How to Study Preach My Gospel

Today we were taught how to get the most out of Preach My Gospel by Quincy Breur.  

This is a drawing he started, to show that everything we do and teach is centered on Christ.  "BOM" stands for Book of Mormon :-)  

Then he explained why its so important for us to do our "Homework" and study on our own and come prepared to share what we have learned and discovered in class so we can learn from each other.  This is the pattern you will continue in the MTC and throughout your mission.  So we started with the first section in lesson 2: The Plan of Salvation, pg 48 :  Pre-Earth Life: God's Purpose and Plan for Us.

To increase the effectiveness of learning its important to start with a question!

What do you want to learn about?

Write down your question. For example: Where did we come from?  We may know the answer to that question, but where can we find the answer in the scriptures to help an investigator discover the answer for themselves?  Thats why we need to do our homework :-)

  We passed out small notebooks to record your question that you are looking for an answer to.  As you discover the answer and find scriptures that teach that, write them down. Also write down any personal feelings or experiences you have had to help teach that doctrine.

We divided up into groups of  3 and started to teach each other what we already knew and then read the section and looked at the scriptures that went along with that section. 

Here is Bro. Cox, Berkely Stulce, and Brandon Chidister finding great things and teaching each other. Brandon also announced that he got his call to the Paraguay, Asuncion mission and will leave in August!  So exciting!

This is Nathan Eddington, Kamron Eslinger and Quincy Breur working together and sharing what they found.

And our sweet Sisters, Linsdey Nicholes and Kaylee Kofford- who only has one more week with us before she leaves!  These sisters discovered some great scriptures that answered their questions and realized how interconnected all of the parts of the Plan of Salvation are to each other and to Christ.  Way to go!

Here is Brady Anderson, and an newcomer!!! Ryan Jensen who just turned 17- the age you can start coming to our mission prep class.  Yeah- he is getting a head start and we are excited to have him in class.  

And next to Ryan is Ethan Reynolds.  Great young men that are committed to learning and being prepared.

We passed out the new Conference Ensigns and gave assignments for next week:

Study on page 49 of Preach My Gospel- "The Creation" and come prepared to share what you learned. Remember to write down your questions and scriptures you found.  We would love to hear the questions you had and the answers you found!

Also, please read the talk by Elder Uchtdorf given to the Young Women called "Your Wonderful Journey Home"  It is awesome and teaches the Plan of Salvation with great examples and stories!  Think about how you can use these stories to help you teach the plan of salvation.

We testify as you take time to learn on your own and ask questions about what you are learning, you are allowing the Spirit to teach you and He will confirm in your mind the truthfulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Your retention will increase if you follow this pattern.  To Quote from a fabulous book we talked about in class and highly recommend you get and read before your mission ( "when you ask a question, its like putting a piece of velcro in your brain and then when the answer comes, it sticks there")
                   This book is called  "The Power of Every Day Missionaries", by Clayton Christensen.