I received some mails this week which is very exciting!!
thank you grandma for always sending me a dearelder it is always nice to be
able to have something to open and read!!! |Thank you Clatin, Rachel and the
littles ones for the letters!! THey were very exciting to read! i really
enjoyed the pictures!! I am always
asking myself how can I learn to be a better missionary today, tomorrow and
forever. I almost always end up thinking about the members. When I was in the
MTC I dont remember which one but a General Authority spoke to us. He talked
about the numbers of members we have, around 16 million, and how many
missionary's we have, around 70,000. We have about 140,000 converts every year,
people baptized after the age of 8. So on average world wide a missionary
averages 2 baptisms. I don't remember exactly but
1/3 or 1/4 of all those baptisms had to do with a member
before they ever met missionary's.
Salvation is not easy and it is only possible through
baptism in the only true church that has the power and authority of God.
Thankfully this power and authority has been restored to the today. It has been
made possible to feel more joy and happiness in this life and the next because
the the Only true and everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored.
Salvation has been made possible because of this. Do you have friends, family
who have no made the sacred convent of baptism? Unless you live in box.. or
Utah (which is almost a box)...
kidding... No matter where you life or what you do with
your time you know people who have not made this convent or maybe who are not
renewing it every Sunday.
I want to challenge you to listent and obey the words of
the prophets and help hasten the work of Jesus Christ. The scriptures promsie
over and over and over again that if we have faith , a deasire and are
dilligent we will receive answers to our prays. Start praying tonight to find
people in your life to share the gospel with. To be exact pray to find 12 people
that you can you PERSONALLY introduce to the missionarys, or atleast try. That
is one person every month. You will literally be apart of the most important
work in the world. This is possible and this will make a world of difference.
We 16,000,000 members and only 70,000 missionarys. Missionarys are like a Queen
on a chess board. You cant win when you only use you queen! You are most
effective when you use your pawns wisely and use all of your peices together.
This is the same for the missionary work. Have missionarys in your house as
often as possible, with someone who is inactive or not a member. They do now
only need to come over for dinnner or lunch.
And when missionarys in your hosue use them. Missionarys
have been called and set apart by the power of God. They can help you. Ask they
for help with how to start a conversation about the gospel with a friend, how
you can invaite a friend over with out being push. Ask them to role play with
you. Give the missionarys someone to teach when they come to your house.
We have the plan of happiness. We have the restored
gospel of Jesus Christ. We have the power of God on earth today. Be faithful in
all things, repent of your sins, renew your baptismal covienent every single
week of your life, be worthy of the Holy Ghost and endure to the end. This is
the gospel of Jesus Christ. LIve it, love it and SHARE IT!!
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And they call me
Elder Anderson
For behold I am a disciple of Jesus Christ
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