Phnom Penh South and East Zone Conferences

Every three months we are blessed with the opportunity to gather with the young missionaries in the Phnom Penh South and East Zones for Zone Conference with President & Sister Christensen. Many times in the past this was their first of six Zone Conferences around Cambodia and over to Vietnam. This time we were the last.

Likewise in the past these have been half day conferences, today's was scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with a lunch in the middle. Even with the extra time it is amazing how fast the time went, even with the hard benches in the chapel.

This morning the Christensens continued with their theme of becoming deliberate disciples. Today they focused on scripture study. They gave the missionaries various ideas about how to study the scriptures and how to make them more effective in their lives.

After lunch Sister Christensen had a Jeopardy game with the group to teach them about how to be more healthy. One lesson that was loud and clear was the importance of drinking more water. She also taught us about eating correctly including fruits and vegetables in our diets. It was an vital message that was taught in a fun way.

President Christensen then shared the one mission goal for the coming year, to increase the recent convert retention rate up to 50%. It was only about 30% when we came to the mission, which is really sad to think that within one year 70% of the new converts have stopped coming to church. He shared new tools that they will be using and asked that all the missionaries really focus on the recent converts.

We love working with these wonderful missionaries that the Lord has called to serve in Cambodia. They are definitely the very best in all of the Church.