometimes, especially
when I bear my testimony , I can literally feel the power of the Gift of
Tongues helping me with my French.
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