Missionaries

With the Wray Reunion approaching, I have been thinking about missionary work quite a bit and feel so blessed to have so many examples of great missionaries in my family.  (I am not confident in where each person served, so I will fill this in as I learn.)

Wray Family Missionaries:
(Grandpa) Gerald N Wray--
(Grandma) Rhea Moss Wray--
       Together they served as Mission Presidents in the Sacramento, California Mission, and                    the Sendai, Japan Mission
Stephen Story--
Grover Wray-- Knoxville, Tennessee
Louis Billy--
Clyde Johnson-- Hong Kong
Michael Shurtz--
Troy Hansen-- Mexico
       He is also currently serving as a counselor in the Tempe, Arizona Mission Presidency
Richard Wray--
John Wray--
Nathan Story-- Frankfurt, Germany
Austin Story-- Panama
Aaron Hunt--
Phil Pemberton--
Matt Reichman--
*Jeff Wray-- Culiacan, Mexico
Cameron Johnson-- Nashville, Tennessee
Joe Johnson-- Lima, Peru
Bryan Shurtz-- Calgary, Canada
Talon Jones--
*Daniel Shurtz-- Independence, Missouri
Aaron Bulter-- Rochester, New York

*= missionaries who have there calls and will be leaving shortly, but have not yet gone to serve

My Aunt Stacie also sent our family a link to a great talk about missionary work from the home.  It is called "Creating a Gospel-Sharing Home" by Elder M. Russell Ballard (found at: http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/04/creating-a-gospel-sharing-home?lang=eng&query=sharing+gospel).  Simply reaching out to others and sharing our love for them can have a profound influence on how people view the gospel of Jesus Christ.  We teach the principles of the gospel in the way we live.


“Live in such a way that people who know you but don’t know Christ will want to know Christ because they know you” (in H.David Burton, in Conference Report, Apr. 1994, 89; or Ensign, May 1994, 68 ).