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.
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.
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