The harvester july 2015
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Transcript of The harvester july 2015
handbook. It was a very special time
where our love for Jesus Christ
blossomed and we came to realize that missionary work is in our blood!
Our home is in Orem, Utah.
President Gubler is a retired seminary and
institute teacher and
administrator for 34 years. Sister Gubler
has been a
homemaker and Mom to a wonderful
posterity.
We have been
married for 39
blissful years. Our
family consists of eight children. They
have all been
married in the temple and are
raising righteous
families to the Lord. We have 28
grandchildren. We love spending
time with our family and look forward to spending eternity with them.
There is no other calling we
would rather have than serving our Heavenly Father on a mission during
this time of hastening. How blessed
we all are to be here in England
together making a difference.
Warm greetings to the wonderful
missionaries of the England London
South Mission! We are so happy to be called to serve in this incredible
mission with all of you. We love
missionaries and serving the Lord full-
time.
We have recently returned
from serving a
mission in the Germany Frankfurt
Mission. We had an
amazing experience
there and learned so
many things. While
there we served with the Young Single
Adults and
developed a close relationship with
those wonderful
youth. We were also privileged to serve as
managers in the mission office helping
with the finances, apartments, and cars. Another opportunity we had was
to serve as the Zone Leaders for the
Senior couples. We were privileged to work with some of the most strong,
valiant missionaries who were
dedicating all their efforts to serving
the Lord. We are sure that we will
find that same strength and dedication
in the England London South Mission.
With all our hearts we look forward to working together with you.
Before leaving for our mission to
Germany, we were so fortunate to serve
at the Provo MTC for five years as branch president and executive
secretary. We developed a great love
for young missionaries, and enjoyed helping them develop their faith in
Christ. We came to deeply love Preach
My Gospel and realize how vital it is to
be 100% obedient to the missionary
President’s Letter - Greetings
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B A P T I S M S :
Bristol 2
Crawley 2
Maidstone 3
Plymouth 3
Poole 4
Portsmouth 3
Reading 4
Staines 2
Wandsworth 4
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Baptismal Dates : Raising Our Vision I would like to start off by having you ponder a question: Do I
hesitate to extend dates anywhere?
What I mean by this is: Do you invite people to be baptized when you meet
them on the street? When we set this
goal right at the start with our friends they will understand the vision and
expectations we have for them. This
hastens the work. As we extend dates
more quickly we can see how com-
mitted they are. Why wait to give
them something to work towards? If we want to baptize on a regular basis
we need to understand these princi-
ples we will have to always extend dates. There should never be a time of
hesitation unless the Spirit directs
otherwise. When we hasten this pro-
cess we will see growth in our area in many aspects. We will have more
committed friends to teach and we
will see the increase in baptismal dates and ultimately the progression
of our friends to be baptized. If they
don't accept the invitation we will then know their concerns so that we
can address it much earlier, instead of
waiting for the fourth or fifth lesson to
find out the concerns that they may
have. I know this allows us to better
teach to their needs. By increasing our faith and extending baptismal dates
always we begin to “gather out the
wheat from among the tares” (D&C 86:7). When we do this, we will have
double digit baptismal dates in each
of our areas. I know this is possible as
we trust in the Lord. I have seen the difference it makes in our missionary
work. By extending baptismal dates
we will better teach to people’s needs and when we do this on the street, we
will have more successful street les-
sons and be able to hasten of the work (D&C 88:73). Elders and Sisters
the time is now!!! As we extend dates
to everyone, the Father ' s work will
hasten. I have seen this to be true as
we have implemented it in our zone. I
know if we do these things we will see great success as a mission. I leave
you this in the name of Jesus Christ,
Amen.
-Love, Elder Camadeco
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New Beginnings
T H E H A R V E S T E R
This is an exciting time to be a missionary in the Eng-
land London South Mission! We are rejoicing over a
very successful 3 years with President Millar and the
relationships we have made with him, and we are
likewise rejoicing over the opportunity to know one of
the Lord’s choice disciples; President Ronald Gubler.
With a new mission president coming we each get to
start fresh. Some of us have reputations: lazy or hard-
working, exactly obedient or apostate, faithful at all
times or only on exchanges. No matter what it is, we
can make a new name for ourselves. We have the
opportunity to be the missionary we dream of being.
