Bonjour tout le monde!
This week was a fantastic week here, we had a general authority come and speak to the mission on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and it was a powerful spiritual experience to get to hear from him. His name is Elder Adler, from the third quorum of the Seventy. During the conference he, President Brown, their wives, and the local stake president spoke to us on a number of subjects, but one of them that I most remarked about was of how much importance it is in our missionary work to find friends for the amis that we find in the wards and branches we're serving in. He told and exhorted us to start a habit of offering a deep and sincere prayer with our companion every Sunday morning, pleading with Heavenly Father to find those in the congregation who would be good friends for those whom we teach coming to church. He expressed how it saddens him that too often the only friends our amis have are the missionaries who taught them, and how this is not in itself a bad thing to be their friend, obviously, but how hard it can be for them after we leave if we are their only friends. He told how when a member becomes a friend for your investigator, all of a sudden this constant source of support springs up for them in the church, another reason to want to come, a person who will be there for years afterword, who can support and take them to the temple to receive the blessings there. It was a powerful reminder to us all, and helped us think more about how we can do so with all the amis that we have right now, in bringing them closer and closer to Christ.
The conference went very smoothly, which was a blessing for all those involved with the logistics, and overall was phenomenal spiritual experience. I want to invite everybody at home to take some time to talk to the missionaries in your own wards and branches, and see if maybe there's someone they're teaching that you could become friends with. I hope everyone has a good week, and stays safe, au revoir!
This week was a fantastic week here, we had a general authority come and speak to the mission on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and it was a powerful spiritual experience to get to hear from him. His name is Elder Adler, from the third quorum of the Seventy. During the conference he, President Brown, their wives, and the local stake president spoke to us on a number of subjects, but one of them that I most remarked about was of how much importance it is in our missionary work to find friends for the amis that we find in the wards and branches we're serving in. He told and exhorted us to start a habit of offering a deep and sincere prayer with our companion every Sunday morning, pleading with Heavenly Father to find those in the congregation who would be good friends for those whom we teach coming to church. He expressed how it saddens him that too often the only friends our amis have are the missionaries who taught them, and how this is not in itself a bad thing to be their friend, obviously, but how hard it can be for them after we leave if we are their only friends. He told how when a member becomes a friend for your investigator, all of a sudden this constant source of support springs up for them in the church, another reason to want to come, a person who will be there for years afterword, who can support and take them to the temple to receive the blessings there. It was a powerful reminder to us all, and helped us think more about how we can do so with all the amis that we have right now, in bringing them closer and closer to Christ.
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