Wed 1/17/07 1:27 AM

Dear Family,
At the last Mission Council I ask the Zone Leaders ( we have four Zones in the mission ) and my Assistants to give me a list of things they have learned from the teachings I have given since being here. They took this serious and here is the list. Guess I talk to much as it is rather long. There is some duplication, but not too much. I hope that you enjoy this. My reason for giving the assignment was to teach new missionaries some of these same things that came by the spirit. We will be leaving for a trip tomorrow to do Zone Conferences and we will be gone for a week. Have a great week. I know that we will.
Love Dad


Teachings of President Weight

Say nothing but repentance unto this generation. Keep my commandments, and assist to bring forth my work, according to my commandments, and you shall be blessed.
Now behold, thou hast a gift, or thou shalt have a gift if thou shalt desire of me in faith, with an honest heart, believing in the power of Jesus Christ, or in my power which speaketh unto thee;
For, behold, it is I that speak; behold, I am the light which shineth in the darkness, and by my power I give these words unto thee.
And now, verily, verily, I say unto thee, put your trust in that Spirit which leadeth to do good - yea, to do justly, to walk humbly, to judge righteously; and this is my Spirit.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I will impart unto you of my Spirit, which shall enlighten your mind, which shall fill your soul with joy; and then shall ye know, or by this shall you know, all things whatsoever you desire of me, which are pertaining unto things of righteousness, in faith believing in me that you shall receive.

Doctrine and Covenants 11: 9-14

 Loyalty to the Lord, leaders, each other, and Preach My Gospel.
 Thankfulness for Joseph Smith/Joseph Smith focus with members.
 Doctrine Covenants 4: We are reaping our own salvation as we work.
 Preparing in all things, language, having the Spirit, etc.
 “Ask and ye shall receive” Ask according to our desires and don't desire amiss.
 You are doing your part when you have the Spirit and are not restrained.
 Become an expert with Preach My Gospel.
 Introduce the gospel wherever you are.
 Don't be ashamed to ask people to be baptized.
 Miracles are done by following the right path. The right path is through Preach My Gospel.
 Be worthy and believing
 Work out of love for our brothers and sisters and not out of our own satisfaction.
 DC 9: 1,5 – Don't become discouraged or stop trying.
 Become a missionary as taught by Elder Bednar.
 Be strictly obedient and then some.
 Pray before and after planning to know if the decisions made are right.
 Most important part of the work is helping people come to Christ.
 Giving a hard dedicated service brings a remission of sins.
 Craziness or insanity is doing to same thing over and over and expect different results.
 Do weekly planning by the book.
 Pray for individuals and you will be strengthened from beyond the veil.
 Ask for people's feelings that you may address them.
 No effort is wasted.
 Bless people's homes when you are there. (DC 75: 19)
 If we put into practice President Weight's teachings, we will be happier by the next zone conference.
 Wrestle with God in mighty prayer and hold God to His word.
 Speak with the Spirit so strongly that people must believe (3 Nephi 7: 18)
 Make use of Family History.
 Do everything we know how to do, and try things you aren't sure how to do.
 Embrace Preach My Gospel and follow it.
 Mormon 9: 19-21 – Make miracles happen.
 Our success is from everyone of the missionaries. Share the joy of everyone else's success.
 Create an assembly line of converts.
 Don't just fill time with tracting and contacting. Set up back-up appointments with members.
 Do the little things to make big things happen.
 Don't limit yourself in possibilities.
 Be believing, bold, and brave.
 Look for families to share the gospel with.
 Have a branch mission plan and work with members.
 When the Spirit prompts you, make a category or topic and look up scriptures for it.
 3 Nephi 9: 5-7 – Worn people with love, not hatred.
 DC 60: 2 – Be submissive to the Lord and open your mouth.
 You don't have to wait till death to have peace through the Atonement.
 Have thoughts in the right place and you'll have success.
 Stay the course and you'll reap the harvest.
 If we don't raise the bar and shoot for lofty goals, we won't go anywhere.
