Monday morning we started our day very early as we had to get up at 4:30 to get to the port in time for our ferry departure. Because we were driving our car over, we had to be at the port an hour early for our 7:30 departure. We had lots of unknowns about our departure, so we were very relieved when we actually were on the ferry and on our way. We feel very blessed to be able to associate with these 13 great missionaries.
We arrived for our Zone Conference a little before 9:00. Zone Conferences are held every 3 months. It gives the mission president and his wife an opportunity to be with the missionaries from that zone. They both spoke, as well as the Zone Leaders and the Assistants to the President. The conference was from 9:30 to 2:30. Pres. Jackson asked for the missionaries to be in their seats at 9:00. It was a wonderful sight to see these young people studying their scriptures and preparing themselves spiritually for the meeting.
We did have pizza, but they could use some lessons in crust making. We heard no complaints from the missionaries.
Elder McWhorter, Poulson, Echegaráy, Antezana, Beuden, Lopez, and Shumway
Left-Elder Brewer Center- Elder Poulson
The smiles on everyone's faces do not tell the story of how seasick people were. The water was choppy and most of us felt pretty miserable. I had a good discussion with this group of missionaries. The main theme was that we need to be ready to do the Lord's will even when it is not what we have planned for ourselves. I continue to be impressed with these young people. By the time we dropped off the hermanas, picked up Elder Gentry and Elder Rawlinson at the bus station, drove to our house, and got ready for bed, it was 1:00 a.m. A good, but very long day.
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