Worldwide Missionary Training

Last month there was a Worldwide Broadcast for all Missionaries, but it was in the middle of the night here and we needed it translated for the Cambodian Missionaries, so the mission deferred watching it. Even though last week was Zone Conference we had Zone Training today primarily to watch this wonderful broadcast.

This was the first Worldwide Broadcast on Missionary work in ten years. We were told that now that the Church has gotten over the rush of new missionaries, especially sisters, they felt a need to do more training.

There were definitely some themes that came through very loud and clear. One that was shared by more than one of the presenters was to not be afraid to teach repentance and to baptize true converts, with an emphasis to endure to the end. In the past we have heard the phrase that we teach to convert, convert to baptize and baptize to endow. Another major theme was the importance of the Holy Ghost in missionary work. Elder Bednar taught that the missionaries cannot take the gospel into an investigators heart, we can only take it to and they have to take it into their own heart. They take it in by listening to the Holy Ghost. There were three apostles, Elder Niel L. Andersen, Elder David A. Bednar and Elder Dallin H. Oaks, along with Elder L. Whitney Clayton and Elder Brent H. Nielson of the Seventy, Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson the General Young Women President and Bishop W. Christopher Waddell of the Presiding Bishopric, who presented various segments. This a profound and wonderful training.