What a great day we have had with our newest missionaries
in our Follow up training.
There is a lot for new missionaries to learn.
The adjustment to missionary life is one of
faith, obedience and discipline.
They all rise to the challenge. We see it
over and over again. It is one of the great
latter day miracles we see as these young,
valiant servants of the Lord humble themselves
and seek to give themselves in ways they
never could have imagined.
We love these missionaries.
We have great hope and faith that God will
make them mighty tools in His hands.
It is unfolding... all is well!
On the steps of the Guadalajara Temple!
On the side of the Temple
by the beautiful gardens.
President Clayton's welcome and mission focus overview
We Teach the Doctrine of Christ.
*Worthiness
*Obedience
*Work
My discussion points -
* What have you learned about yourself in these first 5 weeks?
*Are you being teachable?
*What is your capacity?
*This is your mission... and it will be what you make of it.
Our awesome office staff!
Our assistants teaching
Elder Velazquez and Elder Cluff
*The spirit is the teacher.
*Seeking the spirit to accompany us in this sacred work.
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Celestial Habits Game #1
President Clayton has
taught,
“If we want new and
better results, we have to do things differently.”
And that’s exactly what the assistants did!
They took the 7 Celestial Habits and made a fun and different game
that helps us see just how important these habits are in our teaching.
And that’s exactly what the assistants did!
They took the 7 Celestial Habits and made a fun and different game
that helps us see just how important these habits are in our teaching.
As we read in Preach My
Gospel, our purpose
“is to open the doors to
the celestial kingdom,”
as we teach the gospel
of Jesus Christ.
As we extend the
baptismal invitation
we provide our
investigators the opportunity
to act for themselves
-choosing to follow the Savior's
example and enter the waters of baptism for themselves.
Here are our teams!
Team #1
Team #2
Team #3
Our game uses
the representation of the Temple as the ultimate
the representation of the Temple as the ultimate
symbol, in this life, of the Lord’s kingdom.
***Each team must exercise
their knowledge in:
1. Teaching the lessons
in order
2. Helping investigators
receive revelation
(through Prayer, Reading
the Book of Mormon, and Church Attendance)
3. Asking for references
- always
4. Evaluating and
setting goals to work more effectively.
***The first part of the
game consists of every team,
having to collect all
the pieces they will need
to build their model of the temple as they rotate
to build their model of the temple as they rotate
through each station.
They practice using
these celestial principles
with the investigator
scenario at each station,
inviting them in various
ways, to act for themselves
as they continue to learn about the gospel plan.
as they continue to learn about the gospel plan.
Each team has 2 tries to
collect their pieces of the Temple they must build
***The second part -
they must build the
Temple with the pieces they have collected.
Temple with the pieces they have collected.
This game helps us see
how important these 7 celestial habits
really are in our
efforts to fulfill our missionary purpose.
We learn that it takes a celestial way of living and working
to carry out this celestial work!
These 7 celestial habits that we have received
We learn that it takes a celestial way of living and working
to carry out this celestial work!
These 7 celestial habits that we have received
from the Lord through
our Prophet and the Twelve Apostles,
truly are to help us fulfill our purpose.
truly are to help us fulfill our purpose.
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Celestial Habits game #2
Teams were divided up
and each team
member had to think fast
and name one of
the 7 celestial habits that haven't been said
yet as the ball is tossed to you.
the 7 celestial habits that haven't been said
yet as the ball is tossed to you.
1. Always give the baptismal
challenge
2. Teach lessons in
order
(3-5) Name three ways to
receive revelation
3.Through prayer
4. Reading the Book of
Mormon
5.Attending church
6.Ask for referrals
7. Evaluate and set
goals
The teams each play,
eliminating those who
cannot quickly name one
of the 7 celestial habits
we must know and use,
when the ball is passed
to them creating the
final three, then two then the winner!
Our two finalists
Sister Paredes and Sister Gutierrez
And Sister Paredes is our winner today!
President's closing remarks-
Alma 26:22
four things that Alma and the Sons of Mosiah
did that gave them great success in their
mission labors among the Lamanites...
*Repentance
*Exercising Faith
*Bringing forth Good Works
*Praying Continually and Without Ceasing
Their diligent labor blessed them greatly...
even so much that they were able to bring
thousands of souls unto repentance.
Alma's words are true,
and can be verified
here in our mission even today.
Let's take one more look at these fabulous missionaries!
#we love our missionaries!
