Elder Corey Harris: 3 Month Mark

Thursday, June 24, 2010

3 Month Mark

hey there, so today has been 3 months now! pretty crazy! today im planning on a writing letters day to the family and friends. my comp and i are getting alot of things done, we have another baptism this sunday. and we have a few other investigators with dates as well! but anyways, i have a vision of how to get things rollin here, to help the future missionaries out as well when they come here to Wilmington 2nd ward. i'll tell you all about it when im done with my project im about to get working on. it may take another transfer though.. we're teaching alot of people now, our pool keeps on growing. yesterday, we went finding maybe an hour, and have 5 new investigators to see, so pretty soon we wont be tracting anymore! our bishop said that we should be teaching, instead of finding anyway, that somehow the members need to give the missionaries referrals. idk how often do you go out with the missionaries back home? dad just curious how is home teaching? i never realized the importance of it til now. its important that you are 100%, even see the less actives that you dont see at church. they're even more important than the ones you know, trust me, i talk to strangers all day. lol its not the end of the month yet, get to work. love all you guys, hope everything is goin great back home, im pretty excited to write you guys. expect the letters monday or tuesday. well hope all is well, tell everyone i said hey! let me know how your missionary efforts are going, im lookin forward to hearing back from ya next week. all my love, Elder Harris

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About LDS Missionaries

The Church’s missionary program is one of its most recognized characteristics. Mormon missionaries can be seen on the streets of hundreds of major cities in the world as well as in thousands of smaller communities.
The missionary effort is based on the New Testament pattern of missionaries serving in pairs, teaching the gospel and baptizing believers in the name of Jesus Christ (see, for example, the work of Peter and John in the book of Acts).
More than 50,000 missionaries are serving missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at any one time. Most are young people under the age of 25, serving in nearly 350 missions throughout the world.
Missionaries can be single men between the ages of 19 and 25, single women over the age of 21 or retired couples. Missionaries work with a companion of the same gender during their mission, with the exception of couples, who work with their spouse. Single men serve missions for two years and single women serve missions for 18 months.
Missionaries receive their assignment from Church headquarters and are sent only to countries where governments allow the Church to operate. Missionaries do not request their area of assignment and do not know beforehand whether they will be required to learn a language.
Prior to going to their assigned area, missionaries spend a short period of time at one of 17 missionary training centers throughout the world. There they learn how to teach the gospel in an orderly and clear way and, if necessary, they begin to learn the language of the people they will be teaching. The largest training center is in Provo, Utah, with additional centers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, England, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Spain and South Korea.
Male missionaries are addressed with the title “Elder” and women are addressed with the title “Sister.”
A typical missionary day begins by waking at 6:30 a.m. for personal study. The day is spent proselytizing by following up on appointments, visiting homes or meeting people in the street or other public places. Missionaries end their day by 10:30 p.m.
In some parts of the world, missionaries are sent only to serve humanitarian or other specialized missions. Those missionaries do not proselytize.
Missionary work is voluntary. Missionaries fund their own missions — except for their transportation to and from their field of labor — and are not paid for their services.
Contacts with family and friends during this time of service are limited to letters and occasional phone calls to family at special times. Missionaries avoid entertainment, parties or other activities common to this age-group as long as they are on their missions, so they can focus entirely on the work of serving and of teaching others the gospel of Jesus Christ.
See http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/missionary-program