Each of the Senior missionaries here is asked to help with some sort of job or project in our Zone. We have about 30 Senior missionaries serving in the Area Office. Many of the jobs are service related, some are social like planning get-togethers for the missionaries like potluck dinners or farewell meetings for those leaving. In addition to zone jobs, we all serve in different wards and branches.
I’ve been asked to join the committee that publishes the monthly newsletter called the Wegweiser. I’m happy about that. Here’s my first article.
Der Wegweiser
We have many guideposts in our lives to help us stay on the right path. They point the way, they instruct, they give warnings, they name destinations, some even provide helpful information about the path. The German word for guide post or path advisor is Wegweiser (pronounced vek vi zer). Weg means way or path. Weiser means a sage or a wise guide.
Our Senior Missionary Newsletter, called Wegweiser, is a source of guidance and information. Did you know that another Wegweiser newsletter was published in Germany in the early 20th century? This fore-runner of “Der Stern” and later, the “Liahona,” was important to the members of the Church in Germany at that time.
This issue of “Der Wegweiser,” collected by Elder and Sister Irving as part of their Church History mission was dated April/May 1934. Already in its 8th year of publication, it must have begun in 1926. A translation of the title page is:
The Way-Finder (or path advisor)
A magazine for young and old Number 2 April/May 1934 8th Year
Official Organ of the Priesthood and Auxiliaries
in the Swiss-German and German-Austrian
Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Every day we see and read signs and posts directing us which way to go. They are on every road we travel, and every path we take. We can choose to heed what they say or not. In Iceland, a vegvísir is a magical stave intended to help the bearer find their way through rough weather. We not only need earthly advice and help to find and navigate our way, we also need spiritual guidance and direction.
We have just listened to General Conference. Our Prophet and Church leaders are also Wegweisers, directing, advising and pointing us to paths that will keep us save, happy and focused on Jesus Christ.
“His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come.”
–The Living Christ
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 