ZONE CONFERENCE- Glendale and Peoria 8/13

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Quarterly we conduct ZONE CONFERENCES with all our Mission.  This involves getting 1-3 zones together at a time for instruction and mutual learning.
Our first conference this session was with the GLENDALE and PEORIA/PEORIA N zones.  Incidentally, our zones are named after the stakes that they serve.   Some serve just one stake and others two,

We had a shoeshine station set up where Elders could "Arise and Shine Forth" so they would look their best for the conference.  They did a great job!

We had great instruction from President Taylor on Faith.  He teaches in such a simple way that all can understand this basic and oh, so important principle of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  It is the founding principle upon which all others are based.

One of the things that I love about conferences are that we get to hear musical numbers.  Our mission is very musical and we love to hear them sing!

 Our great Assistants taught about RULES vs PRINCIPLES and then led a discussion on how we are tightening up on obedience...constantly.

It was so positive and so understandable.

This photo shows them in their roles as "POSITIVE PETE AND NEGATIVE NED" as I had them do a skit to introduce my topic of rest and stress and how we can control our thoughts to crush the negative ones.

 Lunch is always a treasured time to visit and share a meal provided by the local stake or wards.  They take such good care of us and we appreciate it so very much!

 Missionaries always try to find their signature on the Mission Flag...so many signatures!!

 Today I also brought a bunch of suits and shirts and ties I have been collecting over the year to try to give a few to new owners.  We found some!  Always great to recycle a good suit!

 We end lunchtime with our Mission Fight Song, which is just so fun to sing with enthusiasm!

 We celebrated AUGUST BIRTHDAYS:

Happy Birthday to:

Elder Mullenix
Elder Elder Wainwright
Elder Stulen
Elder Laititi
Elder Nelson

We then heard the birthday song in Samoa...(Elder Laititi)

...In Swedish (Elder Stulen)

...and in Portuguese (Sister Morrison)

The afternoon brought another great musical number.

Training on how to use online proselyting tools and instruction by zone leaders on INVITING and by the APs on Wise Use of Time...key in online proselyting!  The internet can eat up time faster than none other!

At the end of the day, each missionary received a stack of handouts on:
Basic principles of online proselyting
How to create a Mormon.org profile
How to use Blogs to share the Gospel
How to clean up their facebook page to use as a missionary
How to eliminate Automatic Negative Thoughts

Ask your missionary to share any of these topics with you!

How well do you understand the WHY of things...the PRINCIPLES behind what we do?

How does your online activity reflect who you are as a member of the family of God?

We can all be more effective missionaries as we learn to use our time wisely and as we learn to INVITE in all that we do!

Please see our FAQ blog for more information on how we are using these tools go to:
http://azphoenixmission.blogspot.com/2013/08/an-online-proselyting-mission.html