After his talks, Bob poses with some of the professors and students. The woman in the center front in the black skirt and beige blouse is a doctor who directed the program.
Saturday August 18, 2006
Bob left early with two missionaries, Elders Starr and Estrada, for his appointment to meet Sister Santiago and speak at Southwestern University. He said it went well – he talked about Creation/Evolution and then about the Rings of Saturn. Both talks were to a mixed group of students and professors – about 90 in attendance. Unfortunately they did not encourage any discussion about the Church and he was disappointed in that. He did answer questions and enjoy the interaction with the group. Then Sister Santiago took him on a brief tour of their small natural history museum. Elder Starr took many pictures on our camera and Elder Estrada helped with the slide presentation, but, unlike the last university talk, turned out not to be much of a missionary experience. Hopefully it was good for public relations.
Meanwhile, I rode over to Toledo with President and Sister Anderson and helped train at the Toledo District Conference. It was wonderful to see so many of the sisters that I am coming to know in the branches there. I taught for about 30 minutes to the entire group – about 60 – about Gospel teaching – using the model of Jesus Christ as the Master Teacher. I used a whole coconut, right off the tree to try to encourage and stress the importance of preparation. I also had scripture reading and some discussion. Then I taught 45 minutes to the 20 Relief Society workers – reviewing the basics about Sunday meetings, explaining the Enrichment/Activity program, and encouraging improvement in Visiting Teaching. Again, many of the sisters I know now and it is a pleasure to see and work with them.
After his talks, Bob poses with some of the professors and students. The woman in the center front in the black skirt and beige blouse is a doctor who directed the program.
