THE LORD NEEDS MISSIONARIES

 FIRST PRESIDENCY MESSAGE

BY PRESIDENT THOMAS S. MONSON

Last October in general conference I called for more missionaries. Every worthy, able young man should prepare to serve a mission. Such service is a priesthood duty-an obligation the Lord expects of us who have been given so very much. Young men, I admonish you to prepare for service as a missionary. Keep yourselves clean and pure and worthy to represent the Lord. Maintain your health and strength . Study the scriptures. Where such is available, participate in seminary and institute. Familiarize yourself with the missionary handbook Preach My Gospel. 

Sisters, while you do not have the same priesthood responsibility as do young men to serve as full-time missionaries, you also make a valuable contribution as missionaries, and we welcome your service.

Remember that this is the Lord's work, and when you are on the Lord's errand, we are entitled to the Lord's help. The Lord will shape the back to bear the burden placed upon it.

(this is exerts from Pres. Monson's talk found in the Liahona Jan. 2011)

I had the opportunity to speak in church this last Sunday with another missionary mother and 3 graduating senior young men who are getting ready to serve missions. I used this part of the Prophet's message to start my talk and since the young men that spoke before me did such a beautiful jobs in their messages, I did not want to take away from anything they had said so I bore my testimony and shared a few things about Josh and his experience so far on his mission. Josh's Dad and I feel so blessed to have a faithful, strong, loving, serving, compassionate, spiritually minded son. He is so very dedicated to the Lord's work and is doing all that he can to draw closer to the Savior. We love him so much as does the whole family. 

 

 Photos of Josh at MTC and also from

                                                              Mexico