Motivating a Zone.....

Elder Anderson has been through some changes in the past few months.  He received a new companion in August and also had to say "goodbye" to many Elders whom he has grown very close to, including his trainer.  It has brought reality to the fact that his time is growing short and he still feels like there is sooo much work to be done.  Recently he said this about his Zone... "my zone right now has 15 companionships and 8 of those areas are training  so I've got all the greenies, but its exactly what i needed to keep myself in a focused mentality because all these greenies want to do is work hard and be obedient so its been great! Its crazy to see the difference in missionaries now than from when I came out, It just seems like they have such better testimonies and are in such a better position than when I first came out.  The lord is really hastening his work!" 
Elder Anderson also recently oversaw a Zone meeting of which he had this to say......We also had zone conference this week, it was my first one as a zone leader that I had to set up and plan because we haven't had any for forever. But it went super good, our theme was "lift where you stand" from the talk given by Elder Uchtdorf and we really focused on about doing your own part and in a companionship and being diligent but also being unified as a zone and as we do that we will see success. But it went really smooth and the spirit was definitely was there, we even got a personal thank you from Pres. Morgan who said it was the best one he had been too in the zone so far, But it was all the spirit really we just got to participate. I love this zone, In the talk it talks about the stripling warriors and how as individuals they were not recognized and no one knew there names. but as a whole they accomplished what they couldn't do alone and are very well known. And I feel that is the unity we have in this zone currently we have a lot of young missionaries who just want to do their part.  And now that we have a main focus and purpose and we are all focused on it we can all "lift where we stand" and move the work along here in the Champaign Zone.

Saying "Goodbye to his Trainer...Elder Marshall

The Mighty Champaign Zone!