This zone conference weather went from spring temperatures to summer. It was in the mid-80's today and was beautiful weather for doing car checks.
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| Sister Lawrence has learned her way around cars. |
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| Sister Smith and Sister Morotti finish checking their car. |
Others help me set up for lunch.
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| Sister Nakatsuka and Sister Bowman help with the "table decorations". |
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| Elder Stubbs and Elder Sterr set up the chairs. Elder Sterr is always one of the first to volunteer to help. |
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| Sister Bowman and Sister Engman join me as those who got the memo about wearing teal colors to match the table cloths. |
The missionaries attending my part of zone conference are:
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Front row left to right: Elder McDonald, Elder Peterson and Elder Gremillion.
2nd row left to right: Elder Bodily, Elder Johnson and Elder Nielson.
Back row: Elder Chapman and Elder Centeno. |
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Front row left to right: Elder Carrera, Elder Synelnikov and Elder McDonald.
Back row: Elder Bodily and Elder Johnson. |
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Front row left to right: Elder Guerrero, Elder Branning, Sister Nelson and Elder Nelson.
Back row: Elder Seig and Sister Seig, Elder Zollinger and Sister Zollinger, Elder Porter and Sister Porter. |
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Front row left to right: Sister Morotti and Sister Smith.
Back row: Elder Salanoa, Elder Lowry, Sister Wege and Sister Beckes. |
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Front row left to right: Elder Stubbs, Elder Sterr, Elder Gleed and Elder Anderson.
Back row: Sister Graff, Sister Lawrence, Sister Clement and Sister Engman. |
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| Front row left to right: Sister Bowman, Sister Nakatsuka, Elder Broadhead, Elder Dickerson, Elder Bodda and Elder Giles. |
Role plays are an important part of zone conference.
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| Left to right: Elder Guerero, Elder Synelnikov and Elder Gremillion. |
President Matsumori spoke about teaching with the spirit. As part of that, several missionaries were asked to give the First Vision - each speaking just a line in their native language.
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| Left to right: Elder Chapman- English; Sister Morotti- Italian; Elder Synelnikov - Russian; Sister Nakatsuka - Japanese; Elder Salanoa - Samoan; Elder Carrera - Spanish. |
Then it's time for lunch.
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Left side of table front to back: Elder McDonald, Elder Synelnikov, Elder Guerrero, Elder Gremillion and Elder Johnson.
Right side of table front to back: Elder Salanoa, Elder Branning, Elder Centeno and Elder Carrera. |
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Left side of table front to back: Elder Broadhead, Elder Nielson, Elder Peterson, Elder Anderson and Elder Gleed.
Right side of table front to back: Elder Chapman, Elder Lowry, Elder Bodily, Elder Stubbs, Elder Sterr, Elder Bodda. |
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Left side of table front to back: Elder and Sister Jex, Sister Black Elder and Sister Anderson, Sister Wege at the end.
Right side of table front to back: Elder and Sister Porter, Sister and Elder Seig and Sister Zollinger. |
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Left side of table front to back: Sister Morotti, Sister Nakatsuka, Elder and Sister Cardall.
Right side of table front to back: Sister Smith, Sister Bowman and Sister Engman. |
Time to celebrate birthdays.
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| Sister Beckes, Elder and Sister Cardall, Sister and President Matsumori and Sister Nakatsuka. |
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| The birthday celebrants gather in front. |
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And those celebrating birthdays are left to right: Sister Beckes, Elder and Sister Cardall, Sister Nakatsuka, Elder Giles, Elder McDonald, Elder Branning, Elder Lowry, Elder Nielson, Elder Clapier, Elder Gleed, Elder Dickerson, Elder Carrera and Elder Guerrero
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| Elder Lowry shows his selection. |
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| The elders look through one basket and the sisters look through another. |
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| Elder McDonald can't decide. Which one do you think he chose? He chose the dark brown one. |
