Here is a peek at the room Bill and I prepared for the missionaries who moved into our home this month. I found some nice bargains on-line and am happy how it turned out. I knew I needed to take a picture before they moved in because it will probably never be this clean again!A few months ago our Stake President asked if more families would volunteer to house the missionaries. With our children either married or attending college we have ample room. They take care of their own food and transportation and their daily and medical needs. We share kitchen and laundry space.
I see this as an opportunity not only to clean and prepare physical space for them, but I have tried to also prepare our home spiritually. I've given thought to what I listen to and watch and what my own activities are. I pray for the spirit to be present and for our home to be a holy place for revelation from heaven.
An Elder from El Salvador and an Elder from Vermont are our first guests. They are assigned to the Spanish Ward and teach lessons in Spanish. I enjoy hearing this beautiful language in my home. I promised to help them with English if they would help me practice Spanish.
I know there is a powerful spirit that accompanies missionary work and I am looking forward to experiencing the daily blessings of their work. I've heard the Utah missions are among the highest in baptisms throughout the world. Many people are searching for the truth. Good people everywhere want to know how to find God and how to help their families find real happiness, purpose and safety. There is a special promise in the Book of Mormon for those who want to know for themselves what is true.
Moroni 10:4
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would aask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not btrue; and if ye shall ask with a csincere heart, with dreal intent, having efaith in Christ, he will fmanifest thegtruth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
6 And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is.
7 And ye may aknow that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by power, baccording to the faith of the children of men, the same today and tomorrow, and forever.I believe everyone will embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ if they will read the word of God, especially the Book of Mormon, and pray with a sincere heart to know if it is true. The Lord will testify to them in their own hearts. The missionaries living with us are currently teaching a family and other single individuals who have done these things and are preparing for baptism. I pray for these special witnesses of Jesus Christ and those they are teaching.
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