Hastening The Work in Guadalajara

Friday, November 24, 2017

Thanksgiving at our Home 11-23-17

What a fun day we have had!
We have so much to be grateful for!
Today we invited brother and sister Bingham,
brother and sister Castle from the Temple,
our office Elders and our assistants to share
Thanksgiving with us.
Yesterday, President Clayton brought home a Christmas tree!

He rinsed it off, and gave it a good drink of water.

One of our Thanksgiving traditions is that

for breakfast ...

We have a slice (or two) of pie!

President invited the Elders to get comfortable

Getting the turkey carved..

I am so grateful for all the help I had.

Each of these sisters brought so many things

to share to make our feast wonderful!

We asked the Elders to help us

decorate our Christmas tree.

They were all too happy to help us!

All done!

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Zone Conferences! We began with the Lomas Zone 11-3-17

We had a great day with our Lomas Zone as we begin our Zone Conferences rotation.
With Zone Leaders, Elder Espinoza and Elder Jimenez,
and Sister Training Leaders, Sister Rosado and Sister Terron.

President Clayton focused on our effective

use of the Book of Mormon in our teaching

*Where do we find the words of the

prophets recorded?

*President Monson's Conference address

in the 2017 October General Conference

Ensign.

***Importance of the Book of Mormon***

*We carry the Book of Mormon in our hands,

we must also carry it in our hearts.

~The Book of Mormon contains the gospel of

Jesus Christ and leads us to Him.

~We must know where the promises to the

people here in Mexico are found in

the Book of Mormon and focus on

them in our teachings.

~Are we sharing these promises with our investigators?

~Teaching our investigators how to read

the scriptures

Read with a question, concern, or worry in mind.

*Urgency in this work.

*We must be more effective in our labors

*How to know if the people we meet

have been prepared to hear and accept

our message.

*How to know if those we meet are not

ready and prepared to hear and accept.

I introduced the Light the World

Christmas Initiative 2017

While Jesus Christ was on the earth, he declared,

I am the Light of the World - it is one of His sacred titles.

He taught His followers that as they learned of Him and

followed Him….they would become lights to others.

*Ye are the light of the world. *We are lights to those around us.

How can we share that light?

Service!

Our hope is that through

*small and simple acts of service

*we can spread the light of Christ

*helping others to feel the love of the Savior

*through genuine kindness.

We watched the new Light the World video

We brainstormed ways to implement this initiative.

We set goals and made some plans.

Shhhh...

Here is one of our plans for kicking off

our Light the World Christmas initiative

here in the Guadalajara Mission!

President Clayton's Game -

Using the Book of Mormon to help you

find answers of the soul

There was a sweet treat for every answer.

Zone Leaders outstanding teaching -

Find when you Teach, Teach when you Find!

They gave out scenarios to each companionship

and they all did a wonderful practice session.

Great presentation and discussion.

I love these sisters!

Great day together with these valiant missionaries!

#we love our missionaries!!

Independencia Zone Conference 11-8-17

***Please see our first zone conference

with the Lomas Zone 11-3-17 for

specific details of President Clayton's

and my teaching. I will just highlight

our day together with pictures, and

just a few comments.***

Great day with our Independencia Zone!
Zone Leaders Elder Schank and Elder Palenque had everything
well organized and the day went beautifully!
President getting ready to teach.