Thursday, February 26, 2015

February 2015

     February began with a temple trip for the second half of the mission.  This first picture is Elders Moon, Curtis, McDowell, Moses, Tima, Berkheimer, Tavo, and Hisita.The second is of Elders Brown, Alcazar, Berkheimer, Chappell, Moses, Buckner, Oliphant, and Anderson with Elders Hisita, Noh, Albrecht, and Nelson in back.


     Our theme for zone conference was the Holy Ghost and His role in our missionary work.  For the next 3 months our district meetings and zone training meetings will relate to this theme.  Elder Holland asks missionaries to ponder, "Was the Holy Ghost the senior companion today, the junior companion, or was He even in our companionship today?" Preach My Gospel teaches missionaries, "Trust the Spirit to guide you in every aspect of your work."

Sister Eaton with Sisters Webb, Flamm, Walker, and Ripplinger

Elders Holtry, Gardner, Anderson, Freeman, Anderson, Holden, Downing, and Jenkins

Elders Downs, Davidson, Gonzalez, Polson, Johnson, and Quackenbush


Elders Brown, Warner, Allen, Herbert, Clauson, and Lemmon

Elders Taliauli, Snyder, Anderton, Cairo, Lee-Wen, and Gonzalez

Sisters Sasagi, Peterson, Loeak, Jeffrey, Wright, and Singer

Elders Nelson, Bakes, Jones, Johnson, Eliason, Quist, and Kim

Singing our thanks to Auburn for our lunch

Elders Noh, Kim, Hisita, Mousser, Cook, Erekson, Berkheimer, and Moses

Sister Davis, Simmons, Gray, Ballard, Walker, Higashi (seamstress), and Nowlin

Celebrating birthdays

Thanking the lunch sisters

Elders Wagstaff, Barron, Smith, Takooa, Thomas, Russell, and Ludlow

Elders Tan, Maxwell, Lappalainen, Olsen, Bennett, Kelly, and Palo

Sisters Hill, Webb, Soliz, Peacock, Heiner, Clement, Halford, and Cauley

Birthday and clean car awards

Sunday, February 1, 2015

January 2015

     Mission Leadership Council this month focused on faith to find investigators (a follow up from Elder Hamula's visit) and working with members. (Front: Sisters Pearson, Flamm, & Ballard, Pres. & Sis. Eaton, Sisters Ah-Hong, Clement, Goaslind, and Heaton; Middle: Elders Gamble, Quackenbush, Wilcox, Eliason, Russell, Gardner, Moses, Meyer, and Ludlow; Back: Elders Tuimaualuga, Freeman, Johnson, Downing, Berkheimer, Erekson, Batchelor, Kim, and Cook)

     We said goodbye to these beloved missionaries--Front: Sisters Goaslind, Carlin, Dubon, Sis. & Pres. Eaton, Sisters Parry, Ah-Hong, Pearson, and Heaton; Back: Elders Johnson, Tuimaualuga, Grant, and Rogers

     And welcomed these! (Front: Sisters Ketchum, Lucky, Gray, Caulley, and Heiner; Middle: Sisters Oh, Mortensen, Sis. & Pres. Eaton, Sisters Leach, and Wright; Back: Elders Lappaleinen, Fenton, Smith, Takooa, Benton, and Anderson)

     We had a special training for district leaders and a special training for sister training leaders as well.  (Front: Sisters Flamm, Hill, Clement, with Sis. & Pres. Eaton; Back: Sisters Ballard, Walker, and Webb)

     Elder Daniel Johnson of the Seventy called a meeting this month with all stake presidents and bishops in the mission as well as our mission leadership council.  He outlined a protocol where missionaries would meet with members, have a prayer, teach a gospel principle, and then extend the invitation to the member to ponder who the Lord has prepared in their sphere of contact to meet with the missionaries.  Members are then challenged to invite the person who came to mind.  As I sat in with one break out group where missionaries were trying to implement this counsel with the stake president and bishops from their zone, the Spirit was very strong.  President Eaton, with the help of the assistants, also outlined a series of steps to help those who aren't ready for that challenge to take steps in that direction.  The missionaries would serve as consultants for ideas to move along that path, with the end goal to meet Elder Ballard's invitation of having members invite people to meet with missionaries once each quarter (see October 2014 General Conference).

     Another highlight of the month was our annual trip to the Seattle temple!  Half of the mission went in January, and the other half will go the first week in February.  Hopefully I'll be able to post more pictures of these excursions next month. Here's one showing Sisters Peterson, Orr, Frischknecht, Cauley, Halford, Heiner, and Sonasi.



