Working with members

This week I finally realized the importance of working with members. You would have thought

that I would have figured this out a little bit sooner, but it just clicked for me this week. It all 

came from meeting with the investigators that we found last week. Everyone that we found 

was off the street and was found through our own efforts. Now not to say that we should not 

be doing that, but there is a better way. A lot of the time the people you find off the street 

are not the same as if it comes from a member in terms of a referral. This is the better way 

for the missionaries to receive referrals from members. It is something that I want to 

implement in my missionary work and literally just sitting down with members and doing 

referral lessons with them. That means you sit down with a members and share something 

from the scriptures. Then ask them who could you share this with. It does not end there, 

but you need to actually get them to write a few names down and then pray to decide with 

whom we are going to share this message with. So this is something that I think will help 

me in the coming weeks to get investigators that will actually progress. 

Something that I wanted to invite all of you is to find referrals for the missionaries. Do 

something that could help the missionaries. You do not know how much of an impact 

you could be in their missionary work. It really is the way to do missionary work and they 

can not do it with out you. So talk to your friends and share the joy that you have received 

from being a member of this church. 

I know that this is true and through the Lord's help you can find people that are prepared 

to hear the gospel. All we have to do is show our faith and open our mouths. 

Elder Sproul