Seneca and Washington North Zone Conference: September 17, 2012

Quarterly zone conferences were held this week.  The first zone conference combines the Seneca Zone and the Washington North Zone for the meetings.

Thankfully there are always missionaries around to help.  I've asked them if they had any idea that part of being a missionary was setting up tables and chairs.  They didn't, but I've assured them it will be a skill they will use the rest of their lives in church service.

Left to right: Elder Chapman, Elder Brown (hidden), Elder Schow and Elder Wang.

Missionaries begin gathering in the chapel before the meeting.  Obviously some are more aware of the camera than others. 

Part of conference was taught in rotation. These pictures are taken from my session.  If your favorite missionary is not in one of these photos, they've probably taken a "break" and didn't get to this rotation before I started.  Hopefully you will see them in one of the other pictures.

Front row, left to right:  Sister Miller, Sister Joost, Sister Lewis and Sister Word.
Back row: Elder Julander and Elder Galuvao.

Front row left to right:  Elder Moss, Elder Pon, Sister Schoemaker and Sister  Quintanilla.
Back row left to right:  Elder Garcia and Elder Bodily.

Front row left to right: Elder Gleed, Elder Clapier and Elder Schow.
Back row left to right:  Elder Moore and Elder Anderson.

Front row left to right: Elder Long and Elder Williams.
Second row left to right: Sister Brown, Sister Bleazard, Sister Fehlman and Elder Jelitto.
Back row:  Sister Avelar, Sister Lewis, Elder Vanaa and Elder Szabo.

Front row left to right: Elder Valdetano, Elder Cervantes.
2nd row: Elder Chapman, Elder McLane, Elder Ah Puck, Elder Salanoa.
Back row: Elder Standing, Elder Broadhead, Elder Wang and Elder Goodman.

Front row left to right:  Elder Branning and Elder Carrera.
Second row: Sister Lawrence, Sister Finlay, Sister Bechaver, Sister Blasco and Sister Morotti.
Back row: Sister Lorenzana, wife of the first counselor in the mission presidency.

And of course there were zone breakouts accompanied by role plays.

On the left- Elder Jelitto and Elder Wang.  

Left to right: Elder Branning, Elder Szabo and Elder Vanaa.

Here's an entire room of missionaries.  It takes great concentration power to be able to teach with other groups so nearby. 

We stop for lunch with the sisters going first. You'll notice the elders waiting patiently for their turn.

I didn't do a very good job of letting these sisters know I was taking a picture.Who you do see are Sister Brown and Sister Joost on the left and Sister Bleazard and Sister Fehlman on the right.

More sisters look at the camera on this side.
Front to back on the left of the table:  Sister Bechaver, Sister Quintanilla, Sister Miller, Sister Lewis and Sister Finlay.
Front to back on the right side of the table: sister Lawrence, Sister Schoemaker, Sister Avelar and Sister Word.

Front to back on the left of the table: Elder Goodman, Elder McLane (hidden), Elder Centeno.
Front to back on the right of the table:  Elder Salanoa, Elder Wang (hidden), Elder Moore.

Front to back on left of the table:  Elder Long, Elder Williams, Elder Standing, Elder Cervantes, Elder Valdetano and Elder Carrera.
Front to back on the right side of the table:  Elder Ah Puck,  Elder Galuvao,  Elder Jelitto, and Elder Vaterlaus.

Elder Vanaa and Elder Schow help themselves to some of the salad and penne pasta.

Front to back left side:  Elder Szabo, Elder Anderson, Elder Pon.
Front to back right side:  Elder Moss, Elder Vanaa, Elder Gleed, Elder Bodily.
In the background you can see some of the senior missionaries.

 Following lunch we celebrate birthdays.

We sing to those celebrating birthdays  in the upcoming months - left to right:
Elder Standing, Elder Goodman, Elder McLane, Elder Moore, Elder Vaterlaus, Elder Long, Elder Garcia and Elder Jelitto.

The others who celebrate their birthdays are left to right:  Sister Bleazard, Sister Brown, Elder Black, Elder Williams, Elder Brown, Elder Vanaa and Elder Standing.

Sister Brown and Sister Bleazard display their birthday gifts.

Following lunch and cleaning up the tables, everyone visits for a while before returning to the rest of the meeting.

I'll let you look for your favorite missionary.