Thursday, June 30, 2016

June 2016 ZONE CONFERENCE in Lancaster



Front:  Elders Wilson, Rose, Hawley, Howard, Wadsworth, Worsham, Iverson, Garduno, Duffy and Shepard
Row 2:  Elders Adams, Davis, Gardiner, Poulsen, Camp, Ibarra, Gray, Ainsworth, Baxter, Spencer
Row 3:  Elders Renteria, VanLeeuwen, Tunquist, Rogowski, Devey, Liston, Gehrke, Ross, Wood, Mejia, and Vu
Row 4:  Elders Ord, LeBaron, Cuthbert, Perry, Hatch, Elkins, Mink, Lundgren, Hinckley, Spencer, and Herzog
Row 5:  Elder and Sister Christensen, Sisters Faamaile, Evenson, Smith, Forrest, Wyasket, Harlan,  Roden, Noorlander, Hokafonu, Hale
Back:  Sisters Collins, Busath, Sears, Blake, Welch, Manemaleuna, Wall, Maya, Smith, Hamblin, Palmer, Kwasney, Huffaker, Nevil, Johnson and President Johnson
Elder Worsham 

Picking up supplies!  Elder Rose and Iverson

Elder Duffy with Sisters Noorlander and Faamaile

Sisters Kwasney and Palmer, Elders Poulsen and Shepard

Sisters Huffaker, Nevil and Elder Perry


Let's eat!




Elders Ibarra and Gehrke 

Elders Howard and Ross

Sisters Wyasket and Forrest

Sister Collins

Our wonderful hostesses!

Singing our thanks!



Stop and see the beauty!

A beautiful Cardinal reminding us to notice the beauty that surrounds us!

Sunday, June 19, 2016

June 2016 ZONE CONFERENCE in State College

Have you ever had a concern or a question or problem that you couldn't seem to find an answer for?  


The young Joseph Smith showed us the pattern of faith in seeking for an answer to a question or problem!  

Joseph was confused by the differences among the many churches in his area and wanted to know which church was right. Knowing he lacked wisdom, he followed the counsel found in the Bible, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5).  

Joseph
    -Recognizing he lacked wisdom (he was humble)
    -He counseled with local church leaders in the area and with his family
    -Looked in the scriptures for counsel
    -He acted on the scripture in faith - he expected God to answer!  
    -Ultimately he sought counsel of God

Joseph counseled with Heavenly Father in the woods that day, he went with sincere desire to receive counsel!

Do you think he expected to see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?  Do you think he was surprised by the answer (counsel he was given) he received?  

He sought counsel from the ultimate and true source and then when he received he stayed true to that counsel!

Front: President and Sister Johnson, Sisters Campbell, Thompson, Elder and Sister Samuelson, Sister and Elder Christensen, Sister Farnes, Roberts, Ewing-Di Bari, President Mauro
Row 2:  Sisters Simonsen, Bowden, Ewell, Wentzel, Wadsworth, Paine, DeMille, Morrison, Hartman, Brown, Thorsen, Crockett and Allen
Row 3:  Elders Smith, Holdaway, Richens, Segon, Averett, Zubeck, Swisher, Smedley, Selfridge, Davidson, Mueller, and Wilt
Row 4:  Elders Eubanks, Hansen, LaFon, Saylor, Cook, Holman, Johnson, Haroldsen, Calaway, Kotter
Row 5:  Elders Uchityl, Draper, Curtis, Montgomery, Liston, Ord, Robertson, Halls, Simmons and Holbrook


Sisters Thompson and Campbell

Elders Saylor and Swisher

S-M-I-L-E


Elder Davidson, Sister Roberts and Elder Montgomery 

Elders Averett, Johnson, and Sister Morrison

Sisters Bowden, Ewell, Hansen and Zubeck

Elder Robertson and Eubanks

Elders Eubanks and Robertson with Sisters DeMille and Simonsen

Elders LaFon and Kotter

Our wonderful lunch team!


Elders LaFon, Haroldsen, and Holbrook


Elders Segon and Curtis


Lunch helpers!


Elders Calaway, Zubeck, Robertson, and Richens

Elder Johnson, Sisters Ewell, Wentzel, Bowden and Wadsworth


Singing our thanks!




Wednesday, June 15, 2016

June 2016 ZONE CONFERENCE in Cranberry


                                               THE STANDARD OF TRUTH

"No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, tell it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, til the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done."

Front:  Elders Schofield and Woodbury
2nd row:  Elders Boyes, Wadsworth, Story, Bumgarner, Rayburn, Liston, Cahoon and Aitken
3rd row:  Sisters Johnson, Jensen, Durfee, Nelson, Birch, O'Reilly, Crisp, Wilson, Morgan and Oliver
4th row:  Pres. Johnson, Elder Andrade, Sisters Johnson, Smith, Pena, Hansen, Schofield, Meyers, Bartlett, Sister and Elder Christensen
Back:  Elders Bell, Syndergaard, Miller, Beal, Masina, Elliot, Kap, Ramos, Wilson, Walker, Gull, Chafin, Moon, Coburn, Foster, Williamson, Ord, Bates, Pennington and Walker


Elders Masina, Andrade and Miller

Clothing Exchange



Sister Christensen mending!






Elder Christensen and Elder Haroldsen


Elder Pennington

Lunch makes us happy!

Our wonderful hostesses!  Thank you!

Singing our thanks...








Elders Williamson, Syndergaard, Bates and Ramos

Sister Smith and Elder Aitken

An Awesome Threesome!  Elders Schofield, Coburn and Cahoon