To the Missionaries of the Great Texas Houston Mission,
We hope you had a wonderful time speaking to your mothers and/or loved ones. It is inspiring 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 good 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.
With interviews approaching, we want to remind you that we will pay particular attention to your goal setting and planning as reflected by your planners. We will also look at your lists and hope that we will see evidence of you using them to engage your members, create unity in the work and inquire as to the status of your 5 invitations to baptism.
We love you and will continue praying for your good success as you prepare for the greatest miracles yet to come :).
Love,
President and Sister Mortensen
We had transfers last week and had no departing missionaries and we received one new missionary. We are so happy to have Sister Valenzuela here with us! She is delightful and ready to work!
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| The Assistants provide some training |
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| Sister Valenzuela with her new companions |
