This week we had a great zone conference. It was cool for me to see how the call to consecration in our mission has affected so many people, missionary and non-missionary. It made me realize however, how sterile my approach to sharing about our mission goals has been in the past. It's like I had this mental block between your life and mine because I'm a missionary, and I apologize for that.
I am going to invite you to join in on the growth I have been experiencing in the past three months. There is a talk by Tad R. Callister called "Becoming a Consecrated Missionary" which has been the catalyst for the progression we have had in this mission. In it, Elder Callister talks about what it means to consecrate ourselves to the Lord. While it is directed at missionaries, I think there are many ways that members, who also have a charge to do missionary work, can apply these principles in their lives. I would encourage you to read the talk and see what you can do to become a more consecrated member. I know that this principle has brought my companionship and our mission incredible blessings, and that it will bring them to you and to your family as well as you start (and continue) to live the law of consecration in ways that you may not have thought of before.
After you do that, tell me about it! I want to hear what you are doing to be a more consecrated missionary. Feel free to write me an email, comment on the facebook link or blog post, write a letter, or even just post it on your own facebook page. Consecration and missionary work are inseparable in my mind, and both bring incredible blessings that we can't even imagine. So try it out! Let me know how it goes. I am excited to hear all about it. :)
Just in case you were wondering, New York continues to be the best place ever, and the trees are more and more beautiful every day. Thank you, East Coast autumn, for making my life better.
Love,
Sister Beer
I appreciate your post about Elder Tad R. Callister's invitation for us to all be consecrated missionaries. What can we each do? Well, Sister Murray sends out missionary reports from her two missionary children. She is not real "hep" on computers and such, but she has taken one more technological plunge and has started putting hyperlinks into her emails. Her emails go out to dozens of people. Many people read her emails. Just as you have included a hyperlink to Elder Callister's talk which gives readers the opportunity to jump to a new uplifting site, her emails include hyperlinks to talks and videos that readers can follow.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the great work.