Zone Conference- Flagstaff/Prescott/Cottonwood 8/13

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We ended our week of Zone Conferences up in Prescott with our three northern zones.  It was a great day!

It started off with a surprise!  Elders Burbank and Skalka had made this amazing coatrack for President Taylor and my anniversary last Sunday!  What a treasure!

We had to meet in the chapel with such a large group, but it was comfortable and worked fine.





President Taylor set the tone for the day talking on FAITH.  Our understanding increased of this basic and underlying principle of the Gospel.

 After this initial discussion, the Assistants took over with a great discussion on RULES vs PRINCIPLES which just helped us understand faith even more and the WHY of doing things...the WHY of commandments etc.

It was perfect before also discussing
"Tighten Up 2.0" our second go with taking things up a notch in this mission where obedience is something that is really such a happy thing!

 We had some GREAT musical numbers.  The whole time that Sisters McAllister and Summerhays were singing, I was thinking..."No wonder these two were supposed to be together!"  Their voices blended just perfectly!  Now that's companionship unity!

 Our Assistants, Elders Bartleson and Knobbe, humor me in doing a skit to introduce my topic of REST and STRESS and how to SMASH THOSE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS!

You are seeing  Elders "Positive Pete and Negative Ned" at their finest!  They do a great job!

We had a wonderful discussion, principle based, on how the power of our thoughts is very real and controllable.  Look at the world through some rose-colored glasses yourself sometime...play the GLAD GAME...say "Well at least...a few times a day and make things seem better all the time!

 Lunctime is so fun!  The chance to make new friends and renew some old friendships.

 Elder and Sister McDaniels met some of the misionaries again as well as the new couple in this area, the Templetons.  We now have 3 couples in our mission besides the ones in our office.

The Mission Fight Song is sung with gusto!

 AUGUST BIRTHDAYS were celebrated...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
Elder Martinsen
Elder Jackson
Elder Hall

Another great musical number for the afternoon session by Elders Hall, Bangerter, Gorham and Judkins.  

 For the afternoon, we spent about an hour learning how to be effective ONLINE PROSELYTING MISSIONARIES.  This is no small thing.  It requires complete obedience to the standards set forth and complete trust on the part of the Missionary Department and President Taylor.  We have incredibly powerful missionaries because of the level of obedience that they employ.  It will take some time to learn how to use these tools to use our time the most wisely, but we know it will bless the WORLD.

After some great instruction from Zone Leaders on INVITING, and some time spent on Using our Online Time Wisely, we wrapped up the day remembering that this is the time where the Lord truly is HASTENING HIS WORK!  It is an honor to work with your son or daughter in this work.  They are amazing!

After the meeting, we had some great coats and suits to give away as well as leftover cookies!

It was a wonderful day with these zones!  Amazing how I can learn more each time that I hear the same topics over and over again!  Love it!

Our day was not over.  We followed over Elders Nelson and Lane to Bagdad,AZ for an interview for baptism there.  It was our first time in this little city, but we LOVED IT!  The drive there was picturesque and the people were delightful!
The two hour ride home afterwards was not too bad either.

We love this work and just do not get tired of serving with your missionary!  Now, go and study some of the topics that we studied...go and invite someone to do something to build their faith...go and share what you believe online in some form.
GO AND DO THOU LIKEWISE