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If you're not a full-time missionary with a missionary badge pinned on your coat, now is the time to paint one on your heart. The Lord needs you now more than ever to be an instrument in His hands. All of us have a contribution to make to this miracle. I was called as Young Men's president out here originally. And my first meeting out here was with one boy, and that was Junior Reyes. I was the only one in church. Every time I would go to firesides with our youth leader, it would just be me. And I would be like, "I've got to open my mouth. There are a lot of kids in Immokalee." And Junior Reyes was challenged to go out and go invite some more friends, first to the Scouting activities and then also to the Sunday meetings. And because of that, we had Wedner Daly join, and other friends. And those friends invited friends. And from there on, step by step, we got more and more kids. It all started with one person. It was like a tree. Today we have 26 active boys coming to church. Our quorum is always together. I mean, we do everything together. There's a strong feeling in our group that we're brothers. I love my brothers. Without them, I don't know where I would be right now. They're an example to me because every time, if I'm about to do something bad or anything like that, I think twice. And I'll be like, "Yeah, I'm a priesthood holder and stuff. And my friends are counting on me to do the right thing, and I'm counting on them to do the right thing." So yeah, it's really important to me. Since we're from the Church, we know what we expect out of each other. It's important because it keeps us all together. If someone is not coming to church, I can ask them, "Why don't you come to church? We all miss you. We need you." And they'll come. And we won't try to fade out. We can always bring them back. Again, the largest group we have in our branch is our Young Men program because these guys, they live the gospel. They're disciples of Christ. And they love the Lord. And they're not afraid to invite their friends to come and have the happiness and joy that they have. I'm not afraid to talk to other people about the Church because I'll tell them what's true, what I know is true about Jesus Christ and about the Church. And sometimes church comes up, and "What church do you go to?" "I go to the Latter-day Saints Church." They'll say, "What's that?" I'm like, "Come see. You'll see." It shows that they really care and stuff. They got the gospel, and it did good for them. And they don't want nobody left behind. To me, to be a believer, you're not afraid to tell people what you know is true because you're a believer. We read in Doctrine and Covenants that they're challenged to "invite all to come unto Christ." And that's exactly what they did.

Sharing the Gospel: Immokalee

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The Young Men organization in a branch grows from one young man attending to 26.
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