I studied carefully and prayerfully some who are
remarkably faithful and effective witnesses of the
Savior and His Church.
Their stories are inspiring.
There is no single pattern in what they do.
There is no common technique.
Some always carry a Book of Mormon to give away.
Others set a date to find someone for the
missionaries to teach.
Another has found questions which draw out feelings about
what matters most in life to a person.
Each has prayed to know what to do.
They each seems to get a different answer, suited
especially to them and to the people they meet.
But in one way they are all alike.
It is this: they have a common way of seeing who they are.
They can do what they have been inspired to do because of
who they are.
To do what we are to do, we will have to become like them
in at least two ways.
First, they feel that they are the beloved children of a
loving Heavenly Father.
Because of that they turned to Him easily
and often in prayer.
They expect to receive His personal direction.
They obey in meekness and humility, as the children of a
perfect parent.
He is close to them.
Second, they are the grateful disciples of the resurrected
Jesus Christ.
They know for themselves that the Atonement is real and
necessary for all.
They have felt cleansed through baptism by those in
authority and the receipt of the Holy Ghost for themselves.
And because of the peace they have experienced, they are
like the sons of Mosiah, "desirous that salvation
should be declared to every creature, for they could not
bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the
very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment
did cause them to quake and tremble."