The Reverse Ministering Program

      We have discovered a possible new feature of the ministering program of the Church.  We call it Reverse Ministering.  It might be called into play in a situation in which persons who are assigned to minister to us by the Relief society or Elders Quorum have not contacted us for a long time.
      It works like this:
1. Learn who has the ministering assignment for ones self or family.
2. Reach out to them in person, by phone, or text, etc., with kindness and interest.
3. Given them birthday wishes, wish them well, congratulate them on some accomplishment, or whatever else positive that seems natural at this time.
4. Continue to make these kinds of contacts.
5. If they ask, give them updates about your family or personal happenings.
6. Don’t let on that you know of their ministering assignment to yourself or family.
      Wendy has been doing this with a sister for some time that LDS Tools App on Wendy’s  phone says is Wendy’s ministering sister.  The sister recently asked Wendy, “Are you my ministering sister?” 
      Wendy responded in the negative and said that she was just calling her as a friend, but in her mind she thought that if this sister is ever asked to account for her assignment to work with Wendy, she will now have some things to report.