Sunday, September 16, 2007

Welfare Square-Take Off

Pictures from the weekend I took off for Brazil!

Here we are at the Salt Lake employment center. It's like the missionary map picture. Here is where we are going!






Here is the granary on Welfare Square. This is only such a small part. This is one of the smallest granaries and is dwarfed by the many others the church has for helping out the needy. The granaries in addition are one of the smallest parts of what they do at Welfare Square. It is truly amazing!












Here we have one of the rows of humanitarian aid supplies that the church sends out in emergencies. The church also makes a special porridge (EMIT I believe it is called) that can bring a malnourished child back to health in about 4 months. It is estimated that over 1/2 million children were save already in Ethiopia and the its surround countries because of this stuff!







Our time is SLC was really great. We stayed in U of U guest house (hotel) for the week and went down to the stake center near by to get trained during the week. We went to dinner at Buca de Peppi and it was delicious. Some of us one day went down to Gateway mall the the temple square area. It was a lot of fun.
We learned a lot about the carrier workshop program we are going to be teaching and what makes it so powerful. We help people to see the value in themselves and the value God sees and expects from each of them. When the recognize who they are and what they have to offer they can begin to make what we call "power statements" and they do so much better in interviews. Clearly there is much more but this is a part I really liked.

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