Final Interviews, etc.

Practicing First Lesson

Interviews in Woodlands, TX

Conroe Missionaries

Elders Bitton and Batt learn how to iron a shirt at mission home

Elders Webb and Bartholomew

Missionaries attend baptism at Melbourne chapel

Elder Holmes with Ward Mission Leader

Elder Michelsen with local bishop

Elders Howard and Struthers

Elders Michelsen and Holmes mingle with members after baptsim

Missionaries in Melbourne chapel

Another Week of Interviews

Interviews continued this week for missionaries living in the Cypress, Klein, Houston North and Houston West Zones.  We also said goodbye to Sister Young, a senior sister missionary who served in the LDS Employment Center.  We appreciate her humble, faithful service and will miss her happy, cheerful disposition.  She was a dear friend to us all!  Please enjoy a few pictures from the week, including a picture of Sister Young after her departing interview.

Pingrees with Sister Nance and Sister Young (right)

Leadership Training and Interviews

This week we held a combined ZLC and Leadership Training meeting where the missionaries were taught and practiced skills.  Interviews also began for missionaries living near Navasota, College Station and Katy.  While President Pingree interviewed individual missionaries, the Assistants and Sister Pingree conducted some training.  Please enjoy a few pictures taken from these activities.

Leadership Training

Missionaries bow in prayer prior to practicing a planning session

Leadership Training

Leadership Training

Practice Teaching

Games with Sister PIngree

College Station

Interviews at the Navasota building

Elders Knight and Wilkes walk to an appointment

Christmas Conference 2011

It has been a big week in the Texas Houston Mission, the highlight being the annual Christmas conference held yesterday.  It was wonderful to be together as a mission to learn, worship, serve and enjoy one another during this wonderful time of year.  The day began with a mission picture taken by a member photographer.  After we gathered for a two-hour morning devotional where President Pingree taught us about the Atonement of Jesus Christ through discussion and power point presentation. We then made sack lunches and boarded buses (paid for by an anonymous church member) and headed to the Houston Food Bank where we had the opportunity to sort food and package rice.  After our service activity we went back to the church for mission Olympics, a Christmas dinner and an evening musical fireside where we heard from many of your talented missionaries on the piano, violin, clarinet and guitar.  We also heard some amazing vocal arrangements.  As you can imagine, it was a long, uplifting, spiritual day for all of us and we thank the many church members and senior missionaries for their tireless efforts in helping to make this day possible for the Texas Houston missionaries.  Please enjoy a few pictures from the event.

Getting ready for the mission picture

Packing sack lunches

Traveling to the Houston Food Bank

Receiving instructions at the Houston Food Bank

Missionaries ready to sort

Mission t-shirts were worn to protect our proselyting clothing

Rice room

Cleaning up

 

Missionaries at the Houston Food Bank

Boarding buses

Mission games

Mission games

Mission games

Surprise visit from Santa

Christmas dinner