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| California Riverside Mission |
What was amazing is that we had missionaries from the California Riverside Mission, including senior couples; service missionaries from the California Riverside Service Mission; and service missionaries from the California San Bernardino Service Mission for a total of 226 missionaries. It was a packed chapel at the Riverside Stake Center.
Honestly, it was just an impressive, spiritual event. What started out as a few missionaries who were going to sing “There is Peace in Christ,” turned out to be a whole choir that was absolutely stunning and phenomenal and highly spiritual simultaneously. Elder Andersen leaned over and said to me, “You have some talented missionaries.” I replied, “Yes, we do!” Thank you so much! I do wish we could have recorded it.
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| Elder Klebingat, President and Sister Hammon, Elder and Sister Andersen |
While were enlightened by those who were there and received
incredible counsel, here are just a few of the things we learned from them:
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| Elder Klebingat |
Elder Jörg Klebingat
- “The Book of Mormon has spiritual firepower.”
- While there is peace in Christ, there are conditions.”
- “Your highlight of the day should be your personal studies, so my invitation is to have you anty up [enhance] your personal studies.”
- “We should be privileged to pay the price to close the gap between us and the Father and Jesus Christ.”
- “You will know you are acceptable to God.”
- “Talk about that which makes us unique.”
- “Assuming you have a personality, use it to connect with people. Use your skills, your personality, your whole package.”
- “It is impressive that you are taking notes. When you are writing down things you hear and feel, the Lord can bless you.”
- “When the prophets speak, We must immediately act upon these things. If not, we deny the blessings that might come to us.”
- She asked the question: “What is it worth to you to have the words of the prophets, seers and revelators.”
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| Elder Miskin |
Elder Kevin K. Miskin
- “Accept people where they are and work from there.”
- “Repentance is returning to Christ.”
- “The straight and narrow path is called repentance.”
- “The Lord is guiding this Church.”
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| Elder Andersen |
Elder Neil L. Andersen, Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles
- “You want to put powerfully into your bones that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.”
- “Pick five scriptures in the Standard Works that you really believe and memorize them.”
- “Life is not only determined by your mission. It’s so much more.”
- “Don’t judge yourself against anyone else.”
- “We each have a role, and we each should do our best—the very best we can.”
- “Try to always speak of Christ and teach faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.”
- Always speak of Christ. When we find people who believe in Christ, rejoice with them.”
- “We need to follow Christ, to be His disciples."
- “The day will come when He comes again. He will need a righteous people on every continent, speaking every language.”
- “This knowledge of the Savior we are developing throughout our life has to continue to enlarge and grow.”
- “I am sure and certain that Jesus Christ lives. I give you my solemn, honest, without reason to exaggerate, that He is divine. I am His witness.”
Oh, what a glorious week we had, seeing
outgoing missionaries leave, incoming missionaries arrive, experiencing having an Apostle of the Lord, Elder Neil L. Andersen, and his wife Kathy speak to us;
listening to Elder Jörg Klebingat and Elder Kevin K. Miskin; and enjoying an
incredible musical number from many of our missionaries who sang like angels!
Truly this week has been one of
enlightenment and personal spiritual experiences! We know our missionaries
experienced a similar spiritually uplifting week, and their journals are full of spiritual
experiences and answers to their questions they brought to the conference.