 Write down goals and read them everyday.
 Learning by faith is not a spectator sport. Exercise faith and act.
 Teach investigators that it takes real desire and action to know the truth.
 Our faith is strengthened as we teach others to learn by faith.
 As we endure, success will come.
 Pray that the way will be opened and that people won't suffer because of the traditions of their fathers.
 Be genuine with people and thank God for meeting them by pronouncing blessings on them.
 Feast on the words of Christ. 2 Nephi 4: 15-16.
 Use For the Strength of Youth more often. Give it to parents of young investigators.
 The best way to overcome objections is head on and early.
 Moroni 7:3 – Hope to do great things.
 Moroni 7:4 – The gospel brings a peaceable walk with Christ. And how? Alma 7: 9,19,20, 22, 23.
 The Atonement of Christ heals us from personal sins and from the wrongs of others.
 Be prepared in personal worthiness. Be prepared to share the gospel and extend commits
 Angels are helping us whether we see them or not.
 Constantly think of those you are called to serve.
 Contacting is just a means to a greater purpose.
 “Not failure but low aim is a sin”.
 “The tragedy in life is not to not accomplish our goals; the tragedy is to not have a goal to accomplish”.
 Show respect to God in your prayers by using correct language: Thee, Thou, Thine.
 Always pray for investigators including in President's interviews.
 Everyone in born with the light of Christ. We need to give them the opportunity to feel that again and invite them to move forward.
 Members need the blessings of being involved.
 Evaluate your work and work harder.
 We have the power to call down blessings from heaven in behalf of investigators.
 Align ourselves with the Lord to accomplish His work in His way.
 When promptings come, act on them quickly.
 Without personal revelation we will not succeed.
 Alma 5 – Live right, bring forth good works, hearken to the voice of the Good Shepard.
 Moroni 7:6-12 – All good things come from God. If we have a good thought, it is from God. Go with it, do it now, don't waste time.
 Personal revelation comes less if you don't act on it.
 Ether 12 – Have faith and move forward.
 Alma 8: 15 – Don't let tradition stop you from having faith.
 Blessed are those who are baptized without stubbornness of heart.
 You are happier when working and trying to follow the Spirit.
 Pray with faith, stand on your feet, and act.
 You cannot have a success day without starting with a purposeful, heartfelt prayer.
 We cannot take a vacation while missionaries.
 Alma 26: 22 – Repent, correct what you are doing wrong, have faith, bring forth good works, and pray continually without ceasing = Formula for revelation and many baptisms.
 Don't cut your mission short. Fill it with opportunity.
 Remember your purpose is to bring others to Christ.
 DC 4 and 75: 2-5 – Preaching the gospel applies to our own souls also.
 DC 60: 2, 13 – Be a full-time missionary everywhere. Talk to more people.
 DC 31 – As we work we receive a forgiveness of sins and many sheaves.
 Wear yourself out in doing the Lord's work, then let His Spirit renew you and then you will be able to do even more.
 We must move the work forward faster by increasing faith and hard work.
 To win the race isn't to take first place. It's to rise each time you fall.
 The Lord loves this people and performs this work by miracles.
 Multiply opportunities. Help members see they have faith and that they can help in finding more people to teach.
 If you aren't giving everything to your companion, you'll be missing out.
 Alma 29 – We receive according to our desires. If we work for selfish desires, we won't succeed – focus on the mission.
 Have joy in the success of others.
 Love and support each other and talk to more people.
 Make a pedigree chart with members in your area and pray to know who you should learn more about. Use this for referrals and temple work.
 Seek for inspiration from the Spirit to multiply opportunities.
 Celebrate Christ's life all year long.
 Eat, drink and sleep baptismal goals. This is where the magic begins.
 Set goals on true desires and constantly review them.
 Have faith and desire, plan and work smart.
 Set plans for yourself, investigators, and members.
 A key to success is in re-evaluating.
 Setting goals takes a lot of time talking to Heavenly Father on bended knee.
