Day 17 - Saturday, July 16, 2016

 This is an Area Book with a missionary who understands the importance of the contents within.  Area Books remind us that the Lord expects us to keep records of his children.  One of the missionaries I met with this past week told me the following story.  He was baptized in 2013.  He had two good missionaries that he loved and appreciated.  After he was baptized, he asked the missionaries if he could have a copy of his "Teaching Record" that the missionaries had used.  When he received the original form, he turned it over only to find that nothing had been written on it.  None of the experiences shared, questions asked or comments made had been written down.  This missionary was very sad to realize that nothing had been recorded.  He told me that helped him realize that he must update his area book every night so no detail will be lost.  What a testimony to me of the power of area books.