Day 70

Read: Helaman 6-7

Mark: Helaman 6:3

"Every [convert] needs three things: a friend, a responsibility, and nurturing with the ‘good word of God.’ It is our duty and opportunity to provide these things.”
~ President Gordon B. Hinckley

What kind of friend are you to converts, members who are new to your ward, or the less-active? What things do you do to nourish others with the word of the Lord?

*I learned on my mission it is much easier to keep someone active than to re-activate them.  Whenever I see an investigator or learn of a new member I always introduce myself and tell them how happy I am that they are at church.  I offer to sit by them and be their friend.  I have an investigator in my CTR 5 class. Every week she misses I write a little letter to her letting her know I missed her and what the lesson was about and what the upcoming lesson is going to be.  I work nights so my schedule doesn't really accommodate a lot of fellowship, but I do what I can.  I also pray and ask that the new members/investigators and less actives will be comforted and protected.  Satan does not want people to join the church or be active so any extra help they can get is needed.