Around the web today for stories of interest to future missionaries, missionary moms, returned missionaries, member missionaries, and missionaries of every sort and variety.
- Anna Rouche “All the Little Things” – When this missionary began looking at the world through a different lens she started seeing miracles–everywhere. “That night, we realized that we’d forgotten to bring our scriptures, planning materials, important forms, and books home after the meeting. What to do? I was walking around our apartment lamenting when I glanced at my mattress. Lo and behold, there were my scriptures. How? It wasn’t possible. There was no way that I had accidentally brought my scriptures home, there’d been no time or opportunity. But, there they were, waiting and ready for my morning scripture study. I’m convinced that an angel touched my scriptures. How great is that? An angel touched my scriptures!”
- Amy Wright Glenn “Cancer at Christmas: Reflections on Gratitude and Hope”– Wow, just wow. If this woman can use her debilitating disease as an opportunity to share her faith, what excuse can I come up with? “Cancer helped me learn to be grateful. Even though I was challenged with being sick and not having energy or strength, I still have many blessings. I’m still alive. I have eyes to see and ears to hear. I have a home to live in. These are blessings. There are so many thousands of blessings if we just look for them.”
- Betsy Vandenberghe “Becoming Better Saints Through Interfaith Involvement“– A terrific reminder that missionary work can often begin with cooperation and service, along with some great suggestions for productive interfaith relationships. “Another scholar, not of our faith, teaches a seminar on Mormonism at a prominent American university. She discovered that her students wanted to learn about our Church ‘primarily … because they were raised to believe that the religion was a cult, but their experience with Mormon friends and colleagues was not consistent with that stereotype.’”
- LDS Mission Stories “My Respect For Southern Baptists”– On that ecumenical note, here one missionary recounts his surprising experience with those of other faiths in South Carolina. “We’re grateful for those people out there who are true to what they believe.”
- Kathryn Skaggs “Infographic: Mormons Tell the Story of Christmas Nativity”– This beautiful stained-glass depiction of the nativity will fill your heart with the Christmas spirit.