Members and Missionaries (: 
   Last week we had an activity with Raleigh 1st ward where we brought the members together with the missionaries and brough snacks to share, played games and watched meet the mormons. I love that just by inviting someone to a ward activity the members of the church can do "Missionary Work". Always remember that you don't have to be knocking doors or teaching full on lessons to people who are not members to be a member missionary. It is truly so important for the members and the missionaries to be on the same page and to be working together! You as the members are just as important as we are as the missionaries.(:

  I challenge the members everywhere to start reading Preach My Gospel with their families because it truly is an easy way to become more missionary minded.(: After All President Mckay did say, "Every Member A Missionary" (:  I would also invite you all to listen to the talk called....
Preach My Gospel---- The Unifying Tool Between Members and Missionaries by: Erich W. Kopischke of the Seventy

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2007/10/preach-my-gospel-the-unifying-tool-between-members-and-missionaries?lang=eng

Ask the leadership in your ward this Sunday how you can become more involved in Missionary Work(:

 

                             Put the Lord first and He will help you know what to put second(:

                                                      A Miracle for the Raleigh Sisters(:

   It all started when we went to visit a potential investigator about a week ago. He had been someone that had been visited before, about a year ago, but did not seem very interested at all leaving his wife alone in the lessons. Something changed when we went and visited him last week; something changed in him. This man that had never really talked religion with anyone before opened up to us and started talking to us about what he believes and asking us questions. He eagerly left us with an assignment to study a certain topic for the next time we came. With big smiles on our faces we happily agreed and were on our way.

Fast forwarding now... we went and visited with him again a couple days later. We asked him if he had read the chapter in the Book of Mormon that we had left with him and without hesitation he said "yes!" and began to read to us his favorite verses. We continued to talk about his favorite verses and while answering some of his questions a man came out of no where. Literally out of NO WHERE. This man happened to be our investigators friend. He started talking to us and told us that he just had a feeling he needed to come pay his friend a visit because it had been awhile since they had seen each other. After he introduced himself and we learned more about his religious background he sat down with us. We gave him a Book of Mormon so that he could follow along in our reading and discussion. Throughout the discussion we invited him to come to church and he started asking us if we'd judge him because of some addictions he has in his life. We then began to explain that we don't necessarily support those things, but that we wouldn't judge him because that is not our place and that is essentially why we go to church so we can become better people.

 As we began to wrap up our meeting Sister Slade was talking to our investigator and I began to talk to his friend because I could tell a lot was on his mind. I expressed how good it was to meet him and that he could have the book we gave him. He got wide eyed and asked, "Really???" With a smile I said of course! Then he started telling me about how this was a miracle and that God truly answers prayers because he had been praying that God would provide him with a way to get a bible/ book of scripture and now he had one in his hands. What a happy moment this was for me. How truly blessed I am to be a missionary and that I along with my companion could be the answer to someones prayer.(:

   This was such an amazing experience because just hours before we were talking to a member about missionary "Special Moments" which is defined as moments when a missionary truly realizes that they have been put in the right place at the right time and it's no coincidence. This my friends was a special moment of mine, and I will NEVER forget it! Big or small Miracles happen everyday.(:

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