Mission Conference

Every sang "Called to serve" for the sister who prepared the meal. What an army
Elder and Sister Morrison & Elder and Sister Unsworth, We love you both!
Dodge Ball - it was a pretty intense game
Oop! your out!!!! Elder Langi
A couple of the Elders dressed in "used car salesman" attire to honor Elder unsworth who was over the cars, Not only the maintenance but also had to sell the whole fleet durring his mission. Every three years the cars are sold and new ones bought.

I love Mission Conference. Even if we had to be up at 5:45 am to be ready to go at 6:30. We drove down to York Town, about 78 miles away. You never know what traffic is going to be like because there are so many who commute into the "City". It was 59 degrees when we left our apartment. (Have I mentioned before how Doug loves it up here, loves the weather too.) We arrived just in time to grab a bagel in the foyer and hit the little girls & boys room and get seated in the chapel. These conferences are so inspiring, especially when observing the young missionaries. I love to watch them lead out and take charge. We are so blessed with this rising generation. The spirit is so strong and much teaching was done along with much learning. This was Elder and Sister Unsworths last time saying good bye before they head home on the 5th. It was great visiting with our old "Olmstead" Zone. They performed a beautiful musical for the end of the conference. Two Elders played the guitar accompanying the rest of the Zone while they sang.
Lunch was put on by one of the wards in the area. One of the Relief Society sisters there I had a great opportunity to visit with. I am sure you remember hearing about an Elder (missionary) who was killed in an automobile accident by a drunk driver in Argentina. Well, he was originally from Washington State I believe, anyway his family now live in New York. And I visited with his mother for about 15 minutes. She is so sweet and has such a strong testimony. Her daughter is now in the MTC in Provo headed to her mission in "Argentina". Oh what faith that takes to send another child to the same mission of her son. She and her husband are anxious to be able to serve a mission too, hopefully with in the next 5 years. One that will allow them to take a special needs son who is mentally retarted with them. Another Relief Society sister I was able to visit with I had met at the Bishop Store house. She is the RS pres. in her ward and was the one putting on the luncheon for the conference. Anywhere you go, there are sweet angels doing the Lords work, building the kingdom.
Of course it is always fun visiting with Sister and President Searle. We love them. We have been given an assignment to find an apartment for another senior couple arriving in our mission in Sept. They will be serving in the northern most part of the mission. It is actually in our stake and Zone here in Monticello, but they will live about 75 miles away.
After Lunch there was fun games planned for the missionaries. Everyone was able to change into their p-day clothes and choose and play for about 2 hours. They love this time together. Basket ball, football, frisbree, and the big attraction - Dodge Ball. The whole group of them ended up playing dodge ball; the sport that most accidents happen with; at the end of the afternoon. Doug played football, was the quarterback and impressed a couple of Elders with his abilities.