The subject of this post will be a little
different since we were at the mission president’s seminar in Uruguay. I hope you will enjoy a short report on our
experience. It does affect the
missionaries because we come back ready to share what we learned at the
seminar, and also with ideas to improve both our service and that of the
missionaries.
The seminar is held twice a year as
I’ve said before; last year in October we went to Iguazu Falls in Argentina. This year we went to Punta del Este, Uruguay,
a beautiful coastal resort town on the Atlantic. One of the major benefits of the seminar is
the chance we have to be with other presidents and wives. We exchange experiences, laugh together and
enjoy being with friends we don’t see often but who are “in the same boat” as
we are.
The purpose of the seminar is for
the area presidency to present information we need to improve ourselves and our
missions. They help keep us firmly on
the right track and let us know of their concerns about how the South America
South area is doing. They teach us how
to be better missionaries because like our young missionaries our focus is
inviting people to come to Christ and be baptized.
After, laughing together, eating
delicious food, learning how to improve and feeling the spirit testify of the
truth of what we are doing we have come home renewed and ready to work harder
here in our part of the Lord’s vineyard.
I hope you'll enjoy some of our photos from the seminar and next week I promise to have pictures of missionaries!
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| The wind blew fiercely much of the time. We enjoyed a tour of the city--that is why we are casually dressed. |
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| Punta del Este is a peninsula with the River Plata on one side and the Atlantic on the other. |
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| Our hotel--we were on the 15th floor so we had a great view. |
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| A sculpture of five fingers coming out of the sand. And the wind, again! |
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| An amazing sunset and back to work after a great seminar |
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