WORK, WORK, WORK!

This week we had Zone Conference . . . 

my first (unless you count the times 

I helped prepare meals in our home 

stake for Zone Conference -- 

which was pretty great but 

nothing like being a participant).

After the opening hymn and prayer, 

an assigned missionary led the group 

in standing and reciting our purpose . . . 

Invite others to come unto Christ 

by helping them receive the restored gospel 

through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, 

repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost, 

and enduring to the end.

Then another missionary led the 

group in this memorized quote 

from Preach My Gospel:

I have often said one of the greatest secrets of 

missionary work is WORK!  If a missionary works, 

he will get the Spirit; if he gets the Spirit, he will 

teach by the Spirit; and if he teaches by the Spirit 

he will touch the hearts of the people and he will be 

happy.  There will be no homesickness, no 

worrying about families, for all time and talents and 

interests are centered on the work of the ministry.  

WORK, WORK, WORK!  There is no satisfactory 

substitute, especially in missionary work.  

(Pres. Ezra Taft Benson)

When the group gets to the part of 

"WORK, WORK, WORK," 

it is pretty much at high volume and energy.  

The elders punch the air downward 

and the sisters pump their hands heavenward.  

The spirit felt is indescribable!

And that is just the beginning of a wonderful 

day of spiritual uplift and instruction.