Emphasis Preaching Journal

A missionary is one sent on a mission -- one sent forth with authority to preach and administer the sacraments -- one sent to do religious and charitable work among the needy and outcasts.

My father's mother, Grandmother Hahn, sensed a call to serve as a missionary. She was ready to start a family, and friends impressed upon her the need to raise a dedicated family who might do even more than one missionary could. From her family of twelve there were preachers Will, Fred, and Philip. Martha was a missionary in Mexico and