This change of leadership does not mean the revela-
tion ceases. “the mysteries of God shall be unfolded
unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in
these times as in times of old, and as well in times of
old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the
Lord is one eternal round” (1 Nephi 10:19). President
Gubler will teach and train differently than President
Millar, and that is exactly how it should be. He will
receive the guidance and inspiration needed to take
the mission where it needs to go. “Support your
[Mission President’s] righteous actions; do not criticize
him to other missionaries or members”. If we hear
about any missionary breaking this critical rule, they
will be corrected sharply and asked to repent of apos-
tasy. "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:3). As we stay humble
and listen to the guidance from President Gubler, we
are promised the Kingdom of Heaven.
“Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and
my heart.” (Psalm 26:2). The Lord is always testing us,
always helping us become better, and always pushing
us to become perfect even as He is. Now is the time to
prove to the Lord and ourselves that we are true disci-
ples, let us start anew. May we continue to pray for
President and Sister Gubler.
We love you.
Elder Wolfgramm and Elder Bos
The Assistants to the President:
Elder Bos
and
Elder Wolfgramm
Bristol Goal 2014 YTD
Bath 15 13 1
Downend 15 4 0
Southmead 12 5 2
Taunton 12 10 4
Washford 5 - 0
Trowbridge 6 1 0
Wells Road 7 4 1
WSM 1 6 3 1
WSM 2 8 1 2
Total: 86 41 11
Crawley Goal 2014 YTD
Brighton 24 14 2
Crawley 12 14 6
Eastbourne 12 7 3
E’Grinstead 5 3 1
Epsom 15 13 1
Hay. Heath 15 11 1
Worthing 6 2 2
Total: 89 64 16
Maidstone Goal 2014 YTD
Hastings 10 7 3
Maidstone 8 5 0
Orpington 10 11 2
Selsdon 12 10 7
Tunbridge 7 1 1
Welling 24 23 4
Total: 71 57 17
Plymouth Goal 2014 YTD
Bideford 12 0 0
Exeter 12 4 5
Helston 5 1 3
Newton A. 12 8 1
Paignton 6 4 0
Plymouth 12 4 2
Redruth 7 2 0
St. Austell 12 1 1
Total: 78 24 12
Poole Goal 2014
Bournemouth 10 5
Christchurch 10 4
Guernsey 10 2
Jersey 8 6
Poole 10 5
Salisbury 10 2
Weymouth 12 3
Yeovil 4 1
Total: 74 28
Effective Language Learning Learning Chinese as a native English speaker
has been challenging but extremely rewarding. These are a
few suggestions and practices that have helped me and can
certainly be applied to you if you have been called to learn English as a second language.
The Lord declared, "Every man shall hear the fullness
of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language, through those who are ordained unto this power" (D&C
90:11). Following the points of see, commit, and action
will result in ability coupled with the power of the Spirit to become fluent in English.
First, you need to see the vision of what you want to do.
Your vision includes the personal reasons of why you are putting the effort into learning English and what it means
to you. When your vision becomes more personalized and
meaningful, then you will gain greater determination and enjoyment in mastering the English language.
Second, your commitment is measured by your effort
exerted over a period of time. There is no substitute for practice, which takes time! Additional time includes 7am-
8am, lunch & dinner hours, 9:30pm-10:30pm which should
be used for studying English. If you are serious about
mastering English, don't skip your daily Language study. The third point is action through your faith. Reading in
English is essential because you are able to see how vocab-
ulary words are used in context and you become more familiarized with grammar principles. General Conference
talks and Ensign articles are an easy read and the vocabu-
lary found in them are not just limited to Gospel terms. Reading is essential and will increase your vocabulary
index and comprehension
Listening, listening, listening is the key to improve your listening comprehension. Gospel Library allows you to
listen to General Conference talks and Ensign articles.
Speak your missionary language. There is no substitute! Speak to your companion and everyone. You can tell your-
self that you are learning and it is alright if you make mis-
takes. By this, you will qualify yourself for the divine help of Jesus Christ through the Gift of Tongues.
