This week was a Zone Conference week. Our mission has six "zones". Each geographic zone has about 20-25 missionaries in it. We combine three zones for a Zone Conference. We held these all-day conferences on Wednesday in downtown Philadelphia and Friday in Broomall, PA. Our missionaries often travel up to 2 hours to attend these conferences. The purposes of Zone Conferences are to train, inspire, motivate and minister to our missionaries.
We always have 3-4 break-out sessions in our Zone Conferences. Each break-out session focuses on a chapter from Preach My Gospel, the training and instruction manual for missionaries. Each break-out session typically consists of 5-10 minutes of instruction, followed by 15 minutes of role playing. We find that our missionaries learn very quickly through role plays.
Usually our break-out sessions are taught by our Zone Leaders. This week I got into the act and taught our missionaries how to interact with bishops and branch presidents. Following brief instruction, the missionaries paired off with one being a "missionary" and the other being a "bishop". The missionary was enlisting the help of the "bishop" in regards to "handing-off" a number of recent converts and other members with whom the missionaries had been closely working.
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We just left our daughter at the MTC. It's good to see that see will be receiving the love and support she needs to help her become an effective missionary.
ReplyDeleteWe are very excited about the wonderful and exciting time to have a temple in Pa. What a wonderful opportunity for the members and our daughter to participate in spreading the gospel.
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