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On today’s show, I speak with Gary Gittins who served in the Marshall Islands, Majuro Mission from 2010 to 2012.

And in my missionary minute, I talk about the sacrifice of the saints.

So let’s get to it!

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Gary, it’s been so fascinating hearing about your mission.

Thanks for your missionary service, thank you for sharing some highlights from your mission, and thanks so much for reaching out to me!

A big thanks to my new friend Gary Gittins. Gary actually just loves the podcast and reached out to me and said that he’d like to share his missionary experience and I’m so glad he did. We had a few technical glitches, but it all worked out. What a beautiful area to serve and an even more beautiful people to serve in Kitabus. And They’re getting a temple! I looked it up and it was announced in October of 2020.

In today’s missionary minute…. As I was speaking with Gary I remembered our branch president in La Rochelle, France. He lived in another city called Rochefort about 35 kilometers away from La Rochelle. We would take a train there a couple of times a month to work in that city. And when we would get there we would stay in the home of the branch president. They would fix us a great dinner, often a couscous and seafood dish. They were from Tahiti and were so generous and loving and were so happy that we would be there in their neighborhood teaching. At the end of the day, there would be a couple of mattresses on the floor in the living room. And we would sleep there in their home. I don’t know if I knew it back then, but at some point, I found out that we were sleeping on their mattresses. They didn’t give us the shirt off their back, but they gave us their beds and I assume that they slept on the hard floor because of their love and respect for the missionaries. There are countless stories like this from missionaries around the world. Missionaries are blessed by the sacrifices of the saints.

Well, that’s about it for today’s show.

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