Church and Sports?: How I Use Sports to Discuss the Gospel as an Online Missionary

I have been called to invite others to come unto Christ! What a wonderful calling in this world that so desperately needs the knowledge of a Savior. I have been assigned (in addition to normal missionary work) to use the internet to fulfill my purpose! Today technology is HUGE, so why not use that to our advantage as we seek to bless the lives of the people in the world?

LDS Online Missionaries: Connecticut Hartford Mission

The Connecticut Hartford Mission President and eight of his missionaries have come on board with Facebook pages. Elder Burbridge is the first missionary to add a solo blog The Gospel of Jesus Christ Online.

H. Gary Pehrson (Facebook)
hgpehrson@msn.com (email)

Missionaries on Facebook?!

One of the greatest tools of our world today must surely be the world wide web.  We have at our disposal almost limitless access to a multitude of information.  What a fantastic blessing!  But one thing we learn from the scriptures is the there must be opposition in all things. In the words of Jeffery R. Holland, "Tragically, the same computer and Internet service that allows me to do my family history and prepare those names for temple work could...allow my children or grandchildren access to a global cesspool of perceptions that could blast a crater in their brains forever."  We quickly become well aware that the internet is used for all kinds of evil.  How wise for the Church, and for us as its members, to do our best to use it for good.  To use opposition to our advantage. 

Elder Miller: LDS Online missionary?????

The decision to serve a mission has been the greatest decision thus far in my life. It has been such a blessing to be able to serve the Lord. I have learned so much out here in Connecticut, and my understanding of the Gospel has increased dramatically. I really didn't have a clue how important it really was until I came out and learned it for myself. The things that are learned on a mission cannot be learned in any classroom. They have to be experienced first hand. In doing so you learn so much about yourself and others. By losing yourself in the Lord's work you allow him to shape and mold you into the person he wants you to be. It then prepares you for the rest of your life.

Until We Meet Again: Elder Rogers LDS Online Missionary

I easily could say that I never had the perspective before my mission of what good-bye meant! Leaving a host of family and friends behind in Colorado I thought was a big deal and hard enough. Little did I realize that other members of the church, investigators, recent converts, fellow missionaries, and various others would mean so much to me through my journey as a missionary! Let it be known that this is why the mission is the most bitter sweet experience of my life! I call it the DREAM :) !! Last night our mission just sent home a group of faithful returned missionaries and it was another time to "tear off" a band-aid. As I contemplated on this reoccurring pattern of "saying good-bye" this video illustrates the feelings that are felt in such occasions!




With Love,

Elder Tristan Rogers

Connecticut Hartford Mission (LDS Online Missionary)
Check out my blog Radical Rogers