A missionaries purpose

This one is more to the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We had a wonderful zone conference today, in which Elder Nash of the seventies came and spoke with us. He is a very powerful speaker, and we had speakers from the missionaries, from our mission president and his wife, and from Elder Nash and his wife. The main time was spent with elder Nash speaking. I always listen carefully for something that I have never really thought of before. I always want to pull some idea or concept out from a talk that I can really feel like I have learned something new that I never knew before. Elder Nash said this, "It is the role of the missionary to assist the members in the work of the Lord, and not for the members to assist the missionaries." That was a strange thought to me at first, but as I thought about how to be a successful missionary, and the things that we have learned from preach my gospel, he is right. You as members are the true servants of the vinyard, doing the Lords work. You are the ones that spend day in and day out, with your non-member friends, and it is through you that the missionaries can assist you in your efforts to bring eternal life for your friends and family. We as missionaries should do everything that we can to find and to bring in, but in large, success is found through the members of the ward. If you follow your part, the blessings of God will follow and rain upon you.

     The whole idea of the message is, that every member is a missionary, and will play a big part if not bigger role than the missionary in bringing people to the truth. Hopefully the missionaries will try to involve you as members in everything that they do, and make realitionships with investigators in the ward, but you as members, can make a major difference in the work of the Lord in your area. Talk to your missionaries and sdee how they can assist you. And as the ward begins to feel the fire of the work, many souls will be brought into the fold of God and blessings that are special to you shall be given from our loving Saviour and God. Missionaries and Members together, unified and strong will bring a greater result than the two seperate parts could ever hope to achieve alone. In unity are the greatest works of this world accomplished. The savior loves us all, and there are many that await the light of the gospel.