Using the iPads to Teach

Bonjour à tous!

This week was fairly normal as regards to life here in Lyon. We had a very inspiring Mission Leadership Council on Tuesday, President is really really pushing for all kinds of new ways to use the temple in our day to day work. A large part of the council was spent in brainstorming sessions with all the leaders together figuring out some of the best ways we can integrate temples and the new temple in Paris into an already existing project focused on family history in our mission, called Project Elijah. It was so cool to see how, with so many people contributing, and so many great missionaries there, the spirit was truly able to guide us, and so many phenomenal ideas came forth out of the framework. So many different ways the mission is going to use this, and it's really exciting.

One of the new tools was actually created by my companion, Elder Taylor, who's really good with visual design and presentations on the computer, and he and I had a really cool experience with it. The assistants asked Elder Taylor a few days before the council to put together a presentation all about the temple, that all the missionaries could have on our new iPads, to show in rendez-vous' with our amis and the members, so last Sunday we took some time to go to the office, so that Elder Taylor could create and I could work on other things for a little bit.

We did that for a while, then went out and tried to pass a member, which didn't work out, so we decided to go contacting for a little while. As soon as we got out of the car, I started a conversation with the first man we saw, and after talking to us for a little bit, he told to come on in, turns out he lived right next to where we were parked. We went in, and after talking to him for a little bit about who we were, we mentioned temples, and he seemed really curious. We were able to use the presentation on Elder Taylor's iPad that he had made not even an hour beforehand. It went super well, he really liked it, especially where it talked about the guided tours during the open house before the temple is dedicated. He told us he thinks that would be a really neat thing to go see, and sounded legitimately interested. He told us he would love to have us back over another time, and talk more about what we had to say. It was a really cool miracle, and we were stoked that Elder Taylor's presentation worked so well. Other than that, the week went by very well, with Zone Training happening on Thursday, where I got to translate for a native French sister, it was fun. I love you all, and truly appreciate all the support you send me in your emails, have a great week!