So, nothing new for this week. I'm just hanging in there until transfers come along. As for the Pioneer Day Parade, I actually spent a lot of time talking to people so I didn't get to see much of it. I did see President Uchtdorf though. At the end of the parade, all the missionaries followed the last... act? Which was this polonesian marching band. It was pretty crazy.
Anyways, sorry I don't write much. Later
Elder Garcia
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
14 Jul 10 - 21 Jul 10
11:50 AM
I had a slew of things that I wanted to write about but now my brain has shut down again. I'm not required to think on P-Day so I don't. Unfortunately, it takes my brain about 8 hours to reboot.
There's this 12 year old girl who we've found through this neat program called the "Master Member Referral Maker" (that one of my Zone Leaders and his previous companion came up with) who will hopefully get baptized this weekend. She's been going to church for a long time now with her grandparents but her parents have been holding her back from getting baptized. Her mom is Inactive and her dad isn't a member. We've been trying to get the parents to come to the lessons but they refuse to. So, me and my comp talked about it and she's been ready for baptism so if her parents don't care there's no reason we should wait around any longer.
The Master Member Referral Maker works like this.
Each Axillary (HPGL, EQP, RSP, YWP, and YMP) passes out a 3x5 card to each member in their class at the beginning of the lesson. The member then puts down their name and phone number. The Axillary leader gives the members 3 to 5 minutes to let the spirit work on them. The member will only put down a name of someone they want to have the gospel in their lives (whether they be a member or nonmember). This forces the missionary to work through the member.
After the 3 to 5 minutes, the Axillary leader then teaches a lesson on the "pure doctrine of Christ." This will get the members fired up about sharing the gospel. The pure doctrine of Christ can include (but is not limited to) Christlike Attributes, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, or things Jesus Christ did to share the gospel. As long as the lesson is centered on Christ, you can't go wrong. At the end of the lesson, the members hand in their cards to the Axillary leader who then hands it in to the Ward Mission Leader. The WML compiles a list and gives a copy to the missionaries.
The missionaries cannot contact the referral on the card without the member's help. What they'll do is call the member and ask how it's going sharing the gospel with the name they wrote down and if there's anything that they (the missionaries) can do to help whether it be giving the member supplies to give to the name or stopping by the member to share a quick lesson on ways to share the gospel. This gets the members focused on missionary work and puts the progression of their name in their hands. Also, it establishes a fellowshipper from the get go.
One thing you must realize if you want to implement this is that it HAS to be done this way. There have been times when people want to change how this is done and they'll get few to no names compared to 15 or 20. I've already received over 50 names from this. I know this works! And right now I probably sound like a pyramid sales man...
Hope this fires up the missionary work in your areas!
Later
Elder Garcia
I had a slew of things that I wanted to write about but now my brain has shut down again. I'm not required to think on P-Day so I don't. Unfortunately, it takes my brain about 8 hours to reboot.
There's this 12 year old girl who we've found through this neat program called the "Master Member Referral Maker" (that one of my Zone Leaders and his previous companion came up with) who will hopefully get baptized this weekend. She's been going to church for a long time now with her grandparents but her parents have been holding her back from getting baptized. Her mom is Inactive and her dad isn't a member. We've been trying to get the parents to come to the lessons but they refuse to. So, me and my comp talked about it and she's been ready for baptism so if her parents don't care there's no reason we should wait around any longer.
The Master Member Referral Maker works like this.
Each Axillary (HPGL, EQP, RSP, YWP, and YMP) passes out a 3x5 card to each member in their class at the beginning of the lesson. The member then puts down their name and phone number. The Axillary leader gives the members 3 to 5 minutes to let the spirit work on them. The member will only put down a name of someone they want to have the gospel in their lives (whether they be a member or nonmember). This forces the missionary to work through the member.
After the 3 to 5 minutes, the Axillary leader then teaches a lesson on the "pure doctrine of Christ." This will get the members fired up about sharing the gospel. The pure doctrine of Christ can include (but is not limited to) Christlike Attributes, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, or things Jesus Christ did to share the gospel. As long as the lesson is centered on Christ, you can't go wrong. At the end of the lesson, the members hand in their cards to the Axillary leader who then hands it in to the Ward Mission Leader. The WML compiles a list and gives a copy to the missionaries.
