Conference with Elder Christofferson

It has been a wonderful spirit filled week. It all started out with the Temple trip on Monday then on Friday we had Zone Conference. It was one of my favorite Zone Conferences. The theme was becoming Master Teachers. I learned so much on how to become a better teacher and the things that I am doing well in but could still be doing better in.  Since being on a mission I have really come to love teaching.  At zone conference we had several different workshops.  The first one was given by Pres. Miller. He taught us how to teach people according to their views on the Bible. It was really interesting to hear all the different theories he had. Then Sis. Miller showed us how to use more visuals and analogies.

Right after Zone Conference we all packed into our cars and headed down to El Paso so we could go to another conference with the whole mission with Elder D Todd Christofferson. We were packed like sardines. One of the senior missionaries in the office drove us down in her very little car.  We didn't arrive in El Paso until 8:45. It was awesome being back down there. We were assigned to stay in a Horizon Apartment. It was unbelievably nice to back in Horizon but really hard at the same time. I miss it there so much it hurts. I really miss Hna Rathfon too. It was so nice to be able to see her again.

We all woke up the next morning to get ready for the visit from Elder D Todd Christofferson. The whole chapel was filled with missionaries. It was just an amazing spirit to have so many missionaries all together in one area all at once. But when Elder Christofferson walked in the Spirit was magnified a hundred times over. He asked if he could shake all of our hands and if we could tell him where we are from. Elder Chrisofferson also came with 2 seventies: Elder Wright and Hallstrum. They each spoke to us. They all shared great insights. I think every missionary was on the edge of their seats listening.  I took lots of notes. I want to rewrite them in my journal.

On the way back from El Paso our driver wanted to shot in this little town called Hatch where they apparently have world famous green chili hamburgers. When we pulled up I think half of the mission was there. It was funny seeing so many white shirts at this little hamburger joint. We probably waited in line for an hour and a half to try their world famous burgers. I wasn't too impressed with them. They were a little too salty for my taste. But we did get some really fun pictures in Hatch.