Mission Conference

Talent show at Mission Conference. Fun for everyone. There was beep boxers, teaching us how to beep to primary songs. Skits, musical, Story telling, kung fu dancer, etc. It was great fun until we had to go to the hospital with Elder Doreman.
Mission Conferences happen once a cycle. A Cycle is every 6 weeks. That's how missionaries figure time. You have a companion for so many cycles, you get transferred after the cycle, new missionaries come here at the beginning of a cycle, etc. So we have a Zone conference once a cycle and mission conference once a cycle. This time around a Talent Show, being New Years Eve day, was scheduled. Late Christmas presents were also handed out. Our mission is divided into two mission conference geografical areas. We met with the north half of the mission. There are 77 companionships in our mission, that makes for a lot of missionaries to feed at one conference so it has been divided.

We were told the conference would be in the Yorktown chapel. We were to take the sister missionaries, as they don't get sardined into the van with all the elders needing a ride. The missionaries in the Bronx have no cars. So this mode of transportation is necessary. The conference had been changed to Scarsdale, the chapel next to the mission home, unknown to us. This would have to be the only day Doug has forgotten to take his phone with him. We sat in the parking lot for 20 minutes, mind you we WERE on time, before another car with missionaries pulled in and told us that the conference place had been changed. We were 35 minutes away from there. So we were late getting there.

The first part of the conference we heard from Bro. and Sis Sasine, councilor to the mission pres. Then Brother and Sister Rogers, councilors in the Temple Presidency talked to us. The AP's did some training and committing. They are awesome. Pres. talked and challenged us to do better. Of course we can always do better. Lunch was served, Sister Searle is always feeding missionaries. We are very comfortable being in the kitchen helping. I can do that. After lunch the talent show started. We soon were asked to take an Elder to the hospital as he was very sick and ended up having his appendix out. So we spent New Years Eve in the hospital waiting room with his companion, until Pres. and sister Searle came to relieve us, 5 1/2 hours later. Always an adventure.

We were challenged to read the Book of Mormon in 6 months, marking all the places that Faith and Christ are mentioned and talked about. We challenge all of you to do the same. We should always be reading the book of Mormon. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!