Our devotional on Sunday was given by Brother Clayton M Christensen. He talked about how the missionaries should be the link between the members and the investigators.
The member's role in missionary work is to turn everyday activities into missionary opportunities. The investigator's role is to ask, seek, and knock for themselves.
Our role, as our purpose states, is to invite others to come unto Christ. Brother Christensen is such a great man. He is a professor at Harvard and has created 2 businesses, but it struck me how humble he was. As they were reading his biography before he spoke, he held his head down a little as if he didn't want people to look at him. He was just so amazing to me.
Our devotional on Tuesday was by Elder Jose Alonso of the 1st Quorum of the 70. His wife spoke first and she fave her testimony in Spanish with her daughter translating into English for the rest.
It was a very powerful thing especially for those going on Spanish speaking missions because it really showed that this is a worldwide church. Elder Alonso shared many things, one important one being, "finding by the spirit is just as important as teaching by it." We don't really practice contacting as much here because it's not as easy to simulate as teaching, so I never really thought much about it. He told us to talk to as many people as possible because nothing will happen until we find someone to teach.
Last Saturday we taught in the Teaching Resource Center (TRC). This is a place where emmbers volunteer to be taught lessons as themselves and not as investigators. We taught the Kitchen family about receivng revelation through prayer.
There were 3 people- the parents and their 15 year old daughter. The mother was a native Spanish speaker and the father served a Spanish speaking mission so we taught in Spanish. At one point we were talking about how much we learned here so the father shared this story with us.
When he was in the MTC he heard this story from a general authority.
One day a class was being taught and the general authority was observing them.
He was on the other side of a one way mirror so the class didn't know he was there. The general authority said there were many more teachers in that room than just the one speaking. He saw angels ministering unto and teaching each missionary. I never thought about that before, but it is so true. This is a dedicated, set-apart place for the learning of the Lord's missionaries. That's why He is giving us the best He can so He can sent us out with everything we need to teach His gospel.
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