Our Mission Leadership Council celebrating our Harvest of Converts

Our Angels celebrate the Harvest Fest

View from the Stand

Each zone presented a musical number during their day of zone conference last week.  We loved seeing the unity demonstrated by this zone while they were singing.

Now that's putting God first

We receive inspiration from this amazing couple.  The Rasbands were serving as temple missionaries, expecting to stay in the DR for two years.  The month before they were scheduled to return home they were asked to stay on and serve as counselor in the temple presidency!  They accepted and after 3 years 7 &1/2 months of service they are getting ready to return home.

How Blessed to have a Living Prophet!

When the prophet came to visit us here in the mission (the photo is from a different encounter) he invited President and me to bear our testimonies from the pulpit in front of all the missionaries.  While standing next to us with his arm around President Smith's shoulder, we had to decide what we would say.  I thought it an opportune time to bear my testimony of a living prophet.  I shared the witness I had recently received when we had the Solemn Assembly during the General Conference where President Nelson was sustained.  President and I were watching conference in our apartment and when it came time for the Relief Society sisters to stand and sustain the prophet it seemed kind of silly to me to stand when we were alone, just the two of us, in our apartment, but President Smith had done so with the brethren, so I followed his example.  As I stood and raised my hand I felt the strongest witness I could ever feel.  The Spirit not only touched my heart, but filled my body, I felt a flood of warmth from my head to my toes in every single cell confirm that it was the right thing to sustain this prophet.  I was super surprised to receive such a strong confirmation of his divine calling, but extremely grateful.  In my testimony in front of the missionaries with the prophet standing by my side I said I would have followed the prophet even without this powerful witness from the Holy Ghost, but I am sure grateful I was given this wonderful gift.