Words of the President 2015
Ang Tinig President’s Letter December 21, 2015 Merry Christmas, our dear missionaries. I’m eagerly anticipating our Christmas Conference this week (talaga!). We are going to celebrate our Savior’s birth, life and love. What a great day in the life of a missionary. Christmas begins with love. That love is best manifest through Christ-like service. Jesus demonstrated this to us in his ministry and mission. Elder Merrill J. Bateman taught: “The greatest act of love in the history of the world is the atoning sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father. The Atonement reveals the intense feelings of both the Father and the Son for all mankind. Jesus taught Nicodemus about the Father’s love: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son” (John 3:16). And Jesus taught the Twelve about his own love: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:12–13).” At Christmas we should direct our thoughts to the Lo