Thursday, April 4, 2013

Neuquén Zone Interviews


The Neuquén Zone
 
 
The Oficina District


The Cipolletti District


The Catriel District


The Villa Ceferino District

 
 
The District Leaders


The Zone Leaders


The Standard of Excellence!

Neuquén Oeste Zone Interviews



 The Neuquén Oeste Zone


The Ruca Che District


The Cinco Saltos District


The Plottier District


The District Leaders


The Zone Leaders

Trelew Sur Zone Interviews

 
 
The Trelew Sur Zone


The Centenario District


The Rawson District


The District Leaders


The Zone Leaders

The Standard of Excellence

Trelew Norte Zone Interviews


The Trelew Norte Zone


The Parque District


The Puerto Madryn District


The District Leaders


The Zone Leaders

Caleta Olivia Zone Interviews


The Caleta Oliva Zone


Caleta Olivia District


The Pico Truncado District 


The District Leaders


The Zone Leaders


The Standard of Excellence

Comodoro Zone Interviews



The Comodoro Zone

The La Prensa District

Los Kilometros 

The District Leaders 

The Zone Leaders 

Bariloche Zone Interviews

 We did the interviews for the Bariloche Zone in three different places as we drove along the mission tour.  This makes it so the missionaries don't need to spend an entire day traveling to their interviews and then back to their districts.  It is four hours from Esquel to Bariloche and they are in the same zone!


President and Hermana Asbell are in the Esquel District.  They are the "Matrimonial Couple" that just arrived here in the mission!  We are so grateful for them!  President Asbell is now the Branch President in the Trevelin Branch. There are usually between ten to maybe eighteen members that attend in that branch.  They have a beautiful building there in Trevelin and good things are already happening!


The rest of the Esquel District


The El Bolson District 


The Bariloche District 



The District Leaders


The Zone Leaders

Zapala Zone Interviews

We stopped in San Martin so the San Martin District would not have to travel to Zapala for interviews. Because of that their zone pictures are in two separate groups.


The San Martin District


The rest of the Zapala Zone


The Zapala Centro District 
 Two of the areas in this district are closed right now as we wait for missionaries to arrive! 


The Aeropuerto District



The District Leaders


The Zone Leaders

Standard of Excellence


Friends of the Zapala Zone!

April Zone Leader Council


 
 
We are so grateful for our wonderful Zone Leaders.  They are especially important because the mission is so large and they are the ones that are right there and know the needs of the zone.    They do a wonderful job in taking care of their zones! They work hard to make a difference in the lives the missionaries in their zones and to further the missionary work in the wards and stake that makes up their zones.
 
They came prepared to discuss the talk "Do Things That Make a Difference" by Elder M. Russell Ballard.  They also discussed how to care for one another better.  Each Zone Leader Companionship was able to teach lesson one and give feedback to each other. Some other things that were discussed were ways to make district meetings more productive, communications among the missionaries and how to be excellent.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Adjusted Missionary Email Policy

This is the Notification we just received from the church about the adjusted Missionary email Policy:
 
"Missionaries are to write to their families each week and are also authorized to communicate by email with friends, priesthood leaders, and new converts.  Mission presidents should allow sufficient time on preparation day for missionaries to write emails and letters.  While in the mission field, missionaries should receive authorization from the mission president before entering into communication, including via email, with converts and others of the opposite gender within the mission boundaries."
 
President Lovell has extended the time the missionaries have for using computers to write letters.  It is now seventy minutes each preparation day.

 
There are guidelines for using the internet and computers.  One of them is to be near  your companion in the "cyber" to protect each other from the temptation of breaking the mission rules.    While we were on the Mission Tour for two weeks the assistants did not had time to e-mail their families.  President Lovell gave them permission to use our computers to let their families know they were safe and doing well.  When we walked into the lobby we found them keeping all of the computer rules.  Our missionaries find that obedience always brings blessings!