Guadalajara Leadership Training

Here are a few highlights from our final leadership training day with the Guadalajara area district leaders, zone leaders and sister training leaders.  It was a wonderful day.  Once again, we are so impressed with each of our missionaries.  They have great role models and examples to follow in these district, zone and sister training leaders.  Here are a few more examples of these fine leaders.

(**note**I began by posting our training with the Colima area, then the Tepic area, and finally this post with our Guadalajara area.  I have written a bit more information in my first post with the Colima area)


Here are the leaders of the Guadalajara area

President acknowledging our final training day with our outstanding assistant Elder Wilson.  

With him going home this transfer, we express our love and gratitude to him for all he has done for us. He has been the finest trainer (our trainer) any mission president could have wished for.

muchas gracias Elder Wilson!

leaders working together

vs. working alone

Study groups, notice the assistants stay close by each group to answer questions
and assure that the material is understood

various  assignment were given for district, zone and sister training leaders to teach and present   

practicing what was presented

I love how Elder Lara and Elder Teichert taught about record keeping.

They asked each leader to find the pages they were referencing, and 

they double checked that the pages were filled out correctly.

I taught about 3 very temporal things that have a great deal to do

with our spiritual well being.  Taking care of ourselves- our health,

our apartments, and reducing stress and worry. 

our comida!  Elder Atwood and Elder Poblete arranged for a sister

 and her husband to come and make taco's for our lunch

They were delicious!!

We celebrated Elder Poblete's birthday

Birthday tradition is that as they bend down to blow out the candles, someone sneaks up and pushes their face into the cake....  Elder Atwood and Elder Wilson did the honors

President checking each area book

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President had the Elders help him again with his quick object lesson, demonstrating the need to resist the opposition of the Elder in the center as he fell forward, and support him, holding him up to keep him from hitting the floor.
He talked again about how opposition can serve to strengthen our faith, and it is necessary to accomplish all things.

Guadalajara area leadership

Tepic Leadership Training

We followed the same pattern and taught the same truths as we did in the Colima area.  Here are the fabulous leaders in Tepic

President starting once again by talking about faith and the miracles of the work of salvation

the assistants, demonstrating the correct method of leadership, contrasting commands and demands, 

vs. leading by example, showing the way

 study sessions

notice the assistants right there to answer questions and insure understanding

practice, practice, practice

participation by district, sister and zone leaders

Elder Albrechsen and Elder Alarcon focusing on record keeping 

President looking over area books

the tail tale signs of our comida

more practicing

followed by more practicing

 a lesson in how our communications can become misunderstood

We learn in the Book of Mormon that there is opposition in all things. We should expect it and be prepared for it.
Opposition can serve to strengthen our faith, and it is necessary to accomplish all things.
President had the Elders help him with a quick object lesson, demonstrating that to maintain the Elder in the center as he fell forward, the Elders in the circle needed to resist that opposition and support him, holding him up, and keeping him from crashing to the floor.

Presidents closing remarks - God is a God of miracles. His work of Salvation is a work of miracles.
We must call upon Him and rely on Him to aid us.

a quick last word to the zone leaders

our wonderful leaders in Tepic

our sister training leaders in Tepic

the clean up crew

Sister Afu received a box and wanted to open it up right then, 

so she could share it with the others

leaving by taxi

and by van

I love our missionaries!