July 12, 2010 - Letter from new Mission President

July 12, 2010



Dear Elders and Sisters,


What an amazing 2 weeks we have had in Taiwan! We love the country, we love the members, and we especially love you. We have been grateful for the warm welcome we have received from each of you as we toured the mission and met and interviewed you. We are also grateful for the wonderful mission conference. President Uchtdorf was very pleased and impressed with your reverence and participation during our Mission Conference.


President Perkins mentioned in the Mission Conference that we have been instructed to implement a new training schedule. That schedule will be according to months, not transfer cycles. The transfer cycles will remain every 6 weeks. However, other missionary meetings will be based on months. We will have Zone Conferences every 3 months, leadership training (Assistants, Zone Leaders, District Leaders and Trainers) every 2 months, specialized training (Zone Leaders and District Leaders) every month. We will have Zone Leader Council every month. We have been instructed to train on 8 specific lessons from Preach My Gospel when we begin this training schedule. As we begin training we will address these topics:


* Doctrine of Christ


* Role of Holy Ghost in conversion


* Revelation through prayer


* Revelation through the Book of Mormon


* Revelation through church attendance


* Teach people, not lessons


* We invite, they commit, we follow up


* How to begin teaching


The dates are not set for these training cycles but we will let you know when we know. Sister Bishop and I are still learning our way around. We do not know everything that has been done in the past. We do not know yet how the Lord will have us fulfill our mission. We do know that we have been called to establish the church by finding, teaching, baptizing, and helping endure to the end. We will be getting additional information to you in the weeks to come. Until then, keep doing as you have been taught, obeying the Mission Handbooks, following Preach My Gospel. Continue to work with recent converts and less actives. Ask the ward leaders how you can help serve them and be a blessing to the members. This is the Lord's work and He will guide you and bless your efforts.


Sincerely,


President and Sister Bishop