Well Zone Conference was great I really enjoyed it. The Lusaka Zone
(my zone) and the Woodlands Zone (also in Lusaka so we see them all
the time) met together for the conference. President Padovich talked
for a while on looking past diversity in ourselves as the missionaries
as well as though that we teach. Then he talked about how we need to
LOOK like a disciple of Christ, ACT like a disciple of Christ, and BE
a disciple of Christ. It was really good. We had a presentation by
the Assistants on different ways to study and also the importance of
it. Elder Wilson did an activity where he handed out a piece of paper
to a few people telling them to prepare a presentation on what
something is. One was about black bears, one about basketball, and
one about rugby and he gave them to people who would have no idea how
to explain them. Then he had them gve their presentations. They had
no idea what to say about any of them. The purpose was to show us
that our studies are preparing us to teach because if we don't know
what to teach how can we teach it? Then we had some short
presentations by Sister Padovich and Taggart. After that we had Elder
Taggart give a presentation on pondering. He gave some examples of
things to ponder about. Some were funny. Why doesn't the the glue
stick to the inside of the bottle? Different things ike that. He
went on to talk about the imprtance of us pondering because that is
often how we receive revelation. Sometimes when we pray we go through
laundry list of things that we want but forget to take the time to
listen. He said that the things we put into our minds can either be
the weapons that destroy us or the tools that build us. It was a
great presentation. My interview with President was so powerful. I
loved it. He just asked some simple questions about me at first like
where I am from and how old I am. Then he asked my opinion about some
things in the mission. He then went on to tell me that he was going
to lean heavily on me in the future because he knows that I can handle
the weight. My interview probably lasted about 10 minutes longer than
most of the other ones because we just got talking. He talked about
how he has a lot of family in Southern Utah. The only name I can
remember is Leavitt but there was a few more that are Parowan names
that I have forgotten. He said that his mom still emails him every
week to tell him to keep praying and studying the scriptures and so I
said so does mine. I really enjoyed that experience. He said that he
wants to be able to do it every few months so I am glad about that.
We had an okay week, the only problem was that we were getting bounced
everywhere we looked for lessons. No one would answer their phones
and no one was at home. But one really good thing is that Lameck is
ready for baptism on Sunday which I am excited for. Tamika will be in
a few weeks because she has to go to Kitwe for two weeks but then she
will be back for good, or at least until the end of the year. But I
really like Elder Mangumta. He is a man of few words but he is a
really good guy, and when he does speak in our casual conversations he
is funny. He is one of the most humble people I have ever met. I am
excited about this transfer. I don't have much else to say about this
week because we didn't get to do much teaching. We have been waking
up at 6:00 to read a chapter in the Book of Mormon as a companionship
before we get ready for the day. I really enjoy that because it gets
our minds moving before we actually have our real studies.
School is the pits but hey a least you are back in Parowan. I think
that that will make it nicer because you won't have to get home so
late. It sounds like you are getting really close to getting kids
into the school, Dad. I have been keeping you in my prayers. I know
that things will work out for you. That is good to hear that Nic is
getting endowed. She had told me a long time ago that she was
planning to do it but then she never kept me updated even though I
asked about it. Shame on you Nic. Just kidding I am happy for you.
Oh hey I was wondering, do you remember when I was in that play
Through the Eyes of Mary? Well I heard a few of the songs in that
play while in our Zone Leader's car the other day and thought about
that. I don't know if this is possible but maybe you could talk to
the Leavitts about getting a copy of the DVD and sending it in your
next package. I think that that would be a nice thing to have. I am
still really looking forward to trying to play baseball after mission.
I inherited a band from Elder Shabangu and I do my exercises almost
every day. Elder Wilson says that it has been hard to be away from
the game for so long but hey at least we are doing something much more
important. Anyway I guess that I will talk to you later.
Love,
Elder Cecil
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