Zone Leaders June 2012

Front:  Elders Powell, Takogawa, Kasteler, Grover, Skousen, Gonzalez, Salzl, Warr.
Back:  Taylor, Clements, Ogden, Shannon, Allred, Sithole, Junot, Hernandez, Muse, Kiser, Serranto, Hardman

Visitors

Our grandkids came to visit us! Andrew Baker, President Baker, Hannah Turnbow, Aaron Turnbow, Joshua Baker, Caleb Turnbow, Sister Baker.

Visitor's Center

The Visitor's Center Staff received some special training from Mark Lusvardi from Salt Lake.  Seated:  Sisters Merciales, Thompson, Cole, Baeza, Hara, Hudson, Hidalgo, Kim, and Bernstein.  Standing:  Sisters Lagos, Olivo, Moom, Olsen, Bell, Hall, Mueller, Saiz, Franks, Davis, Orellano, Cho, Oteiza-Hernandez, and Bodily.  Adults Elder and Sister Grover, Elder and Sister Shakespear, Sister and Elder Hardy, Elder Lusvardi.  Our Sisters represent the countries of Mexico, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Canada, the Phillipines, El Salvador and the United States.

Departing Missionaries May 2012

Calvin Jahng, Lachlan Goll, Seth Gilbert, Tyler Patten, Justin Molinaro, Spencer Ferrin, Nathan Baker, Masaki Nishime, Anuiska Bustamante, and Caitlin Nibley have returned home.

Clean Apartment Award Dinner May 2012

Elder Ahn, Elder Carver, Sister Hara, Elder Hales, Sister Bodily, Elder Haslem, Sister Franks, Elder Moore, Elder Kuo, Elder Oliver and Elder Moscoso.  The winners were the sisters.

Mission Leadership Training May 2012

Beach Day 2012 Griffith, Metro, Penninsula

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Sister's pyramid

Zone Leader Council May 2012

Back:  Elders Warr, Payne, Sithole, Salzl, Gonzalez, Hernandez, Graves, Serrano, Allred, Hardman, Muse, Junot, and Grover.  Front:  Elders Clements, Powell, Ferrin, Taylor, Gilbert, Takogawa, and Shannon.  This group includes Elders from South Africa, El Salvador, Brazil, Spain, Japan, and the United States.

Beach Day 2012 - Athens, Central, Westwood

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Zone Conference April 2012

We began by hearing from Sister Mayorga, who taught the dangers of high caffeine drinks, and better ways to get a good night’s sleep.  Elder Olsen taught about avoiding accidents, especially on left hand turns.  He spends most of the day inspecting cars.  Missionaries who get a “10” on the cleaning inspection get a candy bar, and those who get less than 7 get their cars confiscated.

President Baker introduced the theme of our conference, “Working with Members” by explaining  that missionaries working on their own have to find 25 new investigators to get one baptism.  When members do the finding, the ratio is 5 to 1.  We want our missionaries to gain the trust and confidence of members, and work closely with them to find more teaching opportunities.  Sister Baker spoke about Unity, referencing President Benson’s talk on Pride as well as President Uchtdorf’s recent talk on being Merciful.

We next had our breakout sessions with Zone Leaders teaching “Dinner Appointments,” “Working with Less Actives,” and “Creative Ways to Work with Members.”  Each day we were fortunate to have one of our Stake Presidents come with their wives to talk about “Gaining Member Trust.”  President Keeler of the Santa Monica Stake came on Tuesday, President Larson of the Downey Stake on Wednesday and President Lam of the Palos Verdes Stake on Thursday.

After a delicious lunch provided by one of the Stake Relief Societies, the Assistants taught about “Sustaining Our Leaders”.  They began an “I Sustain Campaign.”  President Baker finished the meeting by teaching about Priesthood Keys and the “Mobilizing the Ward Mission Plan.”

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