December Zone Conferences

It truly is the most wonderful time of the year in so many ways. There is no better time than the Christmas season to serve as full-time missionaries sharing the message and gospel of Jesus Christ. Our December Zone Conference had a special focus on Christ. President Teuscher taught powerfully from the scriptures and prophets about the premortal Christ and about his eventual return not as a baby but in all his glory when “every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that he is the Christ.” I shared some thoughts about his willing condescension from the glorious position that President had talked of, about the beautiful symbolism of the Nativity story, the fulfillment of prophecy and how he was born to be our Savior, how you can’t separate Bethlehem from Gethsemane. We sang Christmas Carols, passed out gifts and had a wonderful meal prepared by our senior couples.

Manhattan and Chinese Zones

Brooklyn & Woodside Zones

Plainview & Lynbrook Zones

Westchester & Yorktown Zones

December Transfers

They’ll be home for Christmas!

December 2018 Departures

We are really going to miss this amazing group of missionaries! We have learned so much from each one of them. They helped us and taught us and loved us from the day we arrived and got us through to the point where we kind of know what to do (still working on it). They are looked up to by all the younger missionaries in the field as leaders and examples. They helped our mission reaching some really impressive goals in the last few weeks of their mission. Collectively, this group is the defenition of “Finish Strong!” Their family and friends should be proud of the men and women they have become. They are diligent, hardworking, loving and exceptional young adults who will go on to do great things in life. I have no doubt having them home in time for Christmas was the best gift ever for their loved ones!

Departing Temple Trip

At the airport

Last night at the Mission Home

Note: Elder Merrell, Elder Gover, and Sister Kuykendall are in the departing temple trip photo, but they each flew home on different days from the rest of the group so we didn’t get individual photos with them at the mission home on the last night.

Arrivals

It is always exciting to meet the new missionaries and we consider each one a gift! They are unique and have so much to offer and so much to learn as they begin their missions. Here is our newest group that came in November and December 2018.