Mission Tour

This past week the mission had an incredible experience.
Elder Larry Echo Hawk, of the First Quorum of the Seventy, and his wife, Sister Terry
Echo Hawk,  came for a mission tour of the Nevada Las Vegas West Mission.
Once every year a General Authority and his wife are assigned to tour the mission to instruct and train the missionaries and to lift and strenghten the mission.
Elder and Sister EchoHawk shared their conversion stories and blessed each of us with their testimonies and training.

To see pictures from the mission tour click Mission Tour - November 2012 below

Mission Tour - November 2012

Zion's Youth Symphony & Chorus

Zion's Youth Symphony & Chorus performed two concerts at

The Smith Center of Performing Art on Sunday, Ocotber 11.

The missionaries of the Las Vegas Zone were asked to help out

by ushering. It was a great missionary opportunity for members
to invite friends and family to learn by music and narration a little bit about
church history.The program was entitled Saints and Pioneers.
  It was incredible.

 

 

 

A few of the missionaries that helped usher

Zone Training Meeting

We attended the Tule Springs Zone Training Meeting this morning. 

 Elder Salinas and Elder Reyes did a great job teaching about the

 importance of study and also the importance of doing role plays

during companion study.

 

Elders Selvey, Jacobson, Salinas, John, Reyes, Smith, Richards, Godfrey

Elders Craft, Pennington, Pierre-Louis, Tunney, Tanner, Manning

Waiting for their Visa's

Every so often we get a call from the Missionary Department wanting to know if

we would be willing to have missionaries come to our mission temporarily while

they are waiting to receive their visa's.  This morning we had three missionaries

come who are waiting to go to missions in Mexico.  We love having them come

 and are always sad to see them go when their visa's finally do come.  We

welcome them and hope they enjoy their service in

 the Nevada Las Vegas West Mission.

 

 

 Elder Barralaga, Elder Pena, Elder Skinner

 Elder Barralaga

 

 Elder Pena

 

Elder Skinner

New Missionaries and their Trainers

The Friday before the new missionaries arrive their trainers

come together for training and to receive the materials to begin

The First 12 Week Infield Training Program.

The program has a training schedule that will include study from Preach My Gospel, watching DVDs that have been provided, and applying the training model through role playing; to explain, demonstrate, practice, evaluate and repractice.

Being a trainer is a big responsibility. He or she can have

a profound and lasting influence of a new missionary's attitude, habits, and

ability to fulfill his or her purpose.

Meetings are held for the trainer before the new missionary comes to the

mission to teach how to apply the program.

 

 

The Friday after the missionaries arrive in the mission, both the trainer and the new

missionary, all come together to talk about how the program is going and to

be trained together.

Visitors!

Every once in a while missionaries will come back to the mission to visit

the members and those they baptized while serving here.  Sometimes they

are also able to come back for a baptism of someone they were working with

before they left or to attend a sealing in the temple of those they worked with

while here. We love it when they take a few minutes to stop in and visit.

 

 

James Rice and his parents

 

 Eston Humphrey 

Christian Clavijo, Isaac Bush, Spencer Bunnell 

Happy Halloween!

On October 31st we brought the mission together for
a Halloween Activity.  This is the first time that the entire mission
 has been able to be together all at one time
 It was a fun afternoon.  We had a talent show with
many of our missionaries displaying their talents....
singing, piano, guitar, dance, yo-yo, juggling,
skits, violin....it was a great program.
After the program dinner was served.
What a fun time to be together and to be able to renew
friendships and see former companions that the missionaries
hadn't seen for a long time.
 

 

 

 

 

 

To see the pictures taken at the Halloween activity click the link below.

 

 

 https://picasaweb.google.com/103538719251435512010/HalloweenActivity2012?authuser=0&feat=directlink

November Zone Leader Council

Zone Leader Council is held every month to to discuss what is taking

place in the different zones throughout the mission, to set goals and to

train the Zone Leaders so that they can go to the monthly Zone Training Meeting

 and train the missionaries in the zones.

Back row - Elders Alford, Oakey, Edwards, Peacock, Larsson, Lopez, Findley, Chambers, Zachary

Vieira, Lee, Rogers

Front row - ELders Mouser, Weaver, Fairbanks, Ringer, Weaver, Dowuona-Hammond

The elders brought their ties and after the meeting they had a tie exchange.

 

Transfers ... October 29, 2012

On the day of transfers all the companionship's that were involved in changes met at one of the churches at 5:00 p.m.  There was a short meeting held where the new missionaries were introduced and were told who their companions would be. Every one loaded their belongings and headed off to their new areas and were ready to get back to work....to make this the best transfer ever! 

Click on the link below to see the pictures taken at the transfer.
 

 https://picasaweb.google.com/103538719251435512010/OctoberTransfers?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Leaving Missionaries

 

 

Again, it is time to say good-bye to missionaries as they leave to go home.

There are only two elders leaving this transfer.  Elder Stanley and Elder Cunningham

were only in our mission for a short time.  They were transferred into the Nevada Las Vegas West Mission the first of July when there was a change of boundaries between the missions. 

We have loved having them here and wish them well as they return home and to new adventures.

 

 

 Temple trip before going home

 

 Elder Stanley

 

Elder Cunningham

New Missionaries

This past week we welcomed eight new missionaries to our mission. We are happy to have them here and are excited for the great spirit of enthusiasm that they bring with them. We wish them success as they meet their new companions, adjust to their new areas and learn what missionary work is all about!

 Elder Corcoran

 

 Elder Fugate

 

 Sister Hanson

 

 Sister Belliston

 

 Elder Woody

 

 Elder Correa

 

 Elder Wanner

 

Elder Loertscher