Seneca and Washington North Zone Conference, June 25, 2012

We look forward to quarterly conferences when zones gather for training and meetings. The Potomac chapel is the site for this conference of the northern most zones.

Sister Allen and Sister Avelar use the few minutes before zone conference to catch up on their Book of Mormon reading. The entire mission is reading the Book of Mormon together during these next two transfers.

Elder Lanham, Elder Dickerson Elder Lowry and Elder Hurd are busily engaged in checking their cars.

Car checks is a good time to clean the car extra well.  Elder Gillespie helps Elder Rodriguez shake out a car mat.

And the sisters learn about cars, too.  Left to right: Sister Miller, Sister Joost, Sister Schoemaker and Sister Lawrence.

Meanwhile, inside those missionaries who have completed car checks early help me set the tables for lunch.
Left to right: Sister Morotti, Sister Moore, Sister Allen, Sister Avelar and  Sister Black.

Missionaries gather in the chapel.

More missionaries complete their car checks and arrive. And no, Elder Galuvao isn't sleeping.  He saw the camera and took this pose.

After the initial training, the missionaries break into groups led by the zone leaders who taught the plan of salvation.

Part of the Washington North zone - being instructed.

This group decided to role play in the hallway.  On the floor left to right: Elder Kerby, Elder Seo, Sister Ertelt and Elder Dillon.

This is a part of the Seneca zone after they returned from their role plays. 

The relief society provided taco salad and watermelon for lunch.

The sisters table front to back left side:  Sister Lawrence, Sister Joost, Sister Marcy, Sister Moore, Sister Finlay, Sister Brown, Sister Miller and at the end...Sister Ertelt.
Front to back on the right side of the table:  Sister Miller, Sister Schoemaker, Sister Quintanilla, Sister Morotti, Sister Cadenhead, Sister Chan, Sister Allen.

Sisters' table from the other end...front to back left side:  Sister Allen, Sister Avelar, Sister Chan, Sister Cadenhead, Sister Morotti.
Front to back right side of the table:  Sister Bechaver, Sister Miller and Sister Brown.

Sister Miller now mans the camera and has me sit in her place. There is no mistaking us.  She is tall with long blonde hair and in her twenties.  I am short with short black - greying hair and in my...well, I'm not revealing my age..

The senior missionaries sit together.  From left to right: Elder and Sister Dougall, Elder and Sister Black and Sister and Elder Bleak. The Blacks will be taking over the duties that the Bleaks have done as they now complete their mission and return home to Portland, OR.

Left side of table, front to back:  Elder Carrera, Elder Greiner, Elder Seo, Elder Hatch, Elder Julander and Elder Rodriguez.
Right side of table, front to back:  Elder Hurd, Elder Winkler, Elder Mullins and Elder Miles.

Left side of table front to back:  Elder Webb, Elder Lott, Elder Bodily Elder Olsen and Elder Lowry.
Right side of table front to back:  Elder Picon, Elder Bates, Elder Schow, Elder Christensen and Elder Lanham.

Left side of table front to back: Elder Kerby, Elder Pierucci, Elder Dillon.
Right side of table front to back: Elder McClane, Elder Garcia.

Left side of table front to back: Elder Sanchez, Elder Clapier.
Right side of table front to back: Elder Wells, Elder Gillespie, Elder Moore and Elder Croft.

There were many celebrating their birthdays during this quarter.

Left to right:  Sister Bleak, Sister Black, Sister Cadenhead, Sister Schoemaker, Sister Lawrence, Sister Miller, Sister Quintanilla, Elder Lott, Elder Bodily and Elder Miles.

Left to right: Elder Bodily, Elder Miles, Elder Olson, Elder Mullins, President Matsumori, Elder Szabo, Elder Julander, Sister Matsumori, Elder Dougall.

Elder Lott displays his birthday present choice.

The sisters gather for a group picture.
Front row, left to right:  Sister Quintanilla, Sister Marcy, Sister Ertelt.
Back row left to right:  Sister Brown, Sister Morotti, Sister Avelar, Sister Cadenhead, Sister Lawrence, Sister Moore, Sister Bechaver, Sister Miller (L), Sister Joost, Sister Schoemaker and Sister Miller (K).