REFERRALS/REFERÊNCIAS

 

Many of the referrals that we get belong to people that live somewhere out in the country.  Everyone in Brazil calls it the "Interior". Some request a Book of Mormon, but most request a personal visit. Missionaries automatically receive referrals from Church websites and social media in their Area Book Planner.  Each companionship has one phone that they share and the Area Book Planner is on their phone. If the referral program can't find any missionaries close by, the referrals for our mission area come to me, and I figure out how to send them to the closest missionaries, but in most cases there is no way for the missionaries to visit them.  These referrals have a tendency to get backed up. 

 

What the missionaries can do is call the person and give them resources.  But, they are busy teaching in their own areas.  It's a nice problem to have. Pres. Ostergar wants us to help these referrals get resolved. The Church hopes that all referrals can be contacted in some way in the first 24 hours, while people still remember that they were interested. We are suggesting to the missionaries that they contact a few a day to see if it will help them "clean up" their area books. The church has some amazing resources including teaching people remotely.  This became more available because of Covid.

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