I think what you’re doing is awesome — connecting with the local missionaries and local members, going to the General Conference broadcast, giving out your contact info. Sharing the gospel… sharing the greatness of God… God is honored by this and these are seeds planted!

I think the four top things that come to mind are:

1) Thinking optimistically and long-term about your relational and evangelistic investments. Setting a pattern early on of sharing the truth, so that it is not awkward later on after relationships have developed. You are seed-sowing. God gave us that metaphor so that we would have the patience and optimism and caution of a farmer. You are in it for the long-haul. And you are hopeful and confident that God loves to use the spread of his word to create disciples. But maybe you won’t see any fruit for 20 or 40 years. So decide now that you are in and keep your eye on the prize.

2) Being honest with your intentions. The “stealth mode” or “I’m just an investigator” approach some take violates 2 Corinthians 4:2 and practically, it isn’t a good long-term investment of time. People who know your honest intentions yet your persevering gentleness and courage will slowly gain more and more respect for you. And this can be valuable. It is in my opinion inevitable that people will leave Mormonism from your local Mormon community (big transitions are happening right now in Mormon culture), and people like you who have been sharing the truth will be important safety nets and points of contact.

3) People tend to overvalue marketing and a logo and other web site stuff, and undervalue the actual, invisible, non-sexy, non-marketable, drip-drip-drip thankless rhythm of doing actual ministry. Get busy doing the actual ministry of connecting with people and sharing the truth of the Bible, one sentence at a time, one person at a time, and a lot of other things will fall into place.

4) Avoid fools and troublemakers and the super-arrogant, and move on to other people. Otherwise you will waste your time quarreling and the worst will be brought out in you. Better to save your energy for hashing important issues out with other people. In Matthew 7 Jesus gave us the counsel, freedom, and command to not throw pearls before swine. I have learned that this wisdom has a side-effect: it helps an evangelist like you or me not burn out.

If you are looking to also do apologetics ministry, where you are contributing to online resources to help train other Christians, I would consider doing these things:

• Read the LDS manual Gospel Principles, and then also read Rob Bowman’s review articles (http://mit.irr.org/gospel-principles-archive). He is top-notch and there is enough meat there to keep you chewing for a long time.
• Find some believers who do similar ministry as you and enter into community with them.
• Don’t underestimate how relevant atheism will be to your ministry. I would read some good books on making a case for the existence of God and the resurrection of Jesus. Mormonism is h[o]llowing out and is full of closet atheists or latent agnostics. You can take what you learn and share it with ardent Mormons. While they would say they have strong faith in Jesus and the Bible, they rarely have any foundation to stand on to retain faith in either when their world of Mormonism comes crashing down. These are good seeds to plant.
• Start a blog and do book reviews of either evangelical books related to Mormonism or of doctrinal LDS books sold at Deseret Book. It’s a long-term investment but Google will eventually send you visitors and people to talk to.
  
  Grace and peace, brother!!! Jesus is so kind to us.

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And get involved and invested in your local church!