What they Don't Teach You at the MTC

by Norman Hill

Overview

When author Norman Hill asked hundreds of Church members what they needed to do to prepare for a mission, he was given several answers and suggestions-so many that he realized how easy it was to overlook the most important strengths The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prescribes for its gospel messengers. Some of the abilities we sometimes fail to consider are - Understanding priesthood leaders' perspectives - Obeying mission rules with exactness - Focusing on commitments and the baptismal interview questions when teaching investigators - Being aware of one's own personal progress and not that of others Visualizing investigators as our Father in Heaven visualizes them In order for missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to succeed in their sacred calling, they must first be prepared, and in order for them to be prepared, they must first know how. What They Don't Teach at the MTC provides the fundamental foundation needed in order to gain the necessary skills and abilities to serve a successful mission. It is for all those who desire to bring souls unto Christ and reap the blessings thereof. Benjamin Franklin once said, "Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, success, and achievement have no meaning."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462139767
Publisher:	Cedar Fort, Inc.
Publication date:	03/09/2021
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	1,160,230
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Norman C. Hill is a former Mission President in the Ghana Accra West and Sierra Leone Freetown Missions and a counselor in the Texas Houston Mission presidency. He is the author of six previous books and numerous articles in the Church's Ensign, Liahona. and New Era. He is an Affiliate Associate Professor at BYU"s Ballard Center for Social Impact and a former Institute instructor. Professionally, he worked for ExxonMobil as manager of training and development and for the Reliant Energy Delivery Group as Human Resources Vice President. He has spoken at many different national and international conferences including the American Management Association, the American Society for Training and Development as well as universities including the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Lagos Business School. A popular EFY and BYU Continuing Education speaker, he has led workshops on a variety of gospel topics. He serves on the Board of Directors for several companies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Working with students at BYU, an organization he founded mentoring middle-grade students in Ghana was awarded second prize in the prestigious Stanford Longevity Design Challenge in 2019.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 I Hope They Call Me on a Mission 1

Get ready, get set …

Chapter 2 Those Other Skills 10

Some things you may not realize that every missionary needs

Chapter 3 What It Takes 27

Competencies and self-directed learning

Chapter 4 How to Make the Most of Study Time 42

Interactive gospel study

Chapter 5 Nobody's Perfect 55

How to take counsel without taking offense

Chapter 6 We're in This Together 65

How to get members to join in your missionary efforts

Chapter 7 Imagine That 78

Shifting gears toward more visual teaching and engaged learning

Chapter 8 You Can Get Along with Anyone 94

How to create a "companionable" relationship

Chapter 9 Rainy Days and Lockdowns Don't Need to Get You Down 109

How to be a virtual missionary

Chapter 10 Connecting the Dots 126

How to be a complete missionary

Chapter 11 Where Do I Go from Here? 136

Advice for the newly returned: What to do when you don't quite know what to do

Chapter 12 In It for the Long Haul 150

Navigating the road ahead- without neglecting where you have been

About the Author 165