I am glad that you are considering meeting with the missionaries.
To arrange a visit by the missionaries, you can
use the church website.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/ps/meet-with-missionaries
This
site also has answers to some of the questions you may have.
The
missionaries and local church leaders and teachers serve at their own
expense.
This was an important point to me when I first came in contact with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
I had been attending a different church in the small town where I grew up. At a friend's home, the young minister told us that he was planning to leave the ministry because he was required to teach things he did not believe, This really troubled me. If ministers were teaching things they did not believe, in order to receive a salary from their church, how could I believe what they said?
I had greater trust in the missionaries and leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints because they were NOT paid by their church. I recognized that they could be mistaken in their beliefs, but they were teaching what they honestly believed.
And they asked me to pray to God to know the truth for myself, just like Joseph Smith had done. I did, and received the impression that this was where God wanted me to be. This decision has enriched my life in so many ways.
Another point of concern with my previous church, was the teaching that heaven was only accessible to those who believed in Jesus Christ. I estimated that in ancient Biblical times, probably less than 1% of the world's population ever heard of Jesus Christ. So a loving God had set up a system where 99% of his children would automatically fail? That made no sense to me!
The missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told me that the Bible had the answer. In 1 Peter chapters 4-5, the apostle Peter teaches us that while Christ's dead body lay in the tomb, his spirit taught the spirits of the dead, so that they could have faith in him, repent of the bad things they had done, and choose to follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and inherit eternal life, just like the living people.
A
loving God had set up a system where ALL of his children could enjoy
the blessings of heaven! Wow!
I don't remember my previous church ever teaching this!
And
the missionaries taught that there are three heavens, not just one. Interesting.
These were answers that made a difference to me.
If you have questions for the missionaries, that is a good thing.
May the Lord bless you.
You are in my prayers,
Bill
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