 Investigators who have received a witness should be baptized now and not say to God or His missionaries, “Wait a minute.”
 Baptism is an act of faith.
 Help investigators start the journey now and attend the temple in a year.
 Ancestors are waiting for investigators to do temple work.
 The blessings come by being obedient.
 If investigators won't keep and make commits, move on to someone that will.
 We must always be finding people to teach. Do finding everywhere, every hour.
 Baptize. This is your purpose.
 Be totally focused and obedient.
 Be totally guilty of having a good attitude.
 Avoid contention.
 Keep on keeping on.
 Have more lessons with a member present. Our goal is to have a member present on all first and second lessons with all new investigators.
 Help the branch mission leader to function in his calling.
 Introduce a member to all investigators within the first week of contact.
 Have members follow up with new investigators to re-commit them to come to church.
 Arrange for members to meet investigators at the door and sit with them.
 10 Contacts a day in minimum.
 The Lord places people in our path. Please contact them.
 Pray with people in the streets when appropriate.
 Use the new street boards to find the elect.
 Obtain referrals from everyone.
 The more investigators in sacrament meeting = More investigators baptized.
 Assistant and Zone leaders must have the strongest programs in the mission.
 Be 100 percent obedient.
 Make sure you are registered in the apartment you live in. Always de-register and re-register when you move.
 If you are not having success in finding teaching and baptizing, it could be because you are not obeying local laws.
 We are guest in these countries and we must obey the laws of the land.
 Wherever you go and whatever you do, talk to people and introduce the gospel.
 Success comes “After a trial of our faith.”
 Galatians 6: 7-10 - “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
 If a missionary's thoughts are on worldly things, things of corruption, it is hard to have success.
 Become a full time missionary all of the time.
 Learn from your companion. Be unified in purpose. Forget differences.
 Don't feint, but continue with “unwearyingness”.
 Have branch council members commit to find and prepare someone within the next three months to have the missionary lessons.
 Select members in your area to write their testimonies in two copies of the Book of Mormon and give them to someone during the month. Have them commit the people to read something specific and then follow up.
 Have special activity nights where members go all out to invite their friends.
 Send formal invitations to a baptismal candidates family, friends, coworkers, classmates and acquaintances. Make a list of names and address and plan to contact them.
 Have an open house at the church or a “Meet the Mormons” night.
 Continue to tract, but don't make this your only finding activity.
 Ask God to bless you as an instrument in His hands.
 Ask God to protect investigators and members from scratch.
 An outline of how to be a successful missionary includes: Planning, Goal setting, Change, Becoming more like Christ, Following the Spirit, Perfect love, Obedience, Unity, and beginning with yourself.
 We can move the work forward faster. Each of us must change to make it happen.
 Make sure you open your mouth and talk to more people. When you have a prompting to talk to or approach a specific person who is put in your path, DO IT. Don't ever allow doubt or fear to keep you from following these impressions.
 Ask everyone for referrals.
 Missionaries must find by doing more than tracting all day or contacting all day. Review finding ideas, look in chapter nine of Preach My Gospel.
 Don't always contact in the same area. Go find new places to find.
 After every lesson with a member, challenge them to find and prepare someone for us to teach. Teach them to pray and ask for someone to be put in their path. Teach them to open their mouths.
 Every branch needs a branch mission plan.
 Members are the key.
 Continue to set monthly baptismal goals that are achievable.
 Elder Ballard “The pace the Lord expects is higher than our current performance.”
 Smile as you leave your apartment. This is a gospel of gladness.
 Be full of faith and desire. Pray without ceasing.
 Miracles happen everyday in this mission.
 Be obedient to the little things also.
 You must use personal and companionship study and planning time wisely. You cannot be an effective missionary unless you study, plan, and set goals.
 During the day, pray often for guidance.
 Have a written language study plan.
 Always teach by the Spirit.
 We must get members excited about missionary work.
 Teach members how to become missionaries.
 We should not let a negative attitude creep into our lives.
