This is something that each missionary was asked to write out and
email to the Zone Leaders what the vision to baptize is in our own
words. So here is my vision:
This week, we haven't had very many lessons due to illness, so we have
been taking this time to truly convert ourselves in personal study.
Our desire begins to increase when our conversion to Christ is real.
We have to gain the desire before the vision. This desire will swell
within us and cause us to work harder. We have to desire and plead
with the Lord to be his instruments. This can be through prayer. Pray
for the Spirit at all times, which is our most important thing to
have. The Spirit can help us teach, find and most importantly, love
who we meet. When we truly love the people we meet, we will see them
as Christ sees us. If we don't have love, we can pray for it with all
our heart until we receive it (Moroni 7:48). We will know how
important the restored gospel is to that specific person and how it
can help them. We are there to help them realize their spiritual
peril. This knowledge comes through our ability to communicate in
order to let the love come through. Back to loving people... When we
love a person enough, we'll communicate according to their needs. We
must listen and understand them, before they can understand us. This
requires us to listen with our ears AND our hearts.
As we have applied these things in our lessons this week, we have not
only felt the Spirit more in lessons, but we have been able to get to
know them better on a more personal level. Doing that will help them
feel more comfortable and increase their desire to accept our message.
-Elder Mitchell
