Area Training Meeting
with Brian Kohler
May 12, 2014
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The English Area is the
best Area (everyone knows that J)
• We
want it to stay that way- The teacher is the most influential part of their MTC
experience
• Because
teachers have the most influence it can be for the good or for the not so good-
let’s make sure that we are trying to excel to another level to
try to help the missionaries accomplish their purpose
• Be
on Time
• Look
the Part- get a haircut, shine your shoes, look good for the missionaries, be
an example
• Always
do the right thing- be a model for the missionaries
• Rededicate
yourself to the job of an MTC teacher
Buildings and Potential
Phasing
• Phase
1- T(Training building)1, T3 and T4 with adjacent outdoor spaces.
Renovations of 2M, 4M and 18M.
• Phase
2- Entry Plaza and new Security Gate. 11M Replacement. New 1M entry onto
Plaza. Landscape enhancements.
• Future
Work- 1M Replacement. T2
Estimated date Finished? 2017
•
For a long time we have done traditional
training…
•
There are a lot of questions and technology
that we didn't used to
have. What is going to happen in Young Men & Young Women curriculum to prepare youth for
missions? What happens when they get their call? Maybe an online training area?
English Online teachers? You work with them for the months before they get to
the MTC.
•
Future for teachers- knowing your missionaries
online first then teaching them when they come to the MTC. Blended learning,
instructions online and hands on in class. Many different things are being
considered. Missionaries out in the field helping to train missionaries coming
to the same mission.
Question & Answer
• Principles
you (Brian) have lived in your life that have helped you become who you are?
• I
think about how I got where I am and where I am going
• Trying
to do the right thing and be in the right place at the right time
• Try
to live my life in a way that helps me to the next step even if I don’t know what the next step is
• As
I look back I can see the Lord’s
hand and guidance
• Be
true to what you know
• Eat,
sleep and exercise
• Life
is unfair and it’s
unreasonable to expect that it should be
•
How will we help missionaries from depending too
much on the new technology?
•
Heavenly Father is in charge of technology and
it is advancing to help him spread his word. The brethren are taking a leap. We aren't making a
replacement but enhancing it. We aren't really sure of the answer, but are doing things to test it.
•
What do the missionaries remember or take away
from their MTC experience?
•
Teachers- my teachers were great. It’s not just what they taught but
the impression or feeling that they gave to the missionaries
•
What do we want them to take away?
•
What Brian would want a missionary to get from
the MTC-
1. Understand
their purpose and connect with the people
2. Be
able to teach their message in a simple, powerful and clear way
3. They
know how to help them to come to Christ through prayer, coming to
church, and reading the Book of Mormon
•
Teach the curriculum in a way that is relevant
to the missionaries. Meet their needs WITH the fundamentals
•
What does it mean to teach doctrine to meet
needs?
•
Help them come unto Christ by teaching them the
restored gospel and helping them live it
•
Find their problem under the problem- someone
who smokes yes needs to quit smoking but they do that by faith, repentance, and
prayer
•
We only have 2 week and that is not a lot of
time. Don’t lower your expectations,
adapt to their individual needs.
•
Rarely should an appointment take 45 minutes. If
it does then a big part should be with CONNECTING, the other with HELPING, and
TEACHING should be so simple that it can be done in 5-7 minutes.
