Antwerp Zone Conference

Missionaries get really excited when their orders have arrived. Sister Tibbetts made our missionaries very happy! All orders were filled and waiting for them as they arrived, with missionaries names identifying their prize!

Sister De Groot and Sister Robbins would make anyone smile!

Elder DeMeester and Elder Verwey look so classy in their new "solde " suits.

President Brubaker started Zone Conference by giving a review of the last 14 weeks, and commended missionaries for the miracle that we have seen in numbers of baptismal dates we have in our mission. We went from 21 to 57 baptism dates. You’ve shown your faith in leadership of area leaders. It was scary at first but it’s working.

How to help investigations with dates move toward baptism:

- Consistent frequent short contacts

- Prepare for each lesson with the spirit

- Teach by the spirit to the specific needs of the investigator

- Help them overcome concerns

- Help them to make and keep commitments - open hearts to listen to spirit

- Continually use and update the teaching calendar

- Make member involvement a primary focus

Life Saving Training Camp

- What you learn today can save a life

- The Lord has asked you to be his hands

- As you pray for knowledge and engage wholeheartedly in the practice teachings, you will gain knowledge that can, together with the promptings of the spirit, help to save eternal lives.

Write down a question that you would like to have an answer to? What do you hope you can learn as a imissionary or what do you need? (for me,” Am I doing all that I’m supposed to do in my missionary assignment?”

Need to wear our tags so when we’re on the beach, we have to be able to tell who the lifeguards are. He told a story about knocking on a door with E Sanford & Hanks – saw a young 16 year old who was very receptive, felt the spirit. It was so exciting as they felt he was prepared. There are many out there who are ready, let’s help them find eternal happiness.

Assistants – discussion on how teaching calendar is working:

- Helps people really become investigators

- Helps kind of weed out who is more serious, which ones want to progress and which ones don’t

- Gives clear direction of our purpose as missionaries – moving towards baptism

- Gives them structure and an agenda

How has teaching calendar helped the spirit in your teaching?

- Helps eliminate confusion with investigator on what we’re doing

- Helps unity in companionship

- When they know what’s going on, they seek the spirit

- Sis Brubaker says the calls they get from missionaries are wonderful – it’s working! They’re excited about it – it’s been a blessing to see the miracle unfold.

1 Nephi 16: 4-5 Nephi had great joy and great hope in their desire for righteousness. This is how we feel about our investigators – help our investigators with great hope for them. We do our best to get them back on the path of happiness.

Missionaries were now ready to put into practice with each other what they discussed.

Practice makes perfect! Repetition.........Repetition........Repetition...........

Harry is our "ever ready" missionary. He is a welcomed addition as he helps the

missionaries become the best they can be!

Our assistants take advantage of any time they have to prepare for the next part of Zone Conference.

More role playing between companionships.

Wow! A much needed break!

I think every missionary went home feeling well fed!