Those who have been involved in missionary work understand implicitly the dual aspects of the blessings that Ammon iterates here. He declares the conversion of the Lamanites, which was a great, and perhaps unexpected success of their missionary endeavors. In addition to the spiritual transformation of the Lamanites, however, he also notes that the missionaries themselves have been blessed. Missionary work always involves two parties, those teaching and those learning. In God’s wisdom, the blessings of the process are also given to each of the two parties.