We Attend a Special Missionary Training Meeting with Elder Maynes

We traveled down to East London so we could attend a missionary training meeting.  Elder Richard Maynes a member of the Presidency of the Seventy provided some excellent training today.  Elder Elder Mkhabela also addressed us.  Some of the highlights were to be a Celestial Missionary, to set very High Expectations for the things we do and the type of missionary we want to be.  He also made it crystal clear the difference between being called and assigned.  This was valuable for the Elders who are in South Africa because they could not get Visas for some reason to the country they were originally assigned.  You are called to be a missionary and you are then assigned to an area.  Assignments can and do change.  However, your call is from the Prophet of God to be a missionary and your assignment comes from the Quorum of the Twelve.  I am sure this clear understanding brought peace to the hearts of some of the missionaries.

Elder Maynes spoke for close to three hours and it seemed as if he spoke for 30 minutes. I took almost 9 pages of notes which is a lot for me.  This missionary training was wonderful.  It really made you want to raise your game.