PRESCOTT ZONE CONFERENCE 2/14

 PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINE FOR ALL PHOTOS OF THIS EVENT
Our second day of Zone Conference was up in Prescott.
The day started with President Taylor teaching about the Godhead, then about being a consecrated missionary.  We learned how important it is to give our will to the Lord, to lay distractions or fear or pride or anything else on the altar that could hold us back from being the missionaries that the Lord wants us to be.
We learned that the difference between hot water and boiling water is only 1/2 a degree...yet that 1/2 a degree increases the power of that water by 1720 times!
We want to be the CONSECRATED MISSIONARIES!  We want to be like Ammon or Alma!

My next discussion was about PLANNING.
I illustrate how we can fit in all the things that we need to do if we start with the BIG ROCKS FIRST and then the smaller rocks, then the gravel and then we can even fit in the fluff...or water to fill the gaps.

If we start with the small stuff...there is not room for the big stuff.  A good lesson for life!
We also learned how to use the DOCTRINE OF CHRIST in our planning.  This means that as we plan for investigators or anyone else we are teaching, we look to increase their FAITH their REPENTANCE/CHANGE their DESIRE TO MAKE PROMISES WITH GOD, their EXPERIENCES WITH THE HOLY GHOST and to know how we can help them ENDURE WELL.
As we plan this way, and then evaluate how we do, we can really be SPECIFIC in our planning and the Spirit will definitely guide us.  Planning is a process of revelation.


We practiced using our
Vision
Goals
Plans
Tasks
using the Doctrine of Christ.
Then we also evaluated, or used our
Accountability to report how each person was doing using the same Doctrine of Christ.
We call it our VGPTA

 My health presentation was on "Unproven Health Practices" so our Assistants poked some good fun at missionaries in general by pretending that our mission is the "APM...Arizona Protein Mission."  If you can blend it, it must be good for you.  Ok, we encouraged them to follow the Word of Wisdom and use moderation in all things and to let good nutrition be their source for most of their needs.  I love that the Gospel of Jesus Christ and latter-day prophets have given us guidance on pretty much every aspect of our lives!


The Assistants are great sports to help with these skits!  We all look forward to them very much!

To reinforce what we were talking about, we played NUTRITION JEOPARDY to remind us of nutrition basics!

Love it when Elders get in the matching tie thing...today was bright jewel tones...I thought I matched their style!  Nice Job Elders!

 Lunch is a highlight as usual...time to visit and eat really good food provided by local wards.

We love having the Templetons in this zone, and we have loved having President Juchau come along to conference with us as well!  As usual, we have the Kings along to assist in their Presidency role, and they just keep everything running smoothly!  LOVE OUR OLDER MISSIONARIES!

 The Prescott Stake decorated the wall with great sayings about missionary work, they went to great efforts to bring the Spirit!

After lunch, we sing to the lunch preparers and then we do our Mission Fight Song.  It is really a blast!

 We celebrated our February and March birthdays.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
Elder Sutcliffe
Sister Muhlestein
Sister Jensen
Elder Westlund
Elder C Christensen

We enjoyed the Happy Birthday in French by our Canadian missionaries!
Tres bien! Eh?!!

 Front:  Elder and Sister Templeton, Sisters Muhlestein, A Walker, Stanley, Baumgartner, Polander, Matuauto, Jensen Moore, Sister and President Taylor.  Sitting on Stage:  Elders Stevens, Hicks, C Christensen, Brown, Wrigley, Westlund, Miller and Pollard.  Standing on Stage: Elders Burbank, Graziano, Davis, A Cook, Lundquist, Ford, Rushton, Gorham, Sutcliffe and Martinsen.

BEAUTIFUL musical number by Sisters Muhlestein and Polander and Elder Hicks with Elder Christensen on the piano!

 The Assistants taught about PRINCIPLES vs RULES which was a really good discussion and reminder!  They did a great interactive practice teach with it that got everyone up and moving.

Towards the end of the day, our fearless Zone Leaders Westlund and Wrigley took their zone to teach them about how to resolve concerns of those they are teaching towards baptism.  They talked about how to use a Progress Record/Baptism Calendar to help them see what they are learning and to help them see that they know enough as they progress in learning.

Zone Conferences are a special time to learn a lot and to gain revelation on things that will bless each individual missionary in a very personal way.  I know that each one that came prepared, went home with what they needed to learn that day.
These are skills and conversion that will bless each missionary in their future lives as well as during their mission.  The Gospel blesses each of us with all that we need to be happy and successful in all that we do.  How blessed we are!