What
a great week we have had. Monday began with zone leaders’ council when
all the zone leaders and assistants come together to talk about the work
and how we are doing and what we can improve upon. We
have some great young men who are working hard and it is a blessing to
be associated with them. We spent a fair amount of time discussing the
things covered in zone conference and if everyone is applying what was
learned. It is also a time for the zone leaders to make an accounting as
to their personal areas and how the work is going there. It was a good
day!
Tuesday
and Wednesday all the district leaders, new missionaries from the last
two groups and their trainers also joined the zone leaders for some
specialized training. Part of the training is to help missionaries learn
how to take notes so they can go away from meetings and know what they
need to improve on. President showed his typed pages of 100 things he
had listed from zone conferences that we as a mission need to always be
working on. Hopefully they are getting the message of how to improve and
make the changes we need to. It was a wonderful three days as we were
with 110 of our 196 missionaries during those days. We
have about 60 missionaries who have been here 12 weeks or less so the
percentage of fairly young missionaries is large. We teach and teach and
re-teach constantly because the force of
missionaries is constantly changing. It is good to see the new
missionaries learning fast though so things are going well in that
regard.
On Wednesday night we took an elder who
needed a little surgery to the hospital. Things went well and Friday he
came to the mission home and will spend conference weekend here with us
as he heals.
We
are so excited to watch conference all weekend. It is such a spiritual
boost for all of us. I hear the missionaries often referring to messages
and how much they help them personally and with the work here. Our
Utah children are all gathered together as is the tradition and we are
grateful to know that wherever we all are , we will be watching and
listening to our prophet and our leaders and hearing their counsel for
us. We know there is continuing revelation and we are so grateful to be able to receive it in our lives.
Mark
went out teaching this week with some elders and had a wonderful
experience helping teach a family about the plan of salvation. They had
recently lost their 4 year old son when he unexpectedly died. He was
their only child. They were so heartbroken and hungry to find answers
and comfort and counsel. The gospel is just that for all of us, comfort
and answers! How grateful we are to be here sharing this great message. We love you all! Mark and Sandy
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