Zone conference is a great time for instruction and also for seeing former companions.
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| Elder Standing, Elder Valdetano, Elder Hansen, Elder Alca and Elder Long after setting tables for me. They were available because they didn't have cars that needed to be checked. |
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| This, by the way, is what your vehicle looks like after someone follows too closely in Washington traffic. |
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| Elder Searle gets ready to play the prelude music while Elder Wery assists in locating the music. |
Each zone meets in separate locations and the zone leaders determine how the rooms are set up for teaching.
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| Elder Pound in front of tables and chairs for Silver Spring North Zone. |
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| Elder Brown instructs about the plan of salvation. |
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| The missionaries in this zone had assigned seats - partly to demonstrate the principle of how you might feel if you lost your agency. |
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| Elder Pound and Elder Wang train on the plan of salvation as well. |
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| Elder Moss and Elder Benke demonstrate teaching the plan while Elder Standing watches. |
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| Role play groups. |
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| More role play groups. |
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| Some rooms are so crowded, the missionaries find themselves seated partially in a different room. Sister Gros and Elder Anderson make up one group. |
Lunch was provided by just one woman from the Bethesda ward. She ordered the sandwiches and purchased the other items at the store. We thought she was remarkable.
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Left side of table front to back: Sister Tyler, Sister Bleazard, Sister Gros, Sister Lewis and Sister Fehlman.
Right side of table front to back: Sister Lin, Sister Wong and Sister Jones. |
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Left side of table front to back: Sister Wanker, Sister Jones, Sister Wong and Sister Lin.
Right side of table front to back: Sister Fehlman, Sister Lewis, Sister Gros, Sister Bleazard and Sister Tyler.
In the back, the elders line up for their turn. |
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Left side of table front to back: Elder Anderson, Elder Wang, Elder Vaterlaus and Elder Watts.
Right side of table front to back: Elder Hsiung, Elder Wery, Elder Searle, Elder Valdetano and Elder Croft.
The woman with the red shirt at the back is the one who provided lunch. |
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Left side of table front to back: Elder Zollinger, Sister Zollinger, Sister Nebeker, Elder Nebeker, Sister Dickey, and Elder Dickey.
Right side of table front to back: Elder Miller, Sister Miller, Sister Watson and Elder Watson. |
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On the near side of the table left to right: Elder Hsiung, Elder Valdetano, Elder Gleed, Elder Anderson and Elder Pound.
On the far side of the table left to right: Elder Wang, Elder Vaterlaus, Elder Watts, Elder Benke and Elder Hansen. |
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Left side of table front to back: Elder Storr, Sister Larsen, Sister Wege, Sister Watson, Elder Miller.
Right side of table front to back: Elder Morris...Sister Nebeker. |
Zone conference is a natural distribution time for packages. Sometimes, however, it is not a discreet way of receiving your mail. Such was the case for the missionary (who will remain anonymous) who received this package. I would have teased him more, but the rest of the missionaries took care of that.
