RS Lesson Summary- November 30th

This week Brother Maseda introduced the new ward mission plan for 2015. The plan has four points:

1) Become Familiar with Preach my Gospel
2) Create a Family Mission Plan
3) Involve the Missionaries in your efforts
4) Pray Daily for missionary experiences

Brother Maseda testified of the importance of the work we are doing everyday. Missionary work should be like offering a friend a glass of water on a hot day, easy and no stress. The success we find is in the invitation, not whether or not our friend accepts the invitation. We each have our moral agency to choose to accept the invite, so no matter the outcome, we are doing our part, and hastening the work during this very important time.

The missionaries talked about the preach my gospel manual. Preach my Gospel- in the opening section there is a message from the first presidency. It encourages us, and gives each of us a challenge to be a better missionary. It quotes Moses 1:39. Preach my Gospel is a great resource for teaching and understanding the basics of the gospel. As we study the manual we should 'pray to know the truth' as it states in Moroni 10:5.

Brother Welsh gave a great message on planning and goal setting. Planning- wise men plan, successful people use their time wisely. 'setting goals reflect the desires of our hearts and what we want to accomplish'. When doing this work, we should focus our goals on people and not numbers. We should set specific and realistic goals that measure progress. It's important to make efforts to go outside our comfort zone. Be a good example, don't isolate ourselves from the world. Service to others is a big part of our success.

Sister DeFreitas talked about how easy it can be to involve the missionaries in our lives. Sometimes we worry about our homes, kids and other details. The most important thing is to just have fun and not worry too much about appearances. Make a simple meal, invite friends or someone who you think would enjoy a discussion with the missionaries. Have the missionaries over for dinner and let them teach you, and your family, you'll feel their spirit and that will help you gain more confidence in doing the work.

The Bishop then talked about the importance of prayer. Pray Daily- It is important to realize what has been placed in front of us. When we are praying for missionary experiences, and the Lord puts something in our path, we must act on it. Alma 6:6- pray for the welfare of souls who don't know the Lord. The Bishop issued a request to add those 'who do not know the Lord' to our fast on December 7th.