Being a Part of the "Hastening" or Being the "Hastening"

so... these past few months every single member visit we have had, we have taught the same lesson. it is a lesson that the first presidency themselves assigned the mission president to assign to us. it is about the hastening of the work of salvation.

so lets take a look at the numbers shall we?

last year... 50,000 missionaries

this year.... 80,000 missionaries

so now let me tell you why there is such an increase

it is not just because of the age change oh no, its much deeper than that, the age change had to happen because of this reason

the lord is preparing more people every day, more than the entire missionary force can handle. so he called more missionaries 30,000 more to be exact, and it wont be that high forever. we all know its not going to stay at 80,000 so we have a window of opportunity that god has given us.

but 80,000 missionaries is not enough, oh no. we need all 15 million of us to be a part of this. there are people out there just waiting to be taught, and god needs us to find them, because they are everywhere.

to all who read this watch the videos the first presidency assigned us to show everyone

1) go to lds.org

2) search "hastening the work of salvation"

3) click on "hastening the work of salvation a new vision"

4) watch the first three in the "a new vision tab" 

5) watch the rest when you can!!

they are all about members being missionaries, the prophet and apostles have said this conference multiple times, Ever Member a Missionary.

does this mean you have to wake up at 6:30 and go tracting until 9?

NO

all you have to do is pray for missionary experiences with all of your heart and to keep your eyes and ears open! because they will happen whether you pray or not, and you cant let them pass you by. kneel down as a family and pray!

and then when you do get that missionary moment, get the missionaries involved!! help us fill up our planners, put us to work! its what we do! and if we dont work hard give us work and MAKE us work hard, because we will deliver, the lord has built us to do so.

we're already getting member referrals left and right because they are praying

our ward is working hard! is yours?

anyway, enough on that.

this week has been so good, we got the most lessons in our district, and im not talking doorstep tracting lessons, i mean legit lessons where the spirit IS present and we make real progress.

things in centerton arkansas are good, and we'll make them better.

I dont have very much else to talk about.... we've mainly done missionary work all week, nothing really funny to report!

i love you all so much, my mission president said to our stake yesterday at stake conference "the lord is hastening his work, you are not just part of the hastening, you ARE the hastening, its a real rocket ride, so grab your lasso and catch the rocket and hang on for dear life" 

anyway, have a good week everyone i know i will

Love you all

Elder Macdonald