At the end of the month our next transfer occurs. We will be sending 9 missionaries home. We will be receiving 39. The following transfer in September, 3 missionaries will return home. To date, we will be receiving 31. So although we "lost" 74 missionaries to the new Bakersfield mission, we are rapidly gaining that number back.
What does that mean for Elder Mecham? Well, for starters, that means 15 new or additional, apartments by the end of this month. In three weeks. And then that many more for the next transfer in six weeks. Do we believe in miracles? Yes we do! Do we believe they happen without any effort on our part? Rarely. And in this case it will be after all we can do. And I suppose that would include the many days Elder Mecham goes into the office around 6 or 6:30 - or like this morning - 3:30. And several hours on Saturdays. (Oh yeah, today IS Saturday!) He has so much to do (and evidently it weighs on his mind to the point of sleeplessness.) We are praying for assistance as we do all we can, then, in faith, counting on the Lord to make up the difference!
The message of the WW Satellite Broadcast by the Brethren a couple weeks ago that the members must work with the missionaries is so critical. Our mission will happily be saturated with many more missionaries. Who will they teach? They absolutely will need the help of the members to find people to teach - now more than ever.
Times this by 58. New missions. It is incredibly exciting! The work must be done before Christ can come again. The Lord is hastening His work. Will we do our part? I pray we will! Each and every one of us.
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