Zone Conference: President Christensen's Vision

Today was the North and Central Zone Conference, the first conference tour for President and Sister Christensen since coming to Cambodia. Because of assignments we attended the meeting today and will attend South and East Zone Conference tomorrow.

It is always such a great blessing to gather along with the young missionaries. We sometimes forget we are missionaries, too, and this is not just the young missionaries that are blessed by these conferences. We have the opportunity of watching the growth of these young Elders and Sisters as they take the teachings they are given and put them into their lives.

President and Sister Christensen started by explaining that from the time they were called, they had been given council to catch a vision, and inspire the young missionaries with that vision. They have struggled, studied, and tried to find what that vision would be. About ten days ago while they were away from the Mission Office for a couple of hours taking care of some business, the vision became clear and they understood what they were supposed to teach.

They shared their Mission Vision with us. They challenged us to be "Deliberate Disciples", not just Accidental Disciples. President was told the missionaries who have been and will be called to Cambodia are called to come to him and to be taught by him. He invited each to take responsibility and deliberately choose to follow Christ, to make and keep covenants, and to be converted. There was great instruction and discussion. We came away uplifted and inspired by this wonderful leader.

After lunch we went back in for the final phase of instruction. The missionaries were challenged to improve their surroundings, keep things clean and take care of their apartments and all they have been given here. Here is where the seniors come in. We have been assigned to oversee apartments for some of the young missionaries, mentoring them and inspecting their apartments. We met with the Elders and Sisters who we will be checking on, and scheduled to visit their apartments on Monday. We are optimistic about how this will ultimately improve the mission. They were reminded that by taking care of the little things, the bigs things will be easier and will fall into place.