SPECIAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE May 2013

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We were so blessed to have a special leadership conference with guests from Salt Lake while they were in the area this week.

We have worked several times with Tracy Watson, Director of Proselyting in the Church, and begged for the chance to have him and his companions meet with us this week.

 Our missionaries were thrilled to hear not only from Tracy, but from Brother Donaldson...known to ALL missionaries from the "DISTRICT 2" DVDs used in training of missionaries.  He was Mission President in California during the filming of one of his mission's districts which is now famous.

 You can see from the expressions on the faces of our missionaries that they were really being engaged and affected.

 It was very exciting to spend the entire day learning and practicing what we learned together.

 One of the skills we focused on was using the Church's pamphlets in teaching.  We have taught how important visuals are, and this was just the perfect follow-up.

 The teaching needs to be simple and easy.  Using our senses to see how what we see and hear makes us feel.

This is how the Holy Ghost speaks to our hearts and souls.
I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true.  Everything testifies of a loving Heavenly Father who wants us to return to live with him as families.

We had a lunch break as usual...and we discovered we had TWINS separated at birth!  Check out the retro suits!


Oh, by the way, one of them really IS a twin! Lucky brother!

 We now have SIX SISTER TRAINING LEADERS!!
Welcome to Sister Mejia, Sister Folsom, Sister Pickett, Sister Fluckiger, Sister Follett and Sister Baumgartner!  They make sure whatever we train on gets to the Sisters through exchanges.  They are on the ball for sure!
Before they left the meeting today, they had planned how and what to make sure they focused on in their exchanges this month!

And, of course, the Elders all love a good meal together!

 Today I got to bring all the food...since it was an unexpected meeting and we did not have a ward or stake assigned to feed us.
Believe me, I appreciate our wonderful OFFICE SISTERS who came to help out!

It is important that I am in the meetings to know what is being taught and to be involved, since I go out and teach and train with the Sisters.

 We treated our office Sisters with the traditional thank you song "Army of Helaman" along with our MISSION FIGHT SONG!







The Assistants do a great job leading the songs!

President & Sister Taylor with Brothers Watson, Donaldson and Dittmar from the Missionary Department.

Here we are after having our visitors sign the Mission Flag.