We are Learners, Teachers and Volunteers!
This week was a remarkable week of learning and teaching.
We had the opportunity of learning from one of the General
Authorities, Elder Timothy J. Dykes and his wife and our Mission President, President
Stratford and Sister Stratford.
They taught us at an incredible zone conference and we came away spiritually fed.
Sister Stratford taught us about the Light of
Christ and not knowing beforehand what we should do, but act on first promptings.
President Stratford taught us about TREASURING
UP AND BEING QUICK TO OBSERVE. Sister Dykes said that each meeting needs to be
a revelatory experience for us!
Elder Dykes taught for two hours and it was wonderful! He asked us a powerful question:
When people see you do they see the Savior? WOW! As missionaries and consecrated teachers must become a new creation
and to think and act differently. We stressed that we must use the power of the Book of Mormon in
all of our teachings!
We need to simplify, clarify, verify and testify!
It was wonderful!
We also have been teachers this week!
This week we:
Taught Priesthood
Taught Young Women
Taught Relief Society
Both spoke in church
Taught institute
Taught Personal Finance
Helped teach a lady to prepare to take the discussions
And we love all of it!
And in our volunteer work, we helped with the registration committee
gathering the forms for the big Christmas event in town, called the Miracle on
Main Street. It is a fun Christmas celebration
and parade that is held in the evening with lots of lights on the floats and
trucks, and Mr. and Mrs. Santa coming last on the big fire engine! It was very
festive! All of the singing groups, clubs, businesses, churches (not us) loaded
their employees or families onto something that moved and rolled down the
street handing out candy. We estimated
about 500 people were in the parade! For a town of 11,000 that is quite a big
event.
We love our mission!!
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