With the completion of the renovation for the center, brothers Marks Lusvardi and Steve Allen from the missionary department spent the morning helping the sisters learn how they could most effectively use the exhibits to teach.
They began with the temple exhibit which allows visitors to sit and look out at the temple.
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| The exhibits are now behind the visitors rather that between them and the temple. |
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| You can see the location of the I am a Mormon exhibit. |
The next training moves to the wall which shows prophets. It allows the sisters to teach how temples have been throughout the ages and how prophets have spoken through the ages clear through Joseph Smith and then on to our modern day prophet, Thomas S. Monson.
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| The middle of the prophets wall. |
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| The final few panels of the prophets wall. |
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| Inside the home is a copy of the Family, a Proclamation to the World. Modern day prophets have received revelation about the importance of the family. |
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| Inside the home is a place where the short video about the Plan of Salvation can be shown. |
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| Brother Lusvardi catches me with the camera. The sisters are seated in every space around the exhibit. |
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| This is what the home screen looks like. The missionary or person on their own can work their way through all 32 minutes of video and teaching. |
Back to "I am a Mormon" - which is where many people are drawn. Yes, they like the bright display, but they are also interested in the people who are members.
The sisters then move into "Eight Stories" which follows the lives of missionaries. They say that when young members leave the room, they are excited about serving missions. When non-members leave the room, they are not fearful of talking to missionaries but realize they are just people, too.
Some of the sisters also provided a musical number during the training. This is the same piece they will sing for Christmas eve. They show a video from Luke 2 at the same time. It was beautiful. Watch for footage of the sisters singing sometime after Christmas.
