On Tuesday the entire England Birmingham Mission met to listen to counsel and encouragement from an Apostle, M. Russell Ballard. We also heard from his dear wife and Elder Oaks, our Area President, and Sister Oaks. As usual, it was wonderful to see President and Sister Moffat and to hear their testimonies. Elder Ballard's main message was that we are all to "Become Master Teachers." In addition he taught us such principles as, "Try to lock into your thinking that every soul is precious." "You must internalize Chapter Three of Preach My Gospel. Then you will have a sense of confidence that makes you a different missionary." "If you talk to more people you will baptize more people." "Build great affection for the Savior Jesus Christ. Give thanks for Him and that you have this opportunity to serve him." It was a great privilege to hear him and to listen to him answer questions from the missionaries.
I was overwhelmed by the power of the Spirit present and the goodness and greatness of the missionaries serving in our mission. Our visiting authorities had the highest praise for them and for the amazing leadership of President and Sister Moffat. We are truly blessed.
By the way, we inspected the flat of Elder Ballard's grandson this week. It was nice and clean. He is our Zone Leader, something we didn't know until his grandfather's visit. 
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We have a son serving the England Birmingham Mission - Elder Joseph Larsen. He is in Swindon with Elder Wark. I was 'googling" to see if I could find any news about Elder Ballard's visit to the mission and I found your blog. Thanks for sharing!
Best wishes.
Becky Larsen
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