Hey Everyone!
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This e-mail is going to be short (again) because I'm almost out of time, but there is something I wanted to bring up to everyone. In the April General Conference, Elder M. Russell Ballard gave two commitments to everyone. I wanted to follow up on those two commitments.
Commitment #1= invite someone every three months to take the discussions from the full-time missionaries. That's only four people a year per person, but can you imagine if all 15 million members in the Church id that? If every single person that we invited go baptized, how many more member would we have by the end of the year? The amount of people who have received the saving ordinances of baptism will have exponentially increased! We will have gone from 15,000,000 to 240,000,000 members in just one year. Within a two year mission that number will increase to 3,840,000,000! And all it takes is an invitation to one person. Then in three months, one more invitation. Can you see the power of member missionaries?
But how can we overcome our fears about that? How can we invite our friends/family members to listen to the missionaries without sounding preachy or pushy? How do we bridge the gap between the members of the Church and the missionaries?
Commitment#2=obtain a copy of Preach My Gospel and include it in your daily scripture study. Share what you are learning form it with the missionaries in your ward and or the missionaries in your family that are currently serving. Preach My Gospel is a manual for missionary work, and every member in this Church is a missionary. That is how to bridge the gap between your friends and the missionaries. It is a wonderful tool that really opens eyes and enlightens understanding about how to do missionary work the Lord's way, for the Lord's way is the most effective way. We have gospel truths that the world desperately needs. Why are we holding them back? Why would we not want to share pure joy with those we care about?
Brothers and Sisters, friends whom I love and care about, I will follow up with all of you on these two commitments in a month. In the meantime, I would request that each of you keep the commitment that Elder Ballard has asked us to keep. President Monson has said, "NOW is the time for members and missionaries to come together." There are around 84,000 missionaries out right now, ready to teach people that are prepared to hear about the gospel. .The members are the best way to prepare people. May everyone do their part and contribute to the Kingdom of God.
I Love You All!
--Elder Riggs
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