I bear you my testimony that the Gift of Tongues is real
and if you seek Heavenly Father's help in your attempt to learn English, he will bless you with this spiritual gift. I
say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
-Elder Greer
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 3 , I S S U E 6
YTD 2014
3 5
2 4
2 2
3 6
2 5
4 2
0 3
2 1
28 18
Portsmouth Goal 2014 YTD
Chichester 10 6 0
Hamble River 6 4 1
Isle. of Wight 12 6 2
Portsmouth 24 21 4
Southampton 16 8 3
Winchester 12 6 2
Total: 80 51 12
Reading Goal 2014 YTD
Basingstoke 12 2 3
Bracknell 12 3 5
Farnborough 5 0 3
Newbury 8 5 2
Oxford 1st 5 4 2
Oxford 2nd 5 2 1
Reading 6 0 5
Woodley 10 9 1
Total: 63 25 22
Staines Goal 2014 YTD
Addlestone 12 5 1
Aldershot 10 5 2
Guildford 10 2 2
H. Wycombe 10 5 2
Kingston 7 3 0
Slough 12 3 0
Staines 21 17 3
Total: 82 40 10
Wandsworth Goal 2014 YTD
Catford 15 5 1
Clapham C. 12 5 2
Crystal Palace 7 2 3
Kennington 35 23 7
Mitcham 12 7 1
Peckham 24 16 6
Wandsworth 5 3 1
Total: 110 61 21
Imagine that you are at a Zone Conference. A missionary with a special assignment from the Mission President comes up to you and sud-denly starts asking questions like "What diffi-culties are you facing right now on your mis-sion?" and "What are the biggest challenges keeping you from reaching your full poten-tial?" Think how you would feel. Would you be inclined to just naturally be open with them? Now imagine another scenario. A missionary comes up to you and wants your opinion about what the biggest challenges are that missionaries in the mission are facing. If encouraged, you would probably be willing to go into much more detail. The funny thing? You would probably end up with the same challenge, your challenge, just in much more detail than before. We tend to reflect upon our experiences, and so when asked a gener-alised question we tend to talk about our own challenge. The first difficulty in teaching to needs is helping others open up. "Good questions will help you understand interests, concerns, or questions that others have." (PMG, Pg. 184).
We can ask questions about things that per-tain to the people we meet. For example "What do you think are the biggest challenges facing families in this modern world?" or "What do you think are the biggest challenges facing people here in London?" It is amazing what can happen. People will often start to talk in great detail, and occasionally directly start talking about how this challenge affects them personally. This is the perfect time to teach doctrine to their deepest desires. If someone tells you that their grandma just died, would you teach them about the great apostasy? I hope not! Everyone we meet has unique concerns and challenges, so every lesson we teach should be unique as well! What's good for one person may not work for another. If somebody's craving a big slice of pizza, and you give them some corn, would they come back to you next time they're hungry? Probably not! Lehi described his experience with the gospel as "desirable above all other fruit." (1 Ne 8:12) Elders and Sisters, we need to give the people we meet the food that their desperately craving! As
we genuinely listen with love and ask intelli-gent inspired questions, we'll know exactly how to make and deliver their perfect pizza! Now, a few tips. We often talk of inspired questions, but then forget D&C 9:8 "Study it out in your mind and then ask me if it is right!" The spirit of inspiration works best as you first use the gift of intelligence that God has given you to try to think about what questions will be effective. It’s important to try different questions to see what works. Ask about a group they would identify with (young peo-ple, families, British), use follow-up questions and nourish this practise with faith, diligence and patience (Alma 32:41). Remember slight change in wording makes a big difference in types of responses. I know that this will greatly improve the quali-ty of your lessons. You will feel less robotic, bring the spirit more powerfully, and be more efficient in turning street lessons into new investigators.
-Elder Moore
Teaching Doctrine to Meet Needs
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together! Imagine you just sat down to teach your inves-tigator. You had no plans prepared. You and
your companion are both lost and end up teach-
ing a very confusing lesson. After the lesson your investigator calls you to tell you that they
don't want to meet anymore. What did you do
wrong? If you fail to plan then you plan to fail! But if we succeed to plan then we plan to suc-
ceed!
