Down by the Riverside: It's a Gift

Monday, March 28, 2016

It's a Gift

We walked in to zone interviews the other day and found

Elder Zung and Elder Merriman reading their scriptures.

Elder Zung, from China, was reading in English while

Elder Merriman, from Utah, was studying his scriptures in Chinese.

We don't stop to think often enough about the miracle that

takes place everyday in the mission as elders and sisters

serve in Spanish, Chinese and American Sign Language.

The Savior’s mission began at the River Jordan. Nephi saw it in vision: “And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world, of whom my father had spoken; and I also beheld the prophet who should prepare the way before him. And the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him…” (1 Nephi 11:27)

When missionaries come to the mission they are surprised to learn there is no river here. But as they invite others to come unto Christ they create a river, “…the pure river of water of life, clear as crystal…” (Revelations 22:1). Here in the desert they bring life, for the Savior said: “…whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. ( John 4:14)