¡Hola a Todos! (Hello
All!)
On Monday we put the cleaning training from last week to the
test. The missionaries were told that on each Monday (the mission P-day) at
10:00am, one zone would be randomly picked, and each companionship in the zone
would be receiving a video-call from one of the following: the mission
president, the mission president’s wife, the office finance secretary, the
mission secretary, or the Simmons. During this call the missionaries show us
their apartments so we can assess whether or not the apartment is sufficiently
clean. If the entire zone meets the cleanliness standard (which is very
reasonable … we’re not doing a white-glove inspection), then they receive a
treat. Both of the companionships we called had done a great job! They were
proud to show us around their apartments. Sadly, a couple of the other
companionships in the zone hadn’t met the goal. But, this is a work in progress
and hopefully with time improvements will be made.
The English class that we teach weekly is going well, even
if it is over Zoom. Last week an elder volunteered to say the opening prayer
(in English) and when he got a little “stuck” it was awesome to hear someone in
the background step in and prompt him. These missionaries are so brave and I
(LeAnn) can relate to how hard and awkward it can be to pray in a foreign
language. And speaking of languages…I have started working with a new tutor,
and he is super helpful!
On Wednesday, we attended the Area Redes Sociales (Social
Media) meeting by Zoom and the meeting host shared the post that has been the
most successful church social media message of all messages worldwide (see the
pic below). He said that the missionaries in Cambodia who created this message
didn’t spend a ton of time of getting the graphics perfect, but sometimes
simple is better. The message is based on Boyd K. Packer’s April 1976 general
conference talk titled, “Spiritual Crocodiles.” If you haven’t heard or read
that talk recently, here’s the link…it’s fantastic:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1976/04/spiritual-crocodiles?lang=eng
Here are a couple of excerpts:
“… spiritual crocodiles can kill or mutilate your souls.
They can destroy your peace of mind and the peace of mind of those who love
you. Those are the ones to be warned against, and there is hardly a watering place
in all of mortality now that is not infested with them.
“… you can learn how to follow the best guide of all—the
whisperings of the Holy Spirit. That is individual revelation. There is a
process through which we can be alerted to spiritual dangers. Just as surely as
that guide warned me, you can receive signals alerting you to the spiritual
crocodiles that lurk ahead.”
¡Que tengan una semana
súper fantástica! (Have a super fantastic week!)
Love,
Lane & LeAnn
The benefit of Zoom meetings is that in this one nobody could see that LeAnn was wearing her pajama bottoms as she is recovering from a nasty cold!
Area social media presentation showing the most popular social media message in the world...
The message was based on Elder Packer's talk about spiritual crocodiles in our lives...
Looking at this Cambodian message, we're glad we're only having to learn Spanish!
