Texas Houston Mission

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Zone Conference October 29-31, November 6, 2019

We enjoyed and learned so much from 4 days of zone conferences. We discussed miracles missionaries have witnessed. President Peterson taught about becoming a witness of Christ. The assistants taught about using the Book of Mormon to help others receive their answers and how we could use the Book of Mormon videos. They demonstrated with a role play. This was followed by a break and President Peterson training on Policy vs Doctrine. He read examples from For the Strength of Youth booklets from the 60's-current.

Missionaries were called upon to share their testimony of Joseph Smiths first vision. We had all been asked to read this account once a week for 4 weeks leading up to zone conference.

We ate lunch and sang Called to Serve to the sisters who prepared lunch for us each day and happy birthday to missionaries who have a birthday in October and November.

After lunch Sister Peterson talked about Light the World One by One and we then had zone breakouts to discuss how we will involve the church members using a FHE lesson and the Christ Child video. They also came up with great finding and service ideas for Light the World. We are excited to share this wonderful message of the Saviors birth and what He means to us and the world.

After the zone breakouts we heard from our departing missionaries.

Sunday, November 3, 2019

September 28, 2019 Houston Deaf Convention

On Saturday September 28, we were invited to participate in a large deaf convention in south Houston. 2,500 deaf people from Texas, Louisiana and surrounding states came to this event. After talking with the Deaf branch, we decided to prepare a Family History-focused booth. We found pictures of our own ancestors to use in the display. The Deaf community loved learning about their family history! This is Janes story:

Jane doesn't know much about her mother, including where she was buried. She has grown up her whole life not knowing. Within a few minutes, we were able to find a picture of her moms headstone online. The cemetery was only an hour away. Jane sat there in tears as her heart was turned to her mother, and she plans to visit the cemetery in the future.

This is just one story. From 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, we didn't get a break. People lined up to learn about their families. We have seen much fruit, we have contact information for 33 people interested in learning more. We are so excited to help them!

Elder Sevy and Elder DelToro