Advice for Members of the Millville 2nd Ward on helping the missionaries.

The bishop asked the three families who have missionaries in our ward to talk about our missionary's experiences sharing the gospel.  He also asked if she would include in her email this week some advice for our ward on Missionary Work.  After much pondering and prayer here is what she sent:

Dear members of the Millville 2nd ward,

There are four things that I can think of that you can do that will help the missionaries serving there:

1. Pray for missionary experiences in your personal and family prayers. Pray and ask The Lord to trust you enough to let you help His children come to a knowledge of His gospel. 

2. Talk with everyone! Don't limit their (or your) eternal potential by passing them by. Talk to your neighbors, your friends, your colleges, or even those you meet on the street. Live what you profess to believe, people will notice, and they will ask questions. When I am long gone from this earth I don't want someone to come up to me and say "you knew, you knew about this gospel the whole time, why didn't you tell me?" Everyone needs the gospel, and we are the ones that God has trusted to bring it to them, so open your mouth and let Him fill it with the things you need to say.

3. Purchase the book "The Power of Everyday Missionaries" by Clayton M. Christensen. This book will change the way you view missionary work. It will help you make missionary work apart of your everyday lives. It will become a natural reflex to be an everyday missionary.

Last but most importantly, 

4. Have a family for the missionaries to teach in your own home. We as missionaries love referrals, but the support and fellowship that comes from teaching in a members home leads to a much stronger and easier conversion. 

Amongst all of this it is important to remember agency. Everyone you invite may not say yes, but that is their decision. It is our responsibility as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to share the message of the gospel and then let others decide whether or not to accept it. Let us all heed a prophet's call to share the gospel with everyone. NOW is the time brothers and sisters to spread the gospel upon the face of the whole earth. NOW, not tomorrow, not in three weeks, but now. Let's open our mouths and let the gospel flow forth, and let us "be made instruments in the hands of The Lord unto the salvation of many souls."

I say these things in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.