To the Missionaries of the Great Texas Houston Mission,
There is a great energy within the mission that is the direct result of the increased unity of purpose we are seeing. There has never been a time since we've been here where we have felt that our mission statement is becoming an accurate description of who we are rather than just who we want to be. It's an exciting time to be invested in the work.
We all want to succeed in our purpose, but the reality is that when we arrive in the mission field we don't know how to do it effectively despite all of our righteous desires and commitment. Over the course of our missions we gradually learn how to become effective. This process can happen more quickly as we teach each other and help one another succeed. It is important that this happens because the Adversary is working full time against us. His efforts intensify when our investigators accept a baptismal date. So must ours. With this in mind, we are asking district leaders to focus some of the discussion during our district meeting area reports to ensure that we are retaining those we have worked so hard to find and shepherd. We would like you to be prepared to answer these questions and any others your leaders feel inspired to ask relating to your progressing investigators and those with dates:
1. Where are they reading in the Book of Mormon? Is it daily? Have they received an answer to their prayers
2. What members are involved with them (no less frequent than every day after dates have been set and ideally appropriate member involvement for each member of the investigator family)?
3. What is the plan for church attendance? Are members committed to invite/sit with/fellowship on when they come?
And for those investigators with dates:
1. Do they have a covenant path calendar with their baptismal date on it as well as their temple date?
2. Have you started planning the baptismal service?
Please receive the questions asked in the spirit they are intended. We want to make sure we are remembering all of the critical steps in shepherding our investigators to the water. As we do, we will see a much greater harvest of the great work we are doing.
We love you and are grateful for your faith, sacrifice and commitment to this great work.
Love,
President and Sister Mortensen
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| Door approach role play |
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| Door approach Role play |
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| Role plays in zones |
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| Extended MLC with District Leaders attending |
President Mortensen and I were able to attend Zone Meeting in the Woodlands Zone. We were so impressed with the wonderful leadership of Elder Barton and Elder Alder. Great things are happening in the Woodlands Zone!
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| Elder Barton inspires us |
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| Siste Soto provides great instruction |
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| Elder Alder handles a difficult topic with a great spirit |
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| We saw these wonderful elder today at church |
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| We attended a wonderful baptism tonight and were so happy for these sisters. |