The Wanderers

WE ARE NOW FULL TIME MISSIONARIES. What a joy!

August 1, 2010. We just met with President Eckman, Stake President, to be set apart as full time missionaries. He cited two special scriptures just for us:

D&C 31 3-5 Lift up your heart and rejoice, for the hour of your mission is come: and your tongue shall be loosed, and ye shall declare glad tidings of great joy unto this generation.

You shall declare the things which have been revealed to my servant, Joseph Smith, jr.
You shall begin to preach from this time forth, yea, to reap in the field which is white, already to be burned.

Therefore, thrust in your sickle with all your sole, and your sins are forgiven you, and you shall be laden with sheaves upon your back, for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Wherefore, your family shall live

Alma 17: 9 And it came to pass that they journed many days in the wilderness, and they fasted and prayed much, that the Lord would grant unto them a portion of His spirit to go with them and abide with them, and they might be an instrument of God to bring, if it were possible, their brethern, the Lamanites, to the knowledge of the truth, to the knowledge of the baseness of the traditions of their fathers, which were not correct.

******** Sister Lee was set apart first and Pres Eckman blessed her in all aspects of her life. Specifically he gave her counsel regarding any fears she might have. He promised her that she would be very successful with the people whom they would teach and with her love would be effective in bringing them into the gospel. He blessed her that her love would be magnified. He promised that she would be protected and find great happiness in this work.

Elder Lee was promised great blessings in teaching the gospel with the spirit. The spirit would magnify his abilities and loose his tongue so that many would follow. He was promised to accomplish the desires of his heart if he was willing to work for it. He admonished us to use the skills we have learned throughout our life in the church to help the people in the Mescalara branch and we would be successful. He also said the way is being prepared right now for many people to hear our message.

We were also promsied that our family would be taken care of in every aspect, spiritually, emotionally, physically and temporally while we were serving the Lord.

Before we were set apart the Stake President took the time to visit with Jeff and his family and asked if they had any advice or questions for grandma and grandpa. Jeff made the comment that we should go and tell our story. We have been blessed to have a wonderful family and all eight children are laboring and thriving in the gospel. What a legacy! We have a wonderful family and we are very proud of them.

We certainly feel the spirit is with us now and we are ready to go a reap the harvest the Lord has placed before us. We feel very privileged to serve the Lord.

We are looking forward to a wonderful week at the MTC. We LOVE serving the Lord!