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I reported my mission today to the high council and one of the high councilmen asked me to come to Mission Prep tonight and share something I learned on my mission. They ask RMs to do that to get the kids pumped for missionary life and what-have-you.
So, I went and I demonstrated the standard Florida Jacksonville Mission door approach - "Gathering through the Grove." For those who don't know, "Gathering" is basically testifying of two things: (1) that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in the grove; (2) that the Book of Mormon is true - that Christ appeared to the people of ancient America after His resurrection. And then you ask them to be baptized - because they felt the Spirit testify to them that those two things are true (simple).
Now, if President Newman ever reads this, I want to let him know: even after I've been released and even after I've turned in my name tag - "Gathering" still WORKS!! The class spent the whole time talking about the importance of the Book of Mormon and how important it is to find the elect as a missionary. They were riveted because it was the Spirit that showed them how easy it is and how much success they could have with it. (The teacher asked me about other door approaches I used on my mission and I told him there weren't any others. He didn't know what else to do ^_^)
Isn't inspiration from God a wonderful thing? Isn't great that it's been restored? Isn't it great that this is the true Church?
So, I went and I demonstrated the standard Florida Jacksonville Mission door approach - "Gathering through the Grove." For those who don't know, "Gathering" is basically testifying of two things: (1) that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in the grove; (2) that the Book of Mormon is true - that Christ appeared to the people of ancient America after His resurrection. And then you ask them to be baptized - because they felt the Spirit testify to them that those two things are true (simple).
Now, if President Newman ever reads this, I want to let him know: even after I've been released and even after I've turned in my name tag - "Gathering" still WORKS!! The class spent the whole time talking about the importance of the Book of Mormon and how important it is to find the elect as a missionary. They were riveted because it was the Spirit that showed them how easy it is and how much success they could have with it. (The teacher asked me about other door approaches I used on my mission and I told him there weren't any others. He didn't know what else to do ^_^)
Isn't inspiration from God a wonderful thing? Isn't great that it's been restored? Isn't it great that this is the true Church?
