Rules Are Given For A Reason
When I had my final interview with my Stake President so that I could send in my mission papers (my application to serve as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), I was given two points of counsel from my Stake President.
Faith Amidst The Darkness Of The Unknown
A few weeks ago in my Singles Ward our sacrament meeting theme was about missionary work. I was blessed to hear from three amazing return missionaries who are now serving as ward missionaries (they assist the local missionaries in their work, they act as a liaison between the full-time missionaries and the ward members to further the work, and they teach the gospel principles class during Sunday School.).
My Call To Serve
It is common knowledge among my acquaintances that I have served a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka the Mormons). What is not commonly known is why. Many assume that I was one of those girls who had planned on serving for as long as they could remember. That is not the case.
I Will Forever Be Grateful To These Four Amazing Men
I will always be grateful for the missionaries who taught my Father’s family the gospel just before he was born, and for the missionaries who taught my mother and aunt the gospel when they were in their teens.
Being Worthy to Become a Mormon Missionary
Filed under: Preparing for and Returning from Missions
Can you imagine becoming a missionary, an emissary for the Lord, and living in sin? I certainly can’t, for “neither can filthiness or anything which is unclean be received into the kingdom of God” (Alma 7:21). If no unclean thing can inherit the kingdom of God, how could that same unclean spirit hope to teach and preach the word of God in the hopes of bringing others to Christ?
Mormon Missionaries: How Great Will Be Your Joy
Filed under: Preparing for and Returning from Missions
A little over a year ago a mother wrote of her twenty-year old daughter: “She’s leaving on a mission to China for three weeks.” This mother continued to write about how much she was going to miss her sweet daughter. It was obvious the act of letting her precious child go was terribly difficult.
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