To the Missionaries of the Great Texas Houston Mission,
It was great to see you all at zone conferences this week. We hope you came away with deeper understanding of why God gives us commandments and why obedience truly is the way we show love to God and the way we receive further light and knowledge to not only be successful in our missions, but to receive eternal life.
We also hope you had a wonderful time speaking to your mothers and/or loved ones. It is interesting to see the loving treatment of the faithful women in the scriptures. The crowning and last event of the creation was Eve. God clearly wanted the earth to be prepared and beautiful before He introduced women into it. Mary, the mother of Jesus was the first to receive the angelic messenger regarding the pending birth of the Savior. The faithful stripling warriors were so valiant because, "they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them." (Alma 56:47).
Elders and Sisters, one of the greatest blessings you have in your lives will be that of your mothers. Even better, Sisters, you have the promise to be mothers, partners with a loving Heavenly Father to help fulfill the His vision of "bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Mos 1:39) by having your own children. Elders, one of the greatest responsibilities you will have will be to treat your future wives and mothers of your children as the Queens and Priestesses they have been foreordained to be. We hope you will begin now to prepared for these roles. Sisters, prepare yourselves for marriage by doing all you can to be beautiful and refined in every way. Elders, prepare yourselves for marriage by holding women in high esteem. Be respectful of them. Be kind. Treat them with the courtesy and respect modeled by our Heavenly Father. This preparation will prepare you for the level of happiness we hope you all achieve.
We love you and will continue praying for your good success as you prepare for the greatest missions yet to come :).
Love,
President and Sister Mortensen
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