Worldwide Leadership Training Choir

 Dear family and friends;

For the last month Mark and I have been participating in a missionary choir with practices each Sunday and performance at the Worldwide Leadership meeting last evening. 

Sunday June 23, we were seated at the back of the pack, Mark on the far right and I on the far left with 1,100 missionaries front and center. 

There were also 3,500 more missionaries to the right and left of the podium and 172 mission presidents and their spouses front and center. What a sight that was. It was a wonderful experience to sing with the missionary choir. The link below is for the entire broadcast: Work of Salvation. At the beginning the choir sang "Hark, All Ye Nations" and ended the broadcast with "Call To Serve".

Some of the interesting "announcements" concerning missionary work included implementing a program of using technology to help with finding, contacting, and working with investigators. Missionaries will be using internet, iPad, cell phones, email, and Facebook among other things to contact, track, and teach. It will be interesting to see if it makes it to the Congo while we are there.

Quote from lds.org:
"But in this digital age, that will now include the Internet as a method, he said, explaining that for people today, online media are often their main point of contact with others, even close friends.
“During less-productive times of the day—chiefly in the mornings—missionaries will use computers in meetinghouses and other Church facilities to contact investigators and members, work with local priesthood leaders and missionary leaders, receive and contact referrals, follow up on commitments, confirm appointments, and teach principles from [the missionary guide] Preach My Gospel using Mormon.org, Facebook, blogs, email, and text messages,” Elder Perry said."
He added that Internet access and use of digital devices by missionaries will be introduced in phases over the next several months and into next year."

Our mission preparations seem to be progressing slowly but in one month it will have to be done.


https://www.lds.org/broadcasts/watch/the-work-of-salvation/2013/06?lang=eng