We held the First Mission President's Fireside in the Cypress Stake yesterday. It was a wonderful event! The missionary choir was beautiful and they invited the spirit in a powerful way. The fireside began with the missionaries filing into the chapel and choir loft while singing called to serve. What a sight! We also heard testimonies from new members of the church who bore witness of the truthfulness of the gospel. Then there was a special musical solo, "Come Thou Fount" from Sister Butterfield, accompanied by her companion Sister Fullmer. We were then pleased to hear two more musical solos, "I Have Not Seen, Yet I Believe" by Sister Quist who was accompanied by her companion Sister Possin, and "Savior, Redeemer" by Sister Davis who was accompanied by Pres. Chappell. It was such a treat to listen to each of them. Many members brought their friends and missionaries brought investigators as well. The turn out was great and all who were present were uplifted. We are so grateful to the President and Sister Chappell who made it all possible. They put the whole fireside together including organizing the missionary choir and numbers. A special thanks to Pres. Vasquez of the mission presidency for his support as well. What did a tremendous job! I can hardly wait for the next one.
The following are pictures taken at the fireside.
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| Sister and President Chappell with President Lauck (Cypress Stake President) |
We had torrential downpours last week. The California Mortensen boys were getting acquainted with heavy rain.
