1. How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach?
Preach My Gospel Chapter 2

2. Mission Call Packet
About two to four weeks after the Church receives your mission application, an envelope will arrive from the Office of the First Presidency containing:
The Call Letter from the Prophet
A Letter from your Mission President
A Letter from the MTC President
General Instructions Checklist, including a list of clothing and other items to bring

3. Call Letter from the Prophet When you open your call packet, the first letter you will see will be the call letter from the prophet. It will be addressed to you and will say: “Dear Elder or Sister _______, You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the _______ mission.” This is the point where people tend to erupt into cheers and tears. Once you’re able to continue, the letter will go on to tell you the language you will be speaking during your mission, and it will tell you where and when to report to the Missionary Training Center.

4. I’ll go where you want me to Go
Preach my Gospel
I’ll go where you want me to Go

5. How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach
How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach? Preach My Gospel Chapter 2
Read Joseph Smith—History 1:11–13. • What influence did his study have on future generations? What effect has his decision to study and seek had in your life? • How has your gospel study influenced your life?

6. How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach
How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach? Preach My Gospel Chapter 2
Find one word that describes how the Lord wants us to approach scripture study:
2 Nephi 4:15–16
2 Nephi 32:3
D&C 58:26–28
D&C 88:118
1 Nephi 10:17–19
D&C 11:21–22
D&C 50:19–22

7. How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach
How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach? Preach My Gospel Chapter 2
Find one word that describes the Holy Ghost’s role in helping us learn the gospel.
2 Nephi 32:5
Alma 5:45–46
Moroni 10:5
D&C 11:12–14
D&C 39:5–6
John 14:26
John 16:13

8. President Boyd K. Packer, “Little Children,” Ensign, Nov. 1986, 17
“True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior.”
President Boyd K. Packer, “Little Children,” Ensign, Nov. 1986, 17

9. How do successful missionaries study and prepare to teach?
• Seek and follow the Spirit. • Strive to consistently study, treasure up, and apply doctrine. • Work with their companion to make specific plans to teach each person, adjusting the order, length, and pace of the lessons to meet needs. • Teach often from the scriptures with clarity and conviction. • Bear testimony frequently. • Evaluate their teaching

10. Seventeen Steps to Successful Scripture Study
 Before you study
Set aside (plan) time for study; consider an alarm on a phone or studying with a friend
Develop and write down a systematic plan for study; be consistent
Pray for understanding and invite the help of the Holy Ghost before you being reading
As you start to read
Read the Chapter Heading and determine the setting (Who? When? Where?)
Visualize
Insert your name as you read; as you read, look for lists, connections, patterns, and parallels 
Look for Footnotes (Heb., Gr., IE., OR, JST, BD, TG, Maps, Gazetteer)
While you are reading
Ask, “Why might the Lord have inspired the writer to include this detail?”
Mark doctrines, facts/historical information, power phrases, questions, flag words (therefore, but, behold, thus we see, wherefore, hearken, if, etc.), Questions/Answers, If/Then statements, definitions (Zion=the pure in heart), repeated words, attention words (Behold, Hearken, Verily, Certainly, Truly), conclusion Words (I say unto you, Thus we see, Therefore, Wherefore, Inasmuch, Hence)
Look for symbolism in Objects, Places, Names, Titles, Animals, Events, Food, People, Rituals, Numbers

11. Seventeen Steps to Successful Scripture Study
 As you conclude your reading
Consider memorizing a verse
Look up unfamiliar words or the original definitions of words and the Lord’s definitions
Read approved commentaries and manuals
Ponder by asking, “So, what?” or completing the statement, “Thus we see . . .”
Write your thoughts and feelings; jot down application, additional insights, correlations, cross-references, questions which personalize and also any unanswered questions
After you conclude your reading
Pray to invite the help of the Holy Ghost for additional relevancy
Make a plan to act in Faith based on the day’s study; consider sharing what you learned with others

12. HOMEWORK: Chapter 2
Use a study journal and record your thoughts and feelings about a few of these topics:
Read Doctrine and Covenants 138:1–11. What did President Smith have to do for his mind to be opened? How did he feel about the doctrine he was thinking about?
Read the definition of knowledge in the Bible Dictionary: What knowledge can help me serve effectively as a missionary?
Read 1 Nephi 10:17; 11:1–6. Why was Nephi able to learn what his father knew?
Rate yourself on the following (1=never, 3=some of the time, and 5=almost always).
__Throughout the day I think about what I studied in the morning.
__As I study, ideas come to my mind that have not occurred to me before.
__I record spiritual impressions and ideas in an appropriate place.
__I fall asleep as I study.
__I look forward to personal study.
Why is it important to study the gospel? How will my study affect those I teach? Why do I need to continually treasure up the doctrines of the gospel of Jesus Christ? How can I improve my personal study?

13. How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach?
Preach My Gospel Chapter 2: Part 2
Review the Quiz, “God our Heavenly Father” on MTCPrep.com, along with the associated scriptures. After, write a 2 minute teaching outline about God our Heavenly Father.

14. How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach?
Preach My Gospel Chapter 2: Part 3
Part 1: Watch “Teach People, Not Lessons – Jynx from the District
Part 2: Teach someone about God, our Heavenly Father, using your outline you created.

15. How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach?
Preach My Gospel Chapter 2: Part 4
Teach a family or ward member about God, our Heavenly Father

16. How Do I Study Effectively and Prepare to Teach?
Preach My Gospel Chapter 2