As surely as the Lord has inspired more missionaries to serve, He is also awakening the minds and opening the hearts of more good and honest people to receive His missionaries.

Embrace more deeply His love, His mercy and grace, and the powerful gifts of His Atonement.

As we are spiritually awake and alert we see His hand across the world and we see His hand in our own personal lives.

We each have moments of spiritual power, moments of inspiration and revelation. We must sink them deep into the chambers of our souls. As we do, we prepare our spiritual home storage for moments of personal difficulty.

This isn't missionary work. This is missionary fun.

As we act in faith, we often find that the blessings from the Lord are different than we expected but much better than we imagined.

The scriptures speak of His arms being open, extended, stretched out, and encircling. They are described as mighty and holy, arms of mercy, arms of safety, arms of love, “lengthened out all the day long.