Our last four assistants were all together so we took a picture! Why not?
Lunch is always a highlight. The relief society sisters are so good to the missionaries!
Some of our sisters enjoying lunch. Look at the great center pieces!
The elders are so good to let me take their picture when they'd rather be eating.
This bunch wanted their picture taken. 
We even had fancy flavor packets for our water bottles.As you know new instructions were given to mission presidents last summer about how to train missionaries, including teaching a set of lessons called The Fundamentals of Preach My Gospel. In connection with these instructions there was a major shift planned for how missionaries in the MTC would be taught prior to arriving in the mission field. It was anticipated that this new curriculum would begin being taught in the MTC in May of 2011. At that time we charted a course that would have us teach these lessons often enough that all of our missionaries could have a complete understanding of these principles before we left (June 2011). This last week we once again gathered all the missionaries, rather than just leaders, to attend a series of leadership training sessions in Albany, Eugene and Medford on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday respectively. We taught again how revelation can be received through reading the Book of Mormon, and through church attendance. This was taught both from the perspective of the missionaries and their investigators.
In an effort to teach the same principle many different times and in many different ways, I assigned some of our best teaching missionaries who are not going home for about a year to teach these principle in each of our meetings. When I assigned these missionaries to teach I asked them to vary from the outlined lessons, but teach the principles included in those lessons in a different way. As Sister Macdonald and I participated in each of these classes and in role plays within them we were impressed with how well these teachers did, and also what good students all of the other missionaries were. I am sure that many, who were not assigned to teach this time, would have done a great job teaching as well. Although the date has shifted and this curriculum will now not begin being taught in the MTC until August 2011, I think the Youngs will be able to come to Eugene and find missionaries who know these principles very well.
In addition to teaching these lessons at three different locations, Sister Macdonald, President Lowary, two of our stake presidents and I had the opportunity to teach in each of these groups. I also asked several missionaries in each session tell how their efforts in their missionary work had improved by making a personal commitment to become low maintenance and high yield missionaries. We were pleased with the spirit in each of these meetings and enjoyed being with all of our missionaries again this week.
This weekend I attended the last of my coordinating council meetings. We held one in Medford on Saturday and one in Eugene on Sunday. Although we will see most of these stake presidents again, it was somewhat surreal to know that this is another one of our significant “lasts” here in Oregon.
In an effort to teach the same principle many different times and in many different ways, I assigned some of our best teaching missionaries who are not going home for about a year to teach these principle in each of our meetings. When I assigned these missionaries to teach I asked them to vary from the outlined lessons, but teach the principles included in those lessons in a different way. As Sister Macdonald and I participated in each of these classes and in role plays within them we were impressed with how well these teachers did, and also what good students all of the other missionaries were. I am sure that many, who were not assigned to teach this time, would have done a great job teaching as well. Although the date has shifted and this curriculum will now not begin being taught in the MTC until August 2011, I think the Youngs will be able to come to Eugene and find missionaries who know these principles very well.
In addition to teaching these lessons at three different locations, Sister Macdonald, President Lowary, two of our stake presidents and I had the opportunity to teach in each of these groups. I also asked several missionaries in each session tell how their efforts in their missionary work had improved by making a personal commitment to become low maintenance and high yield missionaries. We were pleased with the spirit in each of these meetings and enjoyed being with all of our missionaries again this week.
This weekend I attended the last of my coordinating council meetings. We held one in Medford on Saturday and one in Eugene on Sunday. Although we will see most of these stake presidents again, it was somewhat surreal to know that this is another one of our significant “lasts” here in Oregon.
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