Family Prayer, it is all we teach

Well Elder Ewing and I have started a pretty uniform system with our part member families. We teach them all that they need to have prayer as a family; we talk about the blessings of doing it, the logistical way that they can make it happen, and we follow up a lot and send out a lot of reminder texts. We really want to take the support with the ward as far as we can to really get everyone strong and established in the Gospel.

There are many ways that you can live in the church, but in the end – we should always be improving. We are trying to get people established in their homes by helping people with family relationships through family prayer, scriptures, and church attendance. That is also what I am going to tell all of you to do. Invite the people around you. I know you all have people: roommates, spouses, siblings, neighbors. Pray with them. It doesn’t matter if they are members of the church or if they are some other religion, almost no one in the world would deny a prayer together if invited by a loved one. 

Prayer is a way for us to be united. It is a way to learn together and discover things about the world together. It is a way to open our minds and our hearts to personal direction and guidance from God. It is a commandment to pray by yourself and also in your families. 3 Nephi 18:21. 

Organization and planning are very important. Our mission president tries to ingrain in our minds to plan so that we can make a more effective use out of the time we do have. He expressed that people practice hundreds of hours for a 3-5 minute solo in a performance. We need to take the time to sit down and practice so we can be more effective teachers. We are trying. This is a skill that I will take into the rest of my life.

Well I love you all and I hope that you don’t have too much stress in your life. If you do – take the time to plan and pray. It will help. I promise. 

I love you all,

Elder Faulkner