As the prophesied latter-day gathering advances, people are joining the Church in record numbers. The testimonies of both converts and missionaries give resounding evidence that indeed “the field is white already to harvest.”
Based on a Church News column of the same name, this book brings together heart-warming stories, both published and previously unpublished , that illustrate the dedication, love, and example of missionaries, the enthusiasm, friendshipping, and patience of motivated Church members, and the miraculous workings of the Lord. For example: Three strangers somehow manage to open a pathway through an angry mob of over three hundred people so that two Elders can pass through unharmed. Two wrongly confined LDS missionaries teach the gospel in jail and an inmate is converted. A five-month-old baby dies without having been baptized, and because no minister therefore will conduct the funeral, the Elders agree to do so—and within three months they harvest many souls of those who attended the funeral. A German tourist visiting in the United States is robbed of all his money but then finds something much more valuable than what he lost—the priceless gift of the gospel.
Some missionary names here will be familiar—names like Ezra Taft Benson and LeGrand Richards. Most of them are “famous” just to the converts who felt their love and heeded their message. From the early days of the Church to modern times, from the Far East to South America, the stories come forth, each one an affirmation that those who seek do indeed find. With its exciting theme of missionary effort and gospel conversions, Missionary Moments will inspire readers as it helps build faith and testimony.
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