Sunday, January 12, 2014

All in a weeks work...

The truth is that I can not begin to describe a weeks work.
Somehow we get up early, never have enough hours in the day, 
feel like we are 3 steps behind, 
and fall into bed exhausted.

The second week of 2014 included:
  • Training in the Palimra District
  • Interviews with our Buenaventura Elders
  • Office Meeting
  • Activity in the mission home with Valle Grande Elders and investigators
  • An area video conference for all Mission Presidents
  • Training with the Calima Stake
  • Leadership Council
  • Activity in the mission home with the Versalles sisters and investigators
  • Interviews with the Popayán zone
  • Training with the Popayán District
  • District conference (3 sessions) with the Popayán District

and I am sure there were about 190 letters Pres. Prince had to read,
sick missionaries, and other missionary issues that filled in the down time!

BUT
We are still TRYING to be like Jesus
Here are a few more smiles from this weeks work
La Costa Zone
 Elders J. Walker, Canevaro, Henao, and Edwards
Elders Vaca, Adams, D. Payne, and Chamorro
 There were 178 attending the Buenaventura Branch
this Sunday
Two of our Sister Trainers
 Sister Sepulveda and Sister Avila
Spent the weekend with the members in Buenaventura this weekend
Where in Buenaventura are they?  Can you find them?

Here is Popayán Zone...all smiles!

 Elders Campos, Darley, López, and Xochicale
 Elders Lamoreaux, Somoza, Mitchell, and Alfonso
 Sisters Chub and López                Elders Llerena and Whitney
 Elders Mosqueira, Dean, Menendez, and Eliason
 Elders Gallardo and Zambrano
 And a cute little family we met...I fell in love with these kids!!
And here is the zone with the District President Zambrano on the right!

In our Leadership Council
We are Chasing the World Cup...
or
Setting High Goals for the win!

I would say that we started off with a breakfast of champions...





Stretched our minds,
Exercised our thoughts,
And planned for the success of our team!


Refueled for the afternoon...















somehow Elder Avalos gets in a lot of pictures...I will miss this Elder!!
 These leaders have all it takes to be CHAMPIONS!!
What a great group of missionaries!

This is the last leadership conference for these zone leaders
Oh, how they will be missed!
Elders Lipe, Suarez, Avalos, and Menendez
Watch out World (cup) here they come!!!!!!!


Saturday, January 4, 2014

Starting off a new year...

No better way to start a New Year than in Missionary Interviews!
At this moment we have 190 missionaries.
This week we visited with 4 zones and 50 missionaries.

Thank you Del Parson for this beautiful painting!
   2014
   I am trying to be like Jesus
¨…para que testifiquen ante ti…que siempre se acuerdan de él, 
para que puedan tener su Espíritu consigo.¨
 METAS

Físicamente
Espiritualmente
Intelectualmente
Emocionalmente
Servicio
Atributos de Cristo

¿Qué clase de misionero habeís de ser?
Os digo aun como yo soy.
 3 Nefi 27:27
(this is like the handout they are all receiving...
for those who do not read spanish there is always google translate!)

I am talking to the missionaries about setting some goals to help them to become more like our Savior...to remember HIM always...to represent HIM in their appearance and their behavior.
(Feel free to join us!)
We always work on something in English with the Latin missionaries...
As you can see above...there is only one phrase in English...I can´t think of anything better for them to learn to say as they start this year!

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said,
¨We have always been invited to present our best selves.
 ...We should be recognizable in appearance
as well as in behavior that we truly are disciples of Christ.¨

(by the way this goes for my Returned Missionaries, too...shave those beards, cut that hair, and remember that you are a Colombia Cali Missionary!!!)

We are reviewing their dress and grooming 
and 
the cleanliness of their apartments...
We are cleaning up our acts and trying to be more like our Savior!

And we are remembering that we are NEVER fully dressed without a smile!!
Enjoy a few missionary SMILES...

















okay...we have to have a little fun, too!

This is the first round of interviews for these assistants...
they are wondering if they will make it through 10 more zones!!
We love the training they do with the missionaries!