Our past two weeks have been filled with interviews and multi-zone conferences. As Sister Hammon and I concluded the last multi-zone conference (MZC) on Friday and were driving home, we just looked each other and said, “What an incredible week at multi-zone conferences.”
The spirit was strong in each of them; the music was spectacular; and participation was outstanding; and the tears were plentiful. We were amazed with the trainings the zone leaders, sister training leaders, and outgoing missionaries gave. It was a huge learning experience to know our Mission is in good hands, and the outgoing are leaving an enormous legacy for all of us to follow and emulate. President Norman and President Hansen gave highly inspirational messages about loving God with all of our hearts.
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| Moreno Valley Zone |
The conference was replete with incredible diverse topics. Some of them were taught at every MZC, and others were taught during specific MZCs by specific zone and sister training leaders and outgoing missionaries.
“Sacrifice vs. Consecration and Sanctification”
“Setting up, following up, and assessing goals”
“Preach My Gospel: following patterns”
“Adjusting to Missionary Life”
“We make Christ our Center by loving Him with all our hearts”
“Enduring to the end by Walking with God”
“Disciples of Christ”
“Being diligent with an eye of faith”
“Finding the elect”
“Have we not reason to rejoice?”
“Urgency of the work”
“Asking inspired questions”
“Bold but not overbearing + Persistence”
“Street contacting using 2 Nephi 25:26”
“Elevated home visits”
“Increasing our access to Christ's Grace through believing in Christ”
We decided we needed to tap the outgoing missionaries one more time. There are 27 of them returning home in the July transfer, all of them former or current leaders. Everything about trainings propelled us to understand the greatness of the missionaries and of the California Riverside Mission and want to do better.
During the testimony meeting, the outgoing missionaries (all 27 of them) had great counsel for all of us and bore strong, powerful testimonies.
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| Menifee Zone |
E. Sorenson—“You can have the spirit with you the whole time. Our desires can change through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.”
E. Eldridge—“We must remember why we are doing this. The people who we are teaching deserve the very best. These experiences will affect the rest of your life.”
E. Avei—“We must ask inspired questions. They come through studying and inspiration of the Holy Ghost.”
E. Rose—“The Gospel of Jesus Christ has brought peace and joy into my life.”
E. McCracken—“It’s not all about me. The people out there are a lot more important than we are.”
E. Steed—“The greatest gift is gaining the gift of love and understand who Christ really is.”
E. Cox—“I remembered the statement ‘If Brother Cox goes on a mission, he will never regret it.’”
E. Osberg—“My mission has been the greatest experience I have had in my life.”
E. Medearis—“I have a renewed view of the world.”
E. de Mare—“My mission has been like a ship in raging waters. I have learned things on my mission I would have never learned before.
E. Dew—“I love my mission so much. I hope to hold to the standards I have learned.”
E. Bailey—“This mission has been the biggest blessing of my life. It has been the hardest thing I have ever done.”
E. Watson—“My view has gone from watching missionaries go home to watching friends go home and now watching us go home.”
E. Holyoak—“I didn’t realize how much I loved my mission and how much I have changed. I want my mission to be the launch pad for the rest of my life.”
E. Balls—“Heavenly Father will propel us.”
Hna. Tonini—“If we say we are going to be happy in the future, you will never will be happy.”
Hna. Hernández—“Every second of the journey has been sacred. The biggest miracle has been me changing.”
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| Corona Zone |
S. Wilson—“I found my testimony; I’ve laid my foundation. When you rely on the Lord and have courage to make that jump, we can learn new things.”
S. Ruggles—“How great it has been to see the growth in me. Learn to do this: Enjoy to the end!"
E. Lewis—“I am a disciple of Christ and look forward to teach others.”
S. Palmer—“Your Savior is by your side even through afflictions.”
E. Holloway—“My last half of my mission has been better than the first half because I changed my attitude.”
E. Day—“My mission has been the longest, shortest, hardest, most fun thing I have ever done.”
Hna. Harper—“I have loved every minute. My mission has offered me the most sacred moments of my life.”
E. Frisby—“I have realized many of my weaknesses have brought me to my knees. It is at these moments when I have felt Him.”
E. Hale—“There is no reason why we cannot have both feet in the mission.”
E. Tobiasson—“I have seen many miracles, and I am going to take the things I have learned to the next chapter of my life.”
What a glorious week it was! Sister Hammon and I celebrated our one-year mark this week. More on that in another blog. We love our missionaries and our mission, the California Riverside Mission!
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