A Time for our Best!
Dear Elders and Sisters:
Sister Clark and I certainly hope your Christmas was
wonderful and your conversations with parents and loved ones was a blessing to
you and to them. We trust you taught
them a spiritual message and blessed their lives as a result of your great
service. Thank you for doing so. And in your letter home today, please thank
them for us again for their great sacrifice and investment of many things so
that you can serve.
Here we are at the end of 2015 and what a glorious year
it has been! As we approach 2016 I
believe it is important to count our blessings and inventory our insights.
Blessings:
1. To be here in the great CFM, now, under the hastening
of the work!
2. To be serving where we are, with whom we are serving
with as companions!
3. To be blessed by such wonderful Members!
4. To have the support of such incredible families from
home!
5. To have so many tools and such great support from the
Brethren to be able to serve.
Insights:
1. The Doctrine of Christ!
2. Our Missionary Purpose!
3. Our Mission Culture!
4. To know that Exact Obedience brings Miracles!
5. To know the value of being Master Planner, Finders,
and Teachers!
6. To know the blessings of Talking with Ten, Opening Our
Mouths, and having our Lines in the Water!
7. To understand the blessing of the Power of One!
8. To know the power and blessing of being Complete
Missionaries!
9. To have the Lord's Vision to guide the work in this
Mission!
10. To have Standards of Excellence to guide our diligence!
11. To know we can do all things if we will rely on the
Lord and lean not to our own understanding!
I believe regularly counting our blessings and
inventorying our insights reminds us of just how prepared we are to do the
Lord's work, to participate in His hastening.
It is a way for us to be mindful of how prepared and powerful we
are. As I consider our insights, I see
you as powerful Missionaries who are very prepared to give your very best to
the Lord this upcoming year! We just
have so much to offer and are so well prepared to participate at a higher level
in the hastening of the work. It is
truly a time for us to give our best!
Christmas is such a great reminder of His love for us and
in a Mission where we serve because we love Him, what an appropriate time to
re-focus on the reason for our service.
We love you and desire more than you can know that your
conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ becomes deeply rooted in who you
are. We know as you live your Missionary
Purpose it will be so!
Love,
President Clark
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