Last week we held three zone conferences. We treasure those opportunities to do some training, and sharing of ideas with our missionaries. This time we split the mission into thirds.
Tuesday-Santiago
On Tuesday we headed to Santiago where we met with Bambang, Solano, Santiago South and Santiago North Zones.
Elder Ilagan shared his musical talents as he accompanied our singing.
President focused on our authority to preach the gospel and our power.
During my segment we focused on the Restoration. The Assistants taught us how to help our investigators make and keep commitments.
The Solano Zone sang a beautiful musical number.
Later in the day the Bambang and Solano zones joined together to sing a beautiful hymn.
Missionaries role play and every few minutes they moved one new person to the right. We focused on quick opportunities we have to share about the restoration and Christ's atonement. The challenge was to be BOLD, FEARLESS yet humble.
Elder and Sister Gottfredson led a session on working with the branch council.
Here they did a mock council meeting. We appreciate their willingness to help us train--they did a fantastic job!
After four wonderful hours of training we ate Nanay Maghiran's delicious chicken curry.
After the sisters go through the line, the elders have their turn.
We appreciate the senior couples who had the tables beautifully set for us.
No one every goes hungry when Nanay is cooking!
Lunch is a time to visit with old friends.
The food was delicious!
President enjoys visiting with missionaries during lunch.
We love our sister missionaries!
And we love our elders too!
After lunch we sang our mission tong to Nanay and present her with a plaque bearing our mission logo and a quote about sharing your talents. She certainly is one of the special treasures here in the Philippines Cauayan Mission!
Wednesday Zone Conference for Alicia, Burgos, Cauayan and Roxas Zones.
Sisters listen intently as President reminds them of their mission calls.
The training was an intense 4 hour session
We still had lots of fun and laughs as we trained.
Sister Joame and Sister Wilkins take the Assistants math test.
This was a choir of elders from Cauayan Zone. It was absolutely gorgeous. How did so many great musicians end up in one zone?
In Cauayan the Mills taught us ways to work with the branch leaders. They made their training fun and impactful. Thanks to the Mills--they did a fabulous job.
It's time to celebrate our last quarter birthdays!
Some of our great missionaries from Roxas and Burgos zones.
Elder Aguiton, Elder Dagal and Elder Villania--friends from a former cycle.
Sister Dhikao's birthday was this week and her zone mates made her a beautiful birthday cake. It looked beautiful but it ended up being rice and pancake batter for the frosting. Good thing she has such a great sense of humor!
In Cauayan we had Sister Batara cook our lunch. It was delicious fried chicken and Mongolian Pork. We truly appreciate her sharing her talents with our mission! Everyone was well feed both spiritually and physically!
Thursday--Ilagan, Tuguegaro North and Tuguegarao South Zones
Elder James, Sister Peckham and Elder Mousley sang a beautiful hymn to begin our conference.
Later in the day the two zones from Tuguegarao joined together and sang another beautiful hymn.
Sister Peckham directed the group and did a great job!
In Tuguegarao Elder and Sister Shaner taught about working with branch/ward leaders. Sister Shaner bore a most powerful testimony of the importance of a branch working together to fellowship a new member as she recalled her own conversion many years ago. We appreciate the Shaners--they did a superb job!
Sister Larsen and Sister Manguil are working hard in Tuguegarao.
Sister Llorito and Sister Bigay work hard in Alinguigan.
Elder Lasay and Elder Penaranda wth a bunch of other elders looking over their shoulder.
No lights because of the brownout- we were so lucky it was a cool day!
Sisters serving in Pena Blanca, Sister Montejo and Sister Amis
Sister Peckham and Sister George serving in San Gabriel.
Sister Shaner and Sister Laker made sure everything was in order. We sure appreciate these beautiful senior sister missionaries!
Looks like these missionaries are raring to go and teach the people in our Northern region of the mission.
Elder Proctor and Elder Young.
Elder Molino and Elder Velez with a bunch of other elders looking over their shoulder.
Happy Birthday to these missionaries whose birthdays fall in October, November and December!
Lunch was absolutely delicious thanks to Brother Pete and his crew. He totally spoiled all of us with Chicken Adobo, BBQ Pork, mashed potatoes, rice. And guess what? There was a brown out the entire day! But that didn't prevent Pete from having everything cooked to perfection. I don't know how he pulled that off! We LOVE Brother Pete and MaLou along with their good friends who always are eager to help!
All in all we loved every day of zone conferences. The spirit was strong, the missionaries were prepared and came to learn. We loved spending time with each of our dedicated and talented missionaries!
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