The missionaries cannot contact the referral on the card without the member's help. What they'll do is call the member and ask how it's going sharing the gospel with the name they wrote down and if there's anything that they (the missionaries) can do to help whether it be giving the member supplies to give to the name or stopping by the member to share a quick lesson on ways to share the gospel. This gets the members focused on missionary work and puts the progression of their name in their hands. Also, it establishes a fellowshipper from the get go.
One thing you must realize if you want to implement this is that it HAS to be done this way. There have been times when people want to change how this is done and they'll get few to no names compared to 15 or 20. I've already received over 50 names from this. I know this works! And right now I probably sound like a pyramid sales man...
Hope this fires up the missionary work in your areas!
Later
Elder Garcia
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
7 Jul 10 - 14 Jul 10
12:23 PM
Uh... more than last week...
I guess I haven't mentioned Red Moose.
Red Moose is a cafe/coffee shop or something like that. The owner, Theresa, has two sons out on missions but she is In-active. Because she has two sons on missions though, she loves the missionaries (as long as their lovable) and gives us free food. We told her once that on occasion we'll go to McDonalds or something like that and she got mad at us because we weren't eating at her place every single day. We told her that we didn't want to take advantage of her and that we were just fine eating there once a week. She also works for Reale(sp?) soccer and is a huge fan of the sport so for the past while, we've gotten to watch the World Cup on tv at the Red Moose.
There's also this family called the Watchmen's. There's six boys and the younger ones are crazy. We've been using the older ones to go on splits so we've been over there a lot. I find it funny because whatever I do, they copy it. It's funny how much influence I have on people. They were telling me that when they lived in South Salt Lake City, there was this nest of spiders out in front of their house. These spiders were so huge that they were eating the birds in the tree. The baby ones would get into the house and one even chased Sister Watchmen down. They had called all the pest control people they could until finally the pest control people called animal control to take care of the problem.
Uh... I think that's it for this week. Later.
Elder Garcia
Uh... more than last week...
I guess I haven't mentioned Red Moose.
Red Moose is a cafe/coffee shop or something like that. The owner, Theresa, has two sons out on missions but she is In-active. Because she has two sons on missions though, she loves the missionaries (as long as their lovable) and gives us free food. We told her once that on occasion we'll go to McDonalds or something like that and she got mad at us because we weren't eating at her place every single day. We told her that we didn't want to take advantage of her and that we were just fine eating there once a week. She also works for Reale(sp?) soccer and is a huge fan of the sport so for the past while, we've gotten to watch the World Cup on tv at the Red Moose.
There's also this family called the Watchmen's. There's six boys and the younger ones are crazy. We've been using the older ones to go on splits so we've been over there a lot. I find it funny because whatever I do, they copy it. It's funny how much influence I have on people. They were telling me that when they lived in South Salt Lake City, there was this nest of spiders out in front of their house. These spiders were so huge that they were eating the birds in the tree. The baby ones would get into the house and one even chased Sister Watchmen down. They had called all the pest control people they could until finally the pest control people called animal control to take care of the problem.
Uh... I think that's it for this week. Later.
Elder Garcia
Monday, July 12, 2010
30 Jun 10 - 7 Jul 10
7th July 2010 / 11:18 AM
Just wanted to say that it's my brother Tyler's birthday as he's serving in the Georgia Atlanta North Mission. He'll be 20.
I'm not dead.
Later.
Elder Garcia
(Note from Mom: If anyone reads this it really sounds like he could use a letter from anyone/everyone! Even if it's just a short one [or a postcard] letting him know you are thinking about him. You can find his address elsewhere on this blog and his birthdate. Thank you.)
Just wanted to say that it's my brother Tyler's birthday as he's serving in the Georgia Atlanta North Mission. He'll be 20.
I'm not dead.
Later.
Elder Garcia
(Note from Mom: If anyone reads this it really sounds like he could use a letter from anyone/everyone! Even if it's just a short one [or a postcard] letting him know you are thinking about him. You can find his address elsewhere on this blog and his birthdate. Thank you.)
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