To the Missionaries of the Great Texas Houston Mission,
We attended the creation of the new Conroe, Texas stake today. What a miracle it is to be serving at a time when the Lord is performing such great miracles in this part of His vineyard! We are grateful for all those missionaries and mission presidents and wives who have gone before us for their great effort and sacrifice that has made all of these miracles possible. There are now 10 stakes in our mission with an 11th to be created soon. As we see new stakes created, we are witnessing the fulfillment of the Lord's admonition in D&C 82:14 when He says:
"For Zion must increase in beauty, and in holiness; her borders must be enlarged; her stakes must be strengthened; yea, verily I say unto you, Zion must arise and put on her beautiful garments."
We felt inspired in our gatherings with you this week. Since zone conference many of you have reached out to share the miracles of what is happening as you engage the members using your Master list of those wandering sheep that should be known to all of us and ever present in our minds. We are confident that as you use those lists to encourage members to be involved in the lives of those who are a great source of finding, we will continue to see even greater miracles!
We remind you that your assignment is to find 5 people through your lists to whom or through whom you will extend baptismal invitations in the next 30 days. Your chances of succeeding on this will increase dramatically as you get your ward council involved. Remember to get them committed to follow up with individuals and use the list at every member dinner. You will be more inspiring as you communicated your commitment to baptize and the efforts you have made to identify those who may be the most likely candidates to baptize. If you simply convey this effort as something you are being asked to do, you will lose the power of the invitation.
We are confident that the Lord has greater things in store for us. We challenge every companionship in the mission to do all you can to have AT LEAST two people with dates going into the month of June. We would love nothing more than to have the biggest month of convert baptisms we have ever had. The blessings of the gospel will continue to bless many lives of our Heavenly Father's children as we recommit ourselves to invite all to come unto Christ and be baptized!
Love,
President and Sister Mortensen
Here are some pictures taken at zone conference last week
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| So fun to be together again! |