Currently, 87,000 missionaries are serving around the world, but “in coming weeks, we will have the largest number of full-time missionaries in the Church’s history,” President Dallin H. Oaks (@OaksDallinH) told new mission leaders at a training seminar on Saturday, June 20.
“You are called to lead missionaries at an historic time,” the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said. “Missionary work is soaring to new heights.”
The increase is due to the first wave of 18-year-old sister missionaries beginning their service and to the addition of 55 new missions in July, bringing the total to 506. “What a group to lead,” he said.
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Missionary work is soaring to new heights. We are days away from the opening of 55 new missions. This brings the total number of missions to 506. There is a total of over 87,000 full-time missionaries. And we are currently being reinforced by the first wave of 18-year-old sisters beginning their service.
In coming weeks, we will have the largest number of full-time missionaries in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
These missionaries’ first responsibility is to testify of Jesus Christ to a world that suffers without knowledge of His divine mission. They invite people across the globe to become part of His true and living Church.
I affirm my testimony of Jesus Christ and the truth of His gospel. The Holy Ghost has given me a witness of its truthfulness, and I rejoice that I can spend my life in proclaiming it.
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Enduring to the end is linked inextricably to the spiritual gift of charity. Enduring to the end is not merely a relentless determination to grit our teeth, hold on to the limits of our physical strength and mental capacity, and push through the challenges and adversities of mortal life; it is so much more than that.
Enduring to the end is the joyous quest of a lifetime—a pressing forward with faith in Jesus Christ in a gradual process of trusting in and receiving help from our Savior to become more like Him. As our love for Him grows ever stronger and deeper, we can be blessed to receive spiritual perspective, the Lord’s empowering grace, and exceedingly great and indescribable joy.
God does not assign us to heaven or hell.
President Dallin H. Oaks (@OaksDallinH) taught that Final Judgement "is not just an evaluation of a sum total of good and evil acts—what we have done. It is based on the final effect of our acts and thoughts—what we have become."
EVERY HUMAN BEING will be saved and resurrected through Jesus Christ.
EVERY HUMAN BEING will be exalted if they choose to live by God's celestial laws.
This is simple and straightforward. God honors our agency.
We determine the blessings we receive through our actions. God has a place for us depending on the actions we take.
The Kingdoms of Glory that God prepared for us, and Paul spoke of, is the plan that allows EVERY HUMAN BEING to receive what they choose to receive.
This understanding of the after-life is far more reflective of the human experience and Jesus Christ's teachings than simply being assigned to heaven or hell based on belief alone.
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There wasn’t a dry eye in our chapel this morning.
A young man I’ve had the honor of teaching in mission preparation class for the past few months gave his mission farewell talk today.
He bore testimony of the Savior’s love. Then, as he began to speak about eternal families, his voice broke and tears filled his eyes.
I knew why.
A few months ago, his father, whom he dearly loves, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
This young man bravely fought through his tears as he spoke of sleepless nights spent on his knees, pleading with the Lord for understanding. He testified of the peace he felt as the Spirit comforted him.
In just a few days, he will leave for two years to teach, serve, and uplift strangers far from home, not knowing whether his dad will be there to greet him when he returns.
I could hardly see the words on the page as we sang the closing hymn, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives.” As I sang, I thought of this brave young man pouring out his soul to the Lord, asking Him to take away the bitter cup of his father’s illness.
These words took on new meaning:
“He lives to comfort me when faint.
He lives to hear my soul’s complaint.
He lives to silence all my fears.
He lives to wipe away my tears.”
I’ve read many times on X that missions for LDS youth are vacations, or rewards, or easy rites of passage.
They are not.
They are life-changing sacrifices.
And few will sacrifice more in serving their Savior than this valiant young man, who is choosing faith over fear.
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Truly, Jesus Christ is the way to peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come. He knows and loves each of us perfectly, and invites us to walk with Him, abide in Him, and follow His example of ministering to others one by one in charity and love.
We have been reminded of the central role of marriage and families in our Heavenly Father’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children. May we demonstrate the pure love of Christ in our families, in our communities, and in all of our interactions with God’s children.
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He is risen! And because Christ rose again, we will too. Thanks to Him, no pain, fear, failure, or unfairness is permanent. This is greater love. This is Easter.