Sunday morning

Every Sunday morning from 10:45-11:45 Dyan Steimle, the wife of the President of the CCM and I teach a class to the North American Sisters who are here.
A couple of Sundays ago she taught a class on Companions getting along and learning how to communicate better with each other. She is a personal friend with the Dr. and Author of the Hartman Personality Profile. The "Color Code Communication" you all remember, the Red, Blue, Yellow and White personalities. She gave them all the test so they could find out which type of personality they are and how it will help them to work better with other personalities. It helped them realize their strengths and weaknesses. It was really good. I followed up the next Sunday with D.C. 46: 10-. Where it tells us that everyone has at least one Spiritual gift and that they are to all seek after more. It was GREAT and as they got to know themseves better they feel more prepared to be able to make it all work. I would really encourage you all to go get the book-The Hartman Personality Profile. Find your strengths and your gifts and make them all work for y
















Dyan and I have lots of fun going through the market places. The picture on the right is with one of the venders, she is putting on me one of their native costumes. It is the same one she has on.


Last night we had our Area Authority, President Clark and his wife, come and speak to the missionaries. He said a couple of things that I thought were GREAT. He ask the missionaries to have a note card with them on Sunday's and write down what they are thinking about when they take the Sacrament each Sunday. He was asked to do that when he was 17 yrs. old and he wrote down that he was thinking about the date he had the night before, the basketball game they had won and all the great shots he had made. Years later as he now understood the Atonement he felt so bad that he had not been able to think about Jesus Christ and his life and that He had suffered on the cross so that each of us might be forgiven of our sins. Next Sunday write down the things you think about during sacrament, it might surprise you.
He also said do NOT let anyone, especially another companion, determine what kind of a missionary you are going to be. His first companion wouldn't go out of the apartment, he wouldn't have companion study with him, he never got up on time, let alone out on time. But he, President Clark, had sold his car and worked hard to earn money for his mission and he wasn't going to let anyone destroy his mission. He got up every morning on time, studied, went to bed on time, talked to everyone in their apartment because his companion wouldn't go out with him. He said he had a GREAT mission because he made it GREAT. It is the same in life, just don't let other people decide how happy or successful you are going to be! Just make up your mind to be happy and successful and then make it happen. You can NOT blame anyone for your unhappiness or lack of success!!