Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve closed the annual three-day visitor centers directors and Missionary Training Center presidents seminar by enveloping the 15 leaders and their wives in feelings of love and appreciation.

"If you miss the joy of this service," he cautioned, "you've missed it all."Among the greatest joys in life are those that come from sharing the gospel, he continued. Don't miss the experience of being a "first-person" missionary. Such joys are contagious, he said. Sharing these joys with family members, who are also sacrificing, will let the blessings of missionary service flow to them.

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