hastening the work

IT’S ABOUT THE RECEIVER…

25 Mar , 2018 attitude,follow the spirit,hastening the work,inspiration,joy,Love,missionary work

IT’S ABOUT THE RECEIVER…

Successful member missionary work is all about the other person.  A recent flight experience I’m calling “It’s about the receiver” illustrates that very well. It’s About the Receiver First of all, I flew from Washington DC to Salt Lake City, Utah recently.  As is the case with Frontier Airlines, the flight stopped in Denver. On […]

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JOY AT MEDICAL SCHOOL

18 Mar , 2018 follow the spirit,hastening the work,inspiration,jesus christ,joy,missionary work,mormon

JOY AT MEDICAL SCHOOL

Remember How a Doctor Does It This is a medical school analogy. Stephen R. Covey would often say, “You never prescribe before you diagnose…” Many times in member missionary work we tend to think of something to share with someone then we try and find someone to share it with.  Does that sound familiar? Are […]

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IT’S LIKE BUILDING A HOUSE…

3 Mar , 2018 follow the spirit,hastening the work,inspiration,joy,lds,Love,missionary work,service,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

IT’S LIKE BUILDING A HOUSE…

An Analogy… It’s like building a house. Except it’s not your house.  It’s the Lord’s house.  So guess who the general contractor is? Not you.  It’s Him.  Because it’s His house.  And in this case, it’s not really a house, it’s a church.  His church–The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  The name of […]

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JOY AT THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

13 Aug , 2017 Christmas,festival of lights,follow the spirit,hastening the work,jesus christ,Love,member missionary work,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,Washington DC

JOY AT THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

Festival of Lights Facebook Post First, the Festival of Lights is a wonderful event.  I left this post on Facebook on January 1, 2016.  Because the photo was so good I shared it to my 1200 friends on Facebook.  Also, no one ever took me up on the offer to go to the Visitors’ Center, […]

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JOY AT THE VISITORS’ CENTER

27 Jul , 2017 follow the spirit,god,hastening the work,inspiration,joy,lds,Love,missionary work,mormon

JOY AT THE VISITORS’ CENTER

Today I found some joy at the Visitors’ Center.  A gentleman came to the temple grounds to purchase a used copier the Church was getting rid of.  His name is Bonnie. He works with the Evangelical International Mission church.  They needed a copier and decided to come pick up ours. Visitors’ Center Quick Stop After […]

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JOY AT THE LOADING DOCK

10 Mar , 2017 business,follow the spirit,hastening the work,jesus christ,joy,lds,member missionary work,missionary work,mormon,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

JOY AT THE LOADING DOCK

You never know what’s going to happen at a loading dock. A church organization recently asked us to remove a vending machine from their cafeteria.  Because it was still working, we put it up for sale on Craig’sList. A wonderful guy from a Baptist church in Temple Hills, Maryland contacted us about it.  We had […]

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JOY IN THE ELEVATOR

14 Jan , 2017 follow the spirit,hastening the work,inspiration,missionary work,mormon,Uncategorized

JOY IN THE ELEVATOR

It happened in an elevator in January of 2017. I came home from church today dressed as normal.  When I entered our apartment building I saw an African-American lady in the lobby with her beautiful chocolate-colored poodle.  I don’t know her name but I’ve said hi to her in the past.  We got on the […]

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JOY AT THE MUSLIM DINNER

20 Nov , 2016 Book of Mormon,business,follow the spirit,hastening the work,inspiration,Love,member missionary work,missionary work,mormon,Muslim,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

JOY AT THE MUSLIM DINNER

Tonight I attended a dinner in Springfield, Virginia sponsored by the American Muslim Institution. They help others develop tolerance for Muslims and other religions so people can live in harmony. I was pleased to be the only Mormon there among some 100 people. So, I sat next to a Muslim gentleman who asked me what […]

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JOY AT THE STORAGE UNIT

1 Jan , 2016 hastening the work,member missionary work,Uncategorized

This morning a man came by my storage unit to purchase a bicycle I had for sale. All went well and he bought the bike. I then asked him a favor: could he take me over by our church to pick up a car I had to leave there the day before? He said he […]

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JOY AT THE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA LANDFILL

8 Apr , 2015 follow the spirit,hastening the work,jesus christ

JOY AT THE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA LANDFILL

It’s More Than a Landfill–It’s An Opportunity I went to Norfolk, Va. this past Wednesday to do a clean-out for a gentleman from Darnestown, Maryland.  Before I took the first load of junk to the Norfolk landfill, I called the facility.  Then a very nice lady answered and gave me the particulars of how to […]

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