Because the young man’s parents could not afford to send him on a mission, his older sister gave up her scholarship to BYU and became a legal secretary to support her brother so he could serve in the British Mission. The farm, devastated by drought years, was in foreclosure. The young man had grown up on a farm far from a major city. Cook.Įlder Cook shared an experience he had with another junior companion, now deceased. Bowring Woodbury and his wife, Sister Beulah Woodbury, pose for photograph with missionaries in the British Mission, including Elder Jeffrey R. “We had a great mission experience and share a great love and unity that has endured in a marvelous way over the 56 years since we served together.” Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. One of Elder Cook’s companions was Elder Jeffrey R. “The challenge is to love those don’t have the same interests and are different in many ways from yourself,” he said.Įlder Cook said he learned from each companion and feels to this day that each one of them “was an inspired assignment by the mission president to accomplish the Lord’s purposes.” It is essential as an emissary of the Savior to “be one” in unity and harmony, said Elder Cook. Nelson taught, “While we have no control over what other people may call us, we cannot call ourselves by any other than the name as prescribed by the Lord: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” “What is important in this regard is that we avoid identifying the Savior’s Church as the LDS Church or Mormon Church.”Įlder Cook said that President Russell M.
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“After providing the full name of the Church in a gospel conversation with those you will teach, it may be appropriate to refer to the Church as the Church of Jesus Christ,” said Elder Cook. He explained that in 1838 the Lord instructed the Prophet Joseph Smith: “For thus shall my church be called in the last days, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” ( Doctrine and Covenants 115:4). Speaking during an MTC devotional held as part of the 2018 Mission Leadership Seminar, Elder Cook addressed the topic “Act in a Consecrated Fashion-Love God and Love Others.” The talk, during which Elder Cook also shared four ways to deepen conversion, was broadcast around the world to the Church’s 14 missionary training centers.Įlder Cook asked the capacity audience in the Church’s Provo Missionary Training Center to identify the Church by its correct name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “My purpose this evening is to address four broad relationships that I believe should be of particular importance to you as you are commencing your consecrated service as emissaries of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” Elder Cook explained. Missionaries should embrace the “four loves of missionary work” by loving their companions, the people where they are called to serve, their mission president and his wife, and the Lord Jesus Christ, said Elder Quentin L. New Mission Leaders Relish Teachings, Greetings from First Presidency and Apostles.
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