Sunday, May 17, 2015

And a child shall lead them...

Elias Montano is a 10 year old member of the church who lives in a ward in Buenos Aires, Argentina named Villa Soldati.  His father is the ward mission leader.  When we did our training in this ward for our Open Chapel, we challenged Brother Montano to involve all of the ward members by asking that they invite a non-member friend to the event.  He started with his family.  He told each one that they would be expected to bring a friend to the Open Chapel.
The day of our Open Chapel visit to Villa Soldati one of the first visitors was Elias, (shown here in a suit) accompanied by his non-member friend, Benjamin.  Elias took Benjamin on the missionary tour of the chapel and then headed straight to the display by the Primary where he explained the "Faith in God" program to Benjamin and gave him his own copy of the "Faith in God" booklet.  Next he took him to the Family History display where he gave him a copy of the booklet "Mi Familia" and told him he needed to fill it in with all of the information for his family members.
After they were finished, I saw them laughing and enjoying all of the treats at the refreshment table.
What a great little missionary!  Can you imagine what he will be like when he hits the mission field in a few years and is doing this full time?

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