Typically we have 4 (in person) zone conferences each 6 weeks. With the stay at home order we decided to have 7 zoom video zone conferences, everything since March 25 has been on zoom video! We are grateful to be able to communicate with the missionaries this way and at least see their happy faces! Our assistants Elder Tebbs and Elder Sevy took turns conducting the conferences. All began with prayer, a musical number, the mission statement and training by President Peterson which included a video with Elder Neilson and Elder Uchtdorf on teaching the restored gospel and being situationally aware of those we teach. This was followed by a half hour discussion with Gary Miller a convert of about 3 months who had previously been an independent fundamentalist Baptist preacher. He talked of meeting missionaries when he was 15 and years later in an ER and 20 years later listening to a podcast on the book of Mormon. About a year after that he had read the Book of Mormon and studied and he along with his wife were baptized. He recently baptized 2 of his daughters.
We then had a break followed by training from the assistants and President Kizerian who trained on making videos for facebook.
Our departing missionaries shared their testimonies: Elder Tebbs, Elder Watt, Elder Winters, Elder Owens, Elder Johnson, Elder Merritt, Sister Ethington
President Peterson concluded with teaching us from the book of Judges and the army of Gideon which the Lord had decreased in size to win a battle, and all knew it was the Lord who had won.
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| Gary Miller |
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| President Kizerian |
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| Elder Tebbs and Elder Sevy |
