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you study, the Holy Ghost can bring all things to your remembrance, which will
greatly enhance your study. Sometimes as I read a verse, a phrase will jump out at
me that reminds me of another scripture somewhere else, or a conference talk or a
phrase from a leader. These phrases and scriptures that come to my mind help me
learn better and solidify the doctrine taught in the verse I had been studying.
Without the Holy Ghost, I would not be able to have these experiences and things
brought to my mind. As we teach we must have the Spirit with us. The Spirit is able
to touch peoples minds and hearts as we bear witness of the things we teach in
ways that nothing else can. I think a gift of the Spirit that is incredibly pertinent to
missionary work is often the gift of tongues for those teaching in other languages.
The Spirit can also give the gift of discernment to help tell when people are truly
understanding the concepts taught or whether a situation is safe or not. Some other
gifts of the Spirit, as found in D&C 46 that help missionary work include knowledge,
faith, working of miracles, to believe and to know that Christ is the Son of God. If a
missionary is blessed with these gifts they are better able to teach and convey the
messages to the investigators.
3. What attributes of the Savior will help me become a powerful and
dedicated servant of the Lord?
Literally every attribute of the Savior can help you become a powerful and
dedicated servant of the Lord, but if you had all of those attributes you would
probably be translated and so it is a good thing that we get the opportunity to work
on attaining these attributes while in this mortal life. The attributes to focus on as
listed in PMG include faith, hope, charity and love, virtue, knowledge, patience,
humility, diligence and obedience. I think that all these attributes are attainable
with real intent and hard work, which is awesome because Im definitely not perfect
at any of these. As a missionary were lucky enough to get several hours of personal
study time each day. As we focus on learning how the Savior used and applied these
attributes and read in the scriptures and conference talks and other church
resources, pray for help to develop these attributes and work at them diligently, we
are able to develop these attributes and become more like Christ. There are so
many blessings that will come from this. As we strive to develop these attributes we
come closer to Christ because as we learn about these, we learn more about Him
and His goodness. We also will be able to feel an increase of the Spirit as we work
and will feel His love in our lives.
4. How will I find people to teach?
If missionaries sat and waited for golden investigators to drop into their planners,
there would be very few converts. Not everyone is as perfectly prepared as those
few golden ones, but since everyone has the light of Christ, everyone is a candidate
for hearing the gospel simply because they are children of Heavenly Father. Ive
read so many emails from cousins and friends on missions about how they prayed
specifically for investigators one even prayed to find a family of four, and as they
worked hard in every aspect of their work, their prayers and faith were answered
they found a family of four to teach and knew Heavenly Father had blessed their
efforts and heard their prayers. Probably the best way to find people is to follow the