Taught

You cannot teach without learning.

One day in every 6-week period, missionaries gather together to be taught at zone conference.

My experience is that these are times of great learning and understanding for everyone.

The ultimate purpose of everything in zone conference, every question, every scripture, every activity, everything taught, is to invite the Spirit to build faith and to strengthen the testimonies of each missionary as they come to know Jesus Christ even more.

It is only through the Holy Ghost that we can accomplish the ultimate goal of gospel teaching, which is to build faith in Jesus Christ and to help others become more like Him.

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to the earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth I knew not where;

For who has sight so keen and strong

That it can follow the flight of a song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend.

– 𝓗𝓮𝓷𝓻𝔂 𝓦𝓪𝓭𝓼𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓛𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓯𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀.

For me, these words beautifully express the hopes and dreams of every teacher who has ever taught.

This is however especially true in zone conferences.

Every missionary comes prepared to learn and to be taught.

Each session is filled with such a tender spirit, as learning comes from on High.

All those who teach in such settings provide such sweet, delicate, yet powerful messages that penetrate the hearts of all attending.

My hope, like any other teacher is that the eternal principles taught, will live, not just for a day or two, but just as their own souls, will live forever.

Ultimately my experience is always this – their hearts are filled, and their notepads too.

How was your experience of being taught at a zone conference?