To the Missionaries of the Great Texas Houston Mission!
It was wonderful to see each of you this week during Zone Conferences and to see what great teachers you are! We reaffirm to you that as you practice teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ you will find more opportunities to teach it than you previously imagined. Be sure to apply those principles in your own lives. Adopt the Lord's vision/purpose for us as missionaries. Set personal goals and make plans to achieve them in faith and actively repent so you can achieve them. You will find that there is greater power available to you when you do.
In PMG (p.2) we read, "You are called to represent Jesus Christ in helping people become clean from their sins. You do this by inviting them to come unto Jesus Christ and become converted to His restored gospel. To come to the Savior they must have faith in Him unto repentance—making the necessary changes to bring their life into agreement with His teachings. You can help people develop such faith by teaching them the restored gospel by the Spirit and inviting them to commit to live according to its teachings. Keeping this commitment prepares them for the covenant of baptism and confirmation and the precious gift of the Holy Ghost. They are to put off the “natural man” and become a Saint “through the atonement of Christ the Lord” (Mosiah 3:19)."
We want to thank so many of you for making a concerted effort to involve members more fully in your work. The number of lessons with members present is dramatically up and many of you have told me you have noticed how much easier it is to retain and progress your investigators with members involved. Please remember to do all you can to have members involved with EVERY investigator and that they are offering to "pick up" our investigators to bring them to church just as the good shepherd "picked up" His wandering lamb and brought it back to the flock. We will do a better job of establishing the church here when we do!
Lastly, thanks to all of your who brought investigators to the Fireside last night! We think we had more investigators present last night than any previous fireside! You are doing a wonderful work and many lives are being blessed as a consequence!
It is an honor and privilege to serve with you!
Love,
President and Sister Mortensen
PS Congratulations to the Cypress 2 zone for winning January's zone competition!
The Mission Department visited our mission last week during Zone Conferences to install boxes in our mission vehicles to help our missionaries drive even safer. They will remind missionaries to buckle up, drive the appropriate speed and not to make any aggressive manuevers. We are so happy for this added protection for our wonderful missionaries.
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