Let Him Be Your Minister
I really appreciated Elder James E. Evanson’s talk in the most recent general conference about service missionaries. He said this: “To all of you who serve, and especially to the over 4,000 young service missionaries, we love you! If teaching missionaries are the Lord’s mouth, then service missionaries are the Lord’s hands, and you are not second-class missionaries. Each of you is vital to the gathering of Israel. President Nelson taught that ‘anytime we do anything that helps anyone … to make and keep their covenants with God, we are helping to gather Israel.’” He continued with this summary of what service missionaries do: “You service missionaries gather Israel in so many ways, and your service changes lives. Often you don’t know who the beneficiary of your service is, but God knows. Always remember that ‘inasmuch as ye [serve] one of the least of these, … ye [serve Him].’ We hear your voices as you volunteer at Church call centers; we see your smiles as you help in community organ...