Sunday, October 12, 2014

Taranto Zone Conference

October 8, 2014

Preach My Gospel, pg. 176


"The Spirit is the most important single element in this work.  
With the Spirit magnifying your call, you can do miracles for the Lord
 in the mission field.  Without the Spirit, you will never succeed 
regardless of your talent and ability."  
--Ezra Taft Benson, 25 June 1986

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Taranto Zone - October 2014

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The messages in zone conference were based on chapter 10 in Preach My Gospel that helps the missionaries improve their teaching skills.  The zone leaders and sister training leader invited some ward missionaries to the conference to assist with their presentation.  We love having stake, ward, and mission leaders come to zone conference.  It helps them understand ways we can assist them in missionary work.

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Preach My Gospel - page 176


The following suggestions will help you invite the Spirit as you teach:

--Pray.
--Use the scriptures.
--Bear testimony.
--Share experiences.
--Express love for the Lord and for others.

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Preach My Gospel - pages 176-177

Each person we teach has personal challenges and concerns.  No matter what your needs or concerns might be, the Savior and His teachings—the gospel—will help you.

Our message will enable you to improve the quality of your lives.  It will help you deal with the problems and challenges we all face in life.

We all make mistakes in life, and these mistakes create feelings of guilt and shame.  These feelings cannot be relieved without repentance and forgiveness.  They can be fully healed through the Atonement of Christ.

We have weaknesses, as everyone does.  We may not speak the language very well or be able to answer every question you have.  But we have been called by a prophet of God to share what we know.  We know that our message is true.

We will be guides so that you can learn the truth of our message for yourselves.  It is your choice to accept and act on the message.  Therefore, you should feel free to ask questions.

As you accept our message, you will learn how to make covenants, or promises, with God.  You will learn how to make changes to bring your lives in closer harmony with His teachings.  You will want to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be baptized by proper authority (see John 3:5).

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Preach My Gospel - page 177

Pray for the gift of discernment, and pay attention to thoughts that come to your mind or feelings you have about what to teach.

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We had all the missionaries make bead bracelets again.  Because our mission motto is "Bee the best you can bee!", I loved it when one of the elders said "I will 'bead the best I can bead!'"


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Beginning Testimony


Beginning Testimony


Beginning Testimony


Departing Testimony


Departing Testimony


Departing Testimony


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One of the elders said his grandmother saw a picture of his worn out shoes on the blog and sent him $100 to get a new pair.  (They looked a lot worse than this!)








































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