Whenever Roland and I were asked to
speak in our last ward, l
the subject was often missionary themed.
A couple of talks we’d given were in reference to Mothers’ Day, but I
think for the most part it was missionary work.
Roland and I were the ward mission
leaders for four years – and must have been called to speak at least twice
during the time we were serving in that calling. And also after our boys were out in the
mission field we had been called to speak.
With each talk I prepared, I tried a
new approach from the previous talk. One
of the talks that I’d given I have posted here. But the first time I was called to
speak was before we had gone to see “The Guardian” which seemed to
speak to me with the analogy of comparing missionary work to the coast guard.
Not wanting my talk to sound like a
plug for “The Guardian” I went to the library to do some research on the coast
guard. I also found some scriptures to
go along with my talk.
There were five of us scheduled to
speak. I still don’t know why it was
that we were unable to fill up the entire time – but we did end up running
short and whatever counselor was conducting that day felt obligated to recap
our talks and add his own experiences and although I did enjoy his talk I wondered
if it was really necessary to fill the time rather than dismiss from the
meetings early.
I’ve been to several wards in which
the bishopric always feels obligated to fill that void. But not in my current ward. Yesterday we got out half an hour early. Thus my husband was able to finish up with
his responsibilities in staying with the bishopric and was home at 4:30 (I don’t
think he’s ever been home this early since our ward moved to the 1-4
schedule; come January we will be
attending 9-12)
I enjoy dismissing early once in a
while. And I enjoy the privilege of giving
talks in Sacrament meeting.