 You cannot force your investigators to do anything, nor should you try. But you can choose to work hard yourself, be happy, and show everyone around you that the gospel is true.
 “Fail not to continue faithful in all things.” Doctrine and Covenants 84: 80.
 “For Strength of Youth” Pamphlet teaching
 Using Church building as our greatest resource
 Joseph Smith Focus
 Miracles, looking for them and expecting them to happen
 Faith should affect every aspect of the work
 Assembly line of Converts and always having them go in and through the funnel….
 Lifting missionaries with Love, taking them aside when needs be (private)
 Multiplying Opportunities – getting with investigator families early on
 “No” actually means “Don’t know”
 Studying and using Preach My Gospel every day (becoming a PMG mission)
 “The Time is right, the Time is now.”
 Two new methods of receiving and asking for referrals (Family chart and seeing the good or complimenting them on their goodness)
 Implementation and use of Outreach Centers
 Daily Scripture Study
 Goal setting
Two month baptismal goals
Focus Daily, Review Weekly, Revise Monthly
• Praying on the streets and at doors
• Mission Standards of Excellence
• Role of Obedience in Success
• Having more Faith
• Contacting not just tracting
• Praying on the streets
• If it’s good, it comes from God
• Loving the people we serve
• Not only working hard but working smart
• Find the Elect
• Multiplying opportunities (qualities, family history, faith to find)
• Members are the Key
• Looking for and focusing on Miracles
• Focus on the Prophet Joseph Smith
• Meeting with families as soon as possible and give them a Strength of Youth pamphlet
• Lift with Love
• Each time the church is re-established, there is great growth
• Personal Topical Guide in back of Scriptures
• Taking someone aside to reprove and correct
• Three Referral Methods
• Reality of Old Scratch
• Following the Spirit even when you don’t know why
• Daily Miracles
• Plead with the Lord, don’t just pray
• Contacting skills – get good at talking to people. Practice talking to people for an hour without bringing up the gospel. Don’t build up walls but rather relationships of trust. Connect and visit, then navigate the discussion.
• Talk to 10 people in motion when traveling
• Use every part of the Daily Planner
• Get into PMG, using it everyday of your mission. Learn and prepare by using PMG
• Don’t be content with the present level of achievement. When we give the extra and go beyond the normal, that is when we reap the rewards.
• Become a full time missionary as Elder Bednar has taught
• We can’t just know something, but become something; that’s what raising the bar means.
• Every evening, petition the Lord for miracles and people to serve. Call down the powers of Heaven to bless this mission and soften the hearts of these people.
• Be believing, miracles will happen!
• Praying on the street
• Doing the same thing over and over will give us the same results. To expect anything different is the definition of CRAZY!
• There is an army fighting on the other side.
• Do I have to? No! You get to! Changing our attitudes. Having positive attitude
• Assembly Line
• Starve problems and work ahead at opportunities
• Follow the promptings from the Spirit!
• We have too many investigators saying “Wait a minute.”
• Investigator funnel
• Formula for baptism thousands
• Alma 8:5, 23:5, 26:3-4, 37:9-10, Helaman 3:26, 5:17-19, Alma 27:22
Repent – 100% obedience – change attitudes
Exercise faith, ask and receive
Bring forth good works, work, work, then work.
Pray continually without ceasing – focus – no talking about girls
Then we will know mysteries of God and 1000s of souls will come to repentance.
• Find the elect. Find leaders. Don’t baptize problems
• Multiply opportunities
• New referral approaches
• Be like Roudy the Dog, excited and full of energy
• Secret to work – Desire, Love, Preparation
• If it is a good thought, do not question it. Just do it!
• Making goals with faith: it takes more faith to make a realistic baptismal goal of 1 for a month than to make a goal of 5 that you know will most likely not happen.
• Do not give Satan time to stop what you are working towards
• If you are motivated by love, then you will always be doing it for the right reason
• Constantly re-evaluate your performance. Make a “This is the First Day of My Mission Sheet” and write down how you will improve.