While teaching a young women in North Carolina about the Book of Mormon, we got to the promise that Moroni gives to all of us to know if what we are reading is true. Forgetting that most people we taught were not used to reading from the Bible and when they did it was from a version that was in everyday language, we asked her if she would read verses 3 through 5 and tell us how she felt about it.
Here's how it went when our Southern Belle read them:
"Behold, I would exhort ya'll that when ya'll shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ya'll should read them, that ya'll would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men…"
I had never heard the term "ya'll" used in quite that context, but it worked beautifully and she still got the message. Marianne J. - Utah
What is Your Best Missionary Story?
You probably had experiences on your mission that were incredibly spiritual, incredibly funny, moving, crazy, or just dumb.
You know when you got home from your mission that people were interested in your stories for the first week or two and then life entered in and they stopped being interested in the two best years of your life.
But, no matter whether you are 24 or 94, you will find yourself using the phrase, "when I was on my mission..." fairly often in Church or even just talking to strangers who are members.
Here is your chance to share your best stories.
Here are a few instructions:
Keep them to three short paragraphs if at all possible. They may be great stories but you aren't writing another bible. Keep them short and give us the meat. We'll catch on and enjoy them if they aren't long and drawn out.
One story per email please.
Send your story in an email to: create1631.ldsmissionarystories@blogger.com
Put the title of your story in the subject field of your email and put your first name and last initial at the end of your story.
Not every story will make it in. I'll have to look at each one and cut any that may be a problem.
With that said, SEND IN YOUR BEST STUFF!!
You know when you got home from your mission that people were interested in your stories for the first week or two and then life entered in and they stopped being interested in the two best years of your life.
But, no matter whether you are 24 or 94, you will find yourself using the phrase, "when I was on my mission..." fairly often in Church or even just talking to strangers who are members.
Here is your chance to share your best stories.
Here are a few instructions:
Keep them to three short paragraphs if at all possible. They may be great stories but you aren't writing another bible. Keep them short and give us the meat. We'll catch on and enjoy them if they aren't long and drawn out.
One story per email please.
Send your story in an email to: create1631.ldsmissionarystories@blogger.com
Put the title of your story in the subject field of your email and put your first name and last initial at the end of your story.
Not every story will make it in. I'll have to look at each one and cut any that may be a problem.
With that said, SEND IN YOUR BEST STUFF!!
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