Prescott/Prescott Valley Interviews 10/13

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Whew!  We finished up three weeks of INTERVIEW DAYS with all our 235 missionaries!  We are exhausted, but happy!
Our last stop was Prescott/Prescott Valley Zone on Wednesday.  We started the day with discussion on the power of CONFERENCE TALKS and we invite you to join with us in studying the talks between conferences and look for a couple things:

 1) COUNSEL
2) PROMISED BLESSINGS
Ask your missionary the schedule of the talks we are studying so you can join in sharing favorite ideas.
Next we introduced the new ADJUSTING TO MISSIONARY LIFE booklet to all our missionaries.  This is a new program for all incoming missionaries, but a resource for pretty much EVERY PERSON.  If you have ever had major change in your life, you could benefit from this booklet.
If you are interested in seeing it for yourself, click on this link and then it will ask you to log into your LDS ACCOUNT in order to view it.
 https://missionary.lds.org/m-content/bc/PDFs/AdjustingMissLife_Booklet-LowRes_6-7-13.pdf

Our fearless Zone Leaders O'Neal and B. Jones led a discussion on DRESS AND GROOMING...remember...only DRESS SLACKS, no Dockers, cotton type pants.  And, we are being asked to have all new missionaries use only SIDEBAGS now.  So, I have been giving away a couple sidebags to each zone to encourage the change.
Sisters, no tight clothing of any kind.  Please check lds.org Missionary Dress and Grooming before you go Christmas shopping!

 We had a great FOCUS discussion on how we use our PURPOSE, our MISSIONARY HANDBOOK, the EXAMPLE OF CHRIST and GOOD, BETTER, BEST as the lens to focus all our missionary activity.
In keeping with this, we played a role play game as if one in each compaionship was a member trying to get the missionary to participate in something that maybe was not the best use of time or purpose.  They did a great job with handling some pretty tough situations!  WAY TO GO!

 Next it was GAME TIME!
There is always purpose in the time I spend with missionaries as well, and game time means we are learning something important in a fun way.  Today it was MANNERS SOCKBALL!

Team captains of the TIES and NO TIES teams squared off to try to whack the correct manners answers all over the gym.
You can see our Elder and Sister Templeton going for the sockball...no mercy!

And it was always entertaining to see the Elders and Sisters avoiding each other like the plague!
Oh yeah!
I never could bring myself to make real strict rules...they just had so much fun!

 We celebrated our SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS:
Sister Matuauto
Sister A. Walker
Elder B.Jones
Elder Bolinger

Here are your fearless Missionaries after the game.  I promise they all learned something!























We finished the day by discussing our ONLINE PROSELYTING.  This is a great tool, but we are pioneers in trying to find ways to make it an effective use of time.  We thank you for supporting us in helping your missionary stay consecrated online...no messages from home or distractions to their work. We are as strictly obedient online as we are off, and so grateful for the great work ethic of your sons and daughters.  They are truly great people!
We encourage you to take the challenge to INVITE someone WEEKLY whether over social media, or in person, to do something to learn more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  We have what it takes to be truly happy, so let's share it!