Yelled At, Barked At, and Rained On
Thursday, July 13th, 2006 by JenArticle by Kathatina Betz Birch
Ensign, July 2006
Birch describes the sometimes bleak reality of mission life starting with the description of a day that included all that the title of her article entails. She was faced with a feeling that she “was doomed to failure as a missionary, and hadn’t even been in Germany two months yet.”
She was inspired by an article by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Inconvenient Messiah,” and quotes, “…All but a prophetic few must go about God’s work in very quiet, very unspectacular ways. And as you labor to know him, and to know that he knows you; as you invest your time—and inconvenience—in quiet, unassuming service, you will indeed find that ‘his angels [have] charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up’ (Matthew 4:6). It may not come quickly. It probably won’t come quickly, but there is purpose in the time it takes. Cherish your spiritual burdens because God will converse with you through them and will use you to do his work if you will carry them well.” Read the rest of this entry »