Not too much happening this past
week unless of course you count the wonderful Zone Training Meeting and Senior
Training in Oshkosh. And in spite of being on the road quite a bit, we were
able to make time to visit the Elders Quorum president (close to 100 miles
round trip) and commit him to contact an individual with an invitation that
could possibly bring the blessings of the restored Gospel into their lives. He
chose his next-door neighbor and will have given them a written invitation to
the “Mormons Next Door” presentation by last Saturday. We will follow-up with
him this Wednesday. The zone Leaders shared with us “who, what and when” cards that are left as a reminder to members that they have committed to make an invitation to some gospel related activity to a family or individual. They make the invitation and we follow up. The cards coupled with our MND presentations in March give the members a very
easy way to begin the process of contacting friends and acquaintances.
Hopefully they will realize it is not such a frightening experience after all.
Sunday I was set apart as the
Elders Quorum secretary. I feel very good about this calling. With the Lord’s
help I will be in a position to assist with the set-up of the home teaching
families and routes. My mantra will be, “Doing something is going to be a big
step up from what went on before, which was practically nothing”. When you meet
members who benefited from a close relationship with home teachers and they ask
you, “why haven’t we seen anyone in quite awhile”, it makes you very sad. In
that regard, Sister Johnson has made a big difference with her calling as
Relief Society secretary. We continually meet members who comment on the cards,
mailings and visits they receive from the sisters. These results are coming
after a sweet, previous Relief Society president quit requiring visits altogether.
It’s the eternal principle of
faith…to make something happen, something has to happen.
Trying to make things happen,
Elder and Sister Johnson
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