MTC Day 3

Brother Wozniak is a returned missionary of 3 years. He is one of our instructors in how to use the manual "Preach My Gospel." He is getting married next week and after a year of working in the MTC will move on to be an intern in SLC.

We were surprised to see our friends, Wayne and Pam Shipley.  They lived in our Sandy ward until the ward was divided.  This is their second mission.  The first mission they served as scanners in a Houston, TX library for the church history department.  They will be doing the same thing for the church in Indiana.  We were thrilled when they announced we would be together for the week in the same district.  They are truly wonderful people.

 Our Grandson, Ike Johnson, seems to have an idea of what we should expect while in Alaska.  Thanks Ike!

Today was a very full day.  Once again our trainers, who are returned missionaries themselves, spent the time preparing us for our first opportunity to teach from "Preach My Gospel."  We met with a volunteer "Investigator" who was concerned about her parents visiting with Mormons.  She wanted to make sure they were OK and not associating with a cult.  Diane and I presented the first discussion.  I actually tried to put too much into the 45 minutes.  It was my fault that we spent 40 minutes on the first half of the material, which only left 5 minutes to present the second half of the material.  I'll be much more careful not to cram too much into the time we have tomorrow. 

We viewed actual investigators being given challenges and lessons from real missionaries.  There was time reading body language and discussing ways that we might improve the presentations had we given them.  It seems, in watching the videos, the Sister missionaries are more sensitive to the needs of their investigators.