Mary and I spoke on Sunday in the Weston ward. As with the talk I gave in our ward before we started in at the MTC mine was focused on Elder Hollands talk in October conference. I really did not want to use the introduction to the ward where we will be serving for the next 17 months to be about senior missionary work so I tried to write a number of other talks that were less missionary centered. I ended up writing 3 1/2 other talks but I never felt good until I just trusted the Lord and outlined a talk about couple missionary work.

When we got on the stand and I looked over the members of the two wards…Weston and Pembroke Pines wards are meeting together while their building is being repaired…I realized that from where I sat there did not appear to be more than 4 couples who are of the age that the bishops could call to immediately go on a mission. I immediately started thinking of how I could use one of the other talks to be centered on member missionary work and not couples.

I was never nervous but as I ran through ideas, nothing really jelled so I decided I really had to trust the Lord and get up and start talking. So that is what I did and ideas and words just started flowing into my mind. I can not really remember most of what I said or what triggered me to share some of the stories but I do know that the Lord kept his end of the bargain and that at least one person and perhaps more had the opportunity to hear what they needed to hear.

The Lord does bless his missionaries.