Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission: Leadership Conference

There are some changes coming to the curriculum at the MTC in January of 2011. It is still completely Preach My Gospel but there is more emphasis on the what I call the "Human side of missionary work;" meaning that they are going to work on listening skills, asking good questions and understanding the needs of the people from the answers they give and then being led by the Spirit to teach to their needs. If you would like more details a about this , see my "leadership training" page. We were instructed to bring all of our zone leaders, district leaders, and trainers into Baton Rouge for a Leadership Training meeting. We were given 8 lessons to present to them in those 4 days. They stayed in the apartments of the local missionaries and 13 of them stayed here at the mission home. I fed 55 missionaries breakfast and lunch all four days. It was a wonderful four days. Our leaders came prepared to be taught from on high and and Heavenly Father answered our prayers by pouring out his spirit for four days. Those of us that instructed could feel that we were being instructed as much as the missionaries were by the spirit at we taught. The exciting part were the miracles that we saw in the evening when they went out and implemented the things they had been taught during the day. when they returned at 9:00 p.m. we would sit around in a big circle and marvel at how inspired the instruction was by how well it worked as we went forward in faith. It is a thrill to see the faith and dedication of these young people. Not only our leaders, but the young missionaries that were left to keep the ball rolling in the field. There is not question that the Savior is very personally involved in this work as he loves, teaches, supports, and redeems us as we strive to serve Him. Enjoy the light and joy that you see in the faces of your wonderful missionaries.

photographs donated by Brother Easley