Zone Conference- Surprise 8/13

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Our second day of Zone Conference was just with one zone, the Surprise/Surprise N zone.  As I have said before, our zones are named after the stakes that they serve.

It was great to have personal time with this zone! We all learned so much as each member of the zone participated a lot since they were few in numbers.

 President Taylor started the day with a discussion on FAITH.  It was the perfect start to our day and led to another great discussion on RULES vs PRINCIPLES led by our Assistants.  These two things were the foundation for the entire day...and pretty much they are the foundation for our lives!

You can see our trusty Assistants here as they perform a skit to introduce my topic for discussion: rest and relaxation/ how to stamp out negative thoughts.

 Hence the nametags "Positive Pete" and "Negative Ned."  They do a great job!


Lunch is always a favorite time.  Socializing is always important.  We always get treated so special by the ward or stake who host the luncheon and I am so grateful for their service to us.  It makes my life so much easier!

 We also had a "Arise and Shine Forth" shoeshine station for anyone who needed a little shine for the day.  Love the smell of shoe polish!

Good job elders Parry and Miller!  President gave them a few pointers!

 It is always fun to find your signature on the mission flag.  It is getting really full!

 After lunch, we sing to our hosts and then do our Mission Fight Song, which is just so fun!

 We celebrate birthdays for the month.  In this zone it was only Elder Miller who has a birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELDER MILLER!

 After lunch there was a musical number by many in the zone, which was just beautiful!
They sang "A Child's Prayer."
The rest of the afternoon was instruction on how to be an effective ONLINE PROSELYTING MISSIONARY!
We are authorized to use Facebook, Blogs, Skype etc. as tools to fulfill our missionary purpose...that is the key TO FULFILL OUR MISSIONARY PURPOSE.  Please remember that, and do not look for excuses to communicate online with your missionary.  They will be learning how to make this an effective use of time for only 1 hour a day.  You can help by reading the instruction on our other FAQ blog and by becoming a better online missionary yourselves!

We encourage you to study the topics that your missionary is studying:
Faith
Rules vs Principles
Power of Positive Thinking
Online proselyting
Obedience
Wise Use of Time

All of these are based on eternal truths that will bless our lives not only now but for the eternities!  missionary work and what we learn as missionaries is just incredible!  What a great foundation of truth to build the rest of eternity on!