We hope that as you read this that you will be
able to understand the why and how of effec-
tive daily and weekly planning. To start off we first have to have goals as “goals reflect the
desires of our hearts and our vision of what we
can accomplish.” (PMG, pg 146) When we set goals and THEN make plans, it is an act of
faith and will “take our hopes and transform
them into action”(PMG pg 146). We then need to “do everything within our power to achieve
our goals” (PMG pg 146).
This will help us to create a plan to achieve our
goals and to plan effectively. As we learn from “The Acts of the Apostles”, there would be no
“Acts” unless there were “The Plans of the
Apostles”. The Apostles had a plan; therefore, they were able to act effectively. We have to
have effective plans to be successful and
achieve our goals. We have the Planning Guidelines in the beginning of our planners to
help us with that. As we use them every night
we will be able to plan effectively for God's children that we are blessed to work with.
We have Weekly Planning to prepare us in advance. We need to read every point all the
way through. In so doing we will be fully
prepared to have success and doing the Lord's work the way He has planned it to be. Remem-
ber the “ultimate measure of success is not in achieving goals alone but in the service you
render and the progress of others” (PMG pg.
146).
Elders and Sisters, we know as you are able to
apply the tools and guidance we have been given through our Planning Guidelines and
Weekly Planning points that you will be able to
“bring much good among Heavenly Father's children” and you will see more “progression
toward baptism and covenant making, and
lasting conversion!” We know this is the Lord's work and as we do it His way, we will
be successful under His direction. We say this
in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
-Elder Lloyd and Elder Bradshaw
If you have any miracle stories that you
would like to see published in the next
Harvester, you can send them in to the
mission office via email!
England London South Mission Office
The London Temple
West Park Road
Newchapel, Surrey RH7 6NB
Phone: 01342 833 916
E-mail: [email protected]
Elders Fa’aoso and Probst reported their experience with James (pictured below) at the Visitors’ Centre as follows:
“The time we had with James at the temple was very special! It
helped him out so much! He was very nervous about coming because he didn't know what to expect. But the Sisters were able to really hit it out of
the park with him! They taught about modern prophets really well which
helped James understand the need for modern prophets. James believed that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph
Smith is a prophet but he had some concerns about President Monson. It
really helped him see all of the pictures of the First Presidency and the Quorum of Twelve and to be able to listen to their testimony of Jesus
Christ. That really helped him see how much they truly love this gospel
and Jesus Christ. James also loved the fact that he could be sealed in the temple as a
family for all time and eternity. He knows that if he keeps on this gospel
path he may be sealed to his family to live with them forever. We then came to the Christus statue! That’s where James felt the
Spirit the most. When the audio spoke of Christ’s Atonement and how we
need to follow him, James told us he would do everything he could to follow the Saviour.
James has now been baptized and confirmed. On June 14th, he re-
ceived the Aaronic Priesthood and he will bless the sacrament next week on June 21st. The Visitors’ Centre was a great experience for all of us and
we are grateful for the Spirit we were able to feel to help James continue
on this righteous path.”
We are grateful to Elders Fa’aoso and Probst and to all of you for allowing us to help invite your friends to come unto Christ. For other
recent experiences in the Centre and to see how you can help your friends
progress, please see our blog, “Heaven and Earth,” at london-templevc.blogspot.co.uk.
Scheduled VC firesides in July include: Sunday, 5th July, 6:00 p.m. – “How Rare a Possession” – Russell
Ball, President Staines Stake, will bear testimony of the Book of Mormon and discuss his acquisition of a 1st edition of the Book of Mormon from
the press of E.B. Grandin in Palmyra. The book is believed to be the first
ever copy of the Book of Mormon to reach the shores of the U.K. Sunday, 19th July, 6:00 p.m. – “My Heart is Singing” – Elder and
Sister Cummings, Senior Missionaries at the London Temple Visitors’
Centre, will bear testimony of the joy of service in the Lord’s kingdom. The Cummings, who have served so well, will complete their mission
here in August.
Come to the Centre! Partake of the Spirit! Report Your Experience
London Temple Visitors’ Centre - CPR
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