Training

President Gamiette came to Guyana. His purpose was to help the Banch Presidents see what their duty was in relation to seminary and institute. Elder Boyd K. Packer says, "Doctrine if fully understood has the power to change behavior better than the study of behavior has to change behavior". So President Gamiette put the Branch Presidents and the Seminary and Institute teachers into groups and had them teach themselves. By the end of the training meeting, when the Branch Presidents reported on what they learned, they gave the talk that he would have given, had he given a talk.


We went to the Canje District and repeated the training. It was magical to see the Branch Presidents learn how to enroll new members who have just been baptized. The baptismal rate here is one of the highest in the world. One of the big problems we face is keeping up with the structure to retain all of the new members who are coming into the church.