Missionary Preparation

I wanted to add a quick little note while I had time.  The topic of lessons in Chapter 3 has very much been on my mind as of recent.  There are two simple things that I have tried to implement that I felt have helped missionaries to better understand the lessons as outlined in Chapter 3, and have helped missionaries to better implement these lessons into their teaching.

1. As you teach the fundamentals, distinguish the difference between the fundamentals and the lessons in Chapter 3.  This can simply be done in the explain portion, and in the practice portions.  When you go to practice, instruct the missionaries where the practice might take place in teaching a lesson, and what doctrine might support it.
2. Prepare the missionaries for their doctrinal study times.  We need to be more aware of what is coming up on their schedule.  Missionaries need to be aware of what doctrinal study time is, what it is used for, and what the objective of that time is.  If missionaries will adequately use that time to study the doctrine, less time will be spent in the classroom trying to clarify what the lesson is, and more time can be spent bridging the gap between the content of the lesson and how it helps one to experience the Doctrine of Christ.