Arriving Missionaries November 2010

Elder Skousen from Utah, Elder Hough from Washington state, Elder Acosta from New Mexico, Elder Hackney from Florida, Elder Carter from Utah, Elder Lee from Utah, Elder Wilson from Utah, Elder Powell from Utah, Elder Hernandez from North Carolina, Elder Matheson from Utah, Elder Carver from Utah, Sister Schumacher from Maryland, Sister Green from Utah, Sister Cannon from Utah, Sister Flake from Utah, Sister Fonokalafi from New Zealand

Trainers: Elder Goold (Hough), Elder McRae (Carver), Elder Hill (Acosta), Elder Orozco (Matheson), Elder Welch (Skousen), Elder Bigler (Carter), Elder Jones (Lee), Elder Lovelace (Hernandez), Elder Giles (Hackney), Elder Yanez (Wilson), Elder Riska (Carter), Sister Garcia (Cannon), Sister Stout (Fonokalafi), Sister Williamson (Flake), Sister Garza (Green), Sister McCullough (Schumacher)

Turkey Bowl 2010: Day Two

Team South Bay

Team Central

Team Penninsula

Turkey Bowl 2010: Day One

Team Lakewood

Team Marina

Team Metro

Team Westwood

Clean Apartment Awards November 2010

Elder McRae, Elder Carroll, Elder Brooks, Sister Villanueva, Sister Stevens, Elder Jones, Elder Wilcox, Elder Hoggan. The Sisters won for cleanest apartment, Elder Brooks won for eating the most homemade rolls (but he didn't set a record) and Elder Wilcox doesn't want his mother to know that he knows how to clean.

Zone Conference November 2010

We had three days of great Zone Conferences. We began with a couple of magic tricks (along with reminders on taking care of missionary cars) by our car czar Elder Hancock. Sister Baker also offered to teach them the magic trick of turning gray shirts white (bleach). After an opening song and prayer, President Baker congratulated the missionaries on already reaching this years' goal of 600 baptisms and introduced our challenge to read the Book of Mormon by January 1.

We had training on the "Sacred 30" (evening planning) by the assistants, then we had two break-out sessions on personal and companionship planning taught by the Zone Leaders that were present that day. After a delicious lunch prepared by a local Relief Society, Sister Baker spoke about living the spirit of the law rather than just the letter of the law. We need to be fully committed as described in Ezekiel 47:1-8.

President Baker then spoke about our missionary purpose and how everything we do should advance that purpose. He referred to D&C 58:27 and explained that missionaries shouldn't have to be commanded in everything. He discussed how they can use the missionary resources (missionary library, sriptures, missionary handbook, the Holy Ghost) to help them make good decisions.

Westwood Zone

South Bay Zone

Penninsula Zone

Metro Zone

Marina Zone

Lakewood Zone

Central Zone