Return and Report

With the help from Simon Taylor (on left) who served in Los Angeles, CA- Korean Speaking, we had a great class today.  First we return and report what we were assigned.  

Ryan Jensen used the picture of prayer in the restoration pamphlet and found the scripture Alma 33:4-11. He introduced what it was teaching and then quickly summarized verses 4-10 and then read verse 11 and followed up with his testimony of what he just read!  The question he then asked was "Have you ever had a time when you received an answer to a prayer"?  He was asked how he found that scripture.  He looked through his own personal notes he had taken while studying and found it.  He shared his personal testimony of note taking. What a great example he set for us!  Thank you! 

Karissa Sears chose the picture of Joseph Smith's first vision and related that to understanding the apostasy.  She asked the question "Why did God appear to Joseph Smith"?  She liked the scripture on the page before it which is Amos 8:11-12  She shared how straightforward the restoration pamphlet was and how simple the messages are explained.   

Tyler Hunt liked the picture of the family.  He asked "Why are we put into families"? He shared the scripture Mosiah 1:4 and explained that we are put into families to teach our children to keep the commandments.  Then he asked the question, "What have you wanted to try and teach your children"?  Awesome scripture and question! Thank you!

                                      
Next Simon demonstrated with Caden Neider role playing teaching the restoration pamphlet using the pictures first as an overview of what he will be teaching.  Caden was a great investigator!  This demonstration helped us see how easy it can be to talk about the gospel and get them thinking about their questions through the pictures.

Now it was your turn to role play :)

Here is Laura Standage and Rachel Neser. 

Jacob Powell and Brandon Bouwhuis.

Kameron Eslinger and Packer Wilkes.

Tyler Hunt and Jack Taylor.

Nathan Eddington and McKay Willie.

Hayden Cannon and Spencer Bradford

Rachel's Parents joined our class today!  Parents are always welcome! He shared the importance of eye contact to feel the spirit of what is being taught. When you look down as you talk its easy to drift away from what is being said.

So what did we learn from this? 

 What did you do well?  

What did you do lousy? 

We role play so that we can learn from our mistakes and hear ourselves and then make corrections. Its ok to goof.  Thats why we role play. We help teach each other.

Some things that they discovered were: 

1- They used the words"I guess", or "maybe" as filler words. Its important to KNOW what you are teaching, not guess.  

2.  Be prepared for how to respond to odd questions.

3. It was hard to do an overview without asking too many questions- something to practice on.

4. The spirit is not there when you don't first relate to them personally.

5. A sure fire way to think of an inspired question is to PAUSE.  Let the spirit talk to you and you will get inspiration.

6.  By using the pictures, you see that there are many pictures of Jesus in them. That is because it is HIS Gospel.  Not the gospel of Joseph Smith.  We are teaching them the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  The pictures help to show that.  A great thing to point out.

Next week's assignment:

Please read through the whole restoration pamphlet at least 2 times.  And read from the Book of Mormon every day.  As you read ask questions and record them and the answers you find.

Packer reminded us that in preach my gospel it explains that you cannot convert anyone beyond your own conversion.  Lets make sure we know for ourselves by personal study and prayer.