It’s A Great Day to be A Mormon Missionary in the CFM
Dear Elders and Sisters:
Two accounts from Companionships that should inspire all
of us (names have been changed to protect privacy).
First, in the category of "The Lord Hastens His Work
and He does the Work!":
"Just a heads up, you are about to get a repeat of
the email you sent out! On Thursday we
got a Headquarters referral for a woman named Jenny. [After we] had dinner [we]
contacted her. When we knocked on the door, she opened it and said "I was
hoping you would come today!" We went inside and she told us how much she
wanted to learn about the church. Her father was a less active member and she
was never baptized because her mom was anti. A year ago on his death bed her
told the chaplain that he was LDS and that really struck her and since then she
has been thinking about it and wondering why he claimed that when he hadn't
lived it. So she got on mormon.org and chatted with a member and everything she
had concerns about was answered through modern day revelation (conference
talks, family proclamation, the whole gay marriage thing last year, etc.) We
told her and her husband Glen about forever families and taught about the
restoration of the priesthood. They were so excited they asked us to come back
the next day! So we did, and we taught the rest of the restoration and told
Glen how he could have the priesthood to bless his family after he was
baptized. He stopped us and said "I don't want to seem up front, but how
do I get baptized?" I didn't have words. Thank goodness for Sister
'Companion', she had the answer. We set a date for the 30th and invited them to
church on Sunday. They came for all three hours with their kids, Gill and
Stevie, and absolutely loved it! Family is very important to them and that was
the lesson in gospel principles, and the elders quorum/ relief society lessons
were on why we have temples. The Lord has impeccable timing. Last night two of
our members went over with cookies and pretty much adopted them into the ward
family officially. This family is amazing. The spirit is just teaching them so
much and they are so excited. She called this morning and said "We feel
very strongly that we need to tithe." They also started keeping food
storage about 6 months ago and have a family night every week. They have really
strengthened my testimony of modern day revelation and D&C 11:3. The field
is white, and these souls are waiting for us to knock on their doors. We just
need to exercise the faith necessary to find them, teach them, and baptize
them."
Second, in the category of "Go to the Rescue and
you'll find People to Teach Repentance to and Baptize":
"Last night, we went to visit some less-actives, the
Olsen family, and Sister 'Companion' was wondering why we bother visiting
members if it is the home teacher's job. I remember wondering that too, so
after explaining what I did know about it I prayed specifically that we Could
Fulfill our Purpose by getting to meet some of their friends. Well, they let us
in and it turns out they had 4 friends over! We shared a message on the
Atonement and my super awesome companion tied it in to the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, read Alma 5:62, and challenged them to be baptized! And 2 of them,
Kelly and Janie, said yes! We left them with copies of the Book of Mormon, and
they were already reading through it when we left. The Spirit was so strong. It
was a great way to end the week."
My testimony is that the Lord is Hastening His work and
doing all the work to prepare the honest truth seekers and sincere in heart to
receive you and be taught how to repent and press forward towards Celestial
Glory through the door of baptism. My
witness is that when we assist the Members in the Rescue of the Less Actives,
we will find people to teach repentance to who have been prepared by the Lord
to receive the gospel of Jesus Christ, again, under the Hastening of the Work!
It's just a great, great day to be a Mormon Missionary in
the California Fresno Mission!
Sister Clark and I look forward to being with you in Zone
Conference this week! We can't wait!!!
With
much love,
President
Clark
