Fwd: Safe Arrival Letter

Thanks for letting us know of her safe arrival.  We are praying for you.

Paul & Arla Gibbons

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:27 AM <Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission (2012103)> <2012103@ldschurch.org> wrote:

 

FLORIDA FORT LAUDERDALE MISSION

7951 SW 6th Street, Suite 110

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33324-3211

 

 

October 10, 2018

 

Dear Brother and Sister Gibbons, 

 

Your daughter, Sister Sydney Gibbons has arrived safely this week in the Florida Ft. Lauderdale Mission and I am thrilled to have her here. She is very much needed. There is a great work to be done in this marvelous part of the world. Your daughter will be an instrument in the hands of the Lord and a fellow servant with us and 181 other faithful missionaries to accomplish His sacred and holy purposes.

 

I thought you might enjoy the attached pictures that was taken at the initial orientation meeting with your daughter.

 

I pledge to you that I will do all I can to build upon that which you have taught your daughter, and to build upon the standards you have established for your family. Please know that I desire to sustain you in your sacred parental role and to never do anything that will detract from or interfere with that eternal relationship.

 

Missionary work is very hard and strenuous. Much will be expected from your missionary. I pray for your continued support and encouragement of your daughter as she begins this challenging and extraordinary experience. It will be a great blessing to her and to the work in our Mission, if you write to her each week and encourage her to be diligent in this great work. Should you have an emergency need to contact your daughter, I would appreciate your calling the Mission Office rather than calling your daughter directly.

 

I will do all I can to teach, and honor your daughter and allow him to realize the injunction, "O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve Him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the Last day," and that she will have many opportunities to "invite all to come unto Christ and be perfected in Him."

 

Our Mission Motto is "Return with Honor."  Sister Garns and I will do all we can to ensure that this will be realized by your daughter in all of its various forms. We invite you to be companions with us to ensure that this happens.

 

Respectfully yours,

 

Jerryl L. Garns

Mission President