Missionary News
Banbury Ward Mission Plan: “Love, Share, Invite”
Banbury Ward Missionary Goals
The 16–18-year-old YW & YM will go on visits with the missionaries at least once a year.
The 16–18-year-old YW & YM will invite a new member, non-member, less-active member, or part-member family to their home and host a meal with the missionaries.
Monthly, one of the missionaries serving from the ward will share a missionary experience with the ward via the ward website and/or sacrament handout.
Monthly, a list of missionary-related objectives will be posted on the ward website and/or sacrament handout, which the ward members can choose to engage in.
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Monthly Missionary Ideas for Members for July:
* Pray specifically for a missionary experience in your morning prayers. Keep the prayer in your heart throughout the day and act.
* Go on visits with the missionaries.
* Invite a part-member family to your home.
* With a non-member friend, share a time when you and/or your family have been blessed by the Lord.
Message from a Missionary Serving from the Banbury Ward:
One spiritual experience that I have had on my mission, is that I have been able to see God's work progressing through imperfect people. Every day, as I try and open my mouth and speak the words that He would have say, I am filled with love and empathy for the people that I am talking to. I am able to say things in Japanese that I didn't even know that I learned. I am able to understand what others are saying and have spiritual conversations with them. I am also able to see the growth. Whether that's my growth as a person, or my friends’ growth as they learn that they are sons and daughters of God, it is my favorite part of the mission experience.
I am so grateful that I decided to serve a mission. The mission is one of the hardest but most rewarding times of your life. I know that God loves everyone. I know that Jesus Christ died for us. As we focus on God's love for us, things just make sense. God is always in the details.
-Elder Jared Thompson