Thursday, January 1, 2015

December 2014

      We had the largest group of departing missionaries in the Washington Federal Way Mission history this month!  The record number of incoming sisters 18 months ago has led to a record number of departing sisters now. (Back: Sisters Syphus, Alder, Wolfe, Hansen, Clark, Goble, Evans-Bottoms, Mobley, Biggs, and Mitchell; Front: Sisters VerHoef, Creager, Muir, Eaton, Barlow, Hehl, Mecate, and Judd)

     And here is the entire group! (Back:Elders Thomson, Garr, Draper, Holmes, Cannon, Spillsbury, Hardt, Rodgers, and Tibbitts; Middle: Sisters Syphus, Alder, Wolfe, Hansen, Clark, Goble, Evans-Bottoms, Mobley, Biggs, and Mitchell; Front: Sisters VerHoef, Creager, Muir, Sis. & Pres. Eaton, Barlow, Hehl, Mecate, and Judd)

   

 We also welcomed a wonderful group of new missionaries--Back: Elders Sumsion, Cook, Bohne, Odell, Czarnecki, Garrison, and Nelson; Front: Sisters Orr and Parsons, Pres. & Sis. Eaton, and Sister Li.

     The article below is from a message President Eaton left for missionaries following up on Elder Hamula's visit last month.

     Since you’ll be discussing consecration today in your district meetings, I wanted to share a New Testament scripture chain with you this morning. Let’s start with Matthew 16:24 JST: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. And now for a man to take up his cross, is to deny himself all ungodliness, and every worldly lust, and keep my commandments.”

     In other words, to follow the Savior, we have to leave behind the world. In Mark 4:19, the Savior explains how worldliness can mess with our spiritual growth. I’ve made a couple of changes to apply this verse more directly to us: “And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the [missionary], and [he] becometh unfruitful.” When we let “other things enter in” and become preoccupied with the vain things of this world, it chokes out the power of the gospel in our lives and we become less fruitful and less happy.

     I love the word deceitfulness in this verse. Those who advertise soda pop promote it as a great way to quench your thirst, but have you ever noticed that you only get thirstier when you drink it? What this world has to offer is just like that. The world tells us that its riches and praise and pleasures will make us happy, but they don’t bring lasting happiness any more than pop quenches thirst. It’s a sham, a fraud. It’s deceitful—because when we give in to the things of the world, we cut ourselves off from the things of God that bring true happiness. So to follow Christ, we must deny ourselves of all ungodliness.

     This is especially true for those of us who are called to represent Christ, to be what Paul called “a good solider of Jesus Christ” (2 Timothy 2:3). In 2 Timothy 2:4 Paul taught: “No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.” If we are going to go to spiritual battle for Christ, we can’t afford to plaster our apartments with photos and trinkets from the world that distract us. We can’t fill our minds with lesser things or even things Christ has asked us to set aside for a season. To please Christ who called us, we must leave the world behind.

     Finally, in Luke 14:27 JST, the Savior adds an interesting admonition to his invitation to bear our cross, come after him and be his disciple: “Wherefore, settle this in your hearts, that ye will do the things which I shall teach, and command you.” The word “settle” in this context means “to make a final decision.” For most of us, we have settled in our hearts that we won’t violate the Word of Wisdom. That decision is final. But are there some other aspects of worldliness that we are still struggling to make a permanent decision to leave behind?

     Together, these scriptures teach me the importance of deciding, once and for all, to leave behind the things of this world and focus fully on my call. Imagine what it would feel like at the Judgment to see clearly just how glorious and desirable eternal life is, only to realize that we sold out for a cheap consolation prize this world had to offer. I pray that with eyes of faith, we can see clearly and settle in our hearts that we will choose the consecrated path that leads to eternal life rather than the selfish path that does not, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.













Tuesday, November 18, 2014

November 2014

Elder Hamula visited our mission and led zone conferences, a fireside for stake and ward councils, a dinner and FHE for senior missionaries, and our mission leadership council.  As we discussed his training during leadership council, we distilled the training into the plan of action outlined below. (Front: Sisters Goaslind, Judd, Pearson, Ballard, Clark, Jin, Syphus, Alder, and Heaton; Middle: Elders Holmes, Erekson, Meyer, Rodgers, Pres. & Sis. Eaton, Elders Russell, Wilcox, Gardner, and Quackenbush; Back: Elders Freeman, Dold, Thomas, Tuimaualuga, Downing, Elder Hamula, Elders Ludlow, Eliason, Berkheimer, Kim, and Bennett)


Expect Miracles
Five Righteous Routines for Exercising Faith

Elder Hamula inspired us all to exercise greater faith—the faith to succeed.   “When you give your best, you can expect miracles,” he promised.  As you exercise faith by internalizing these five righteous routines, expect miracles!

Ø  Every day and week, set inspired goals that stretch you and focus your efforts.  Elder Hamula taught us that “goal setting and planning are acts of faith.  If you’re sincere, they draw more effort out of you. Goal setting is intended to draw out of you full purpose of heart, full consecration.  The goal is your consecration, your full exercise of effort.  Not until you give in that way is grace extended to you to succeed.”  When you set goals in faith, you own them and care about them, whether they are personal goals to acquire the character of Christ or goals relating to key indicators.  They inspire you to do things you otherwise would not have done.
Ø  Study the life and teachings of Christ to become more consecrated.  “If you really want to go to the next level, individually or collectively, you need to consecrate yourself wholly and completely unto him,” Elder Hamula taught.  “A good number of you are still holding on to what you were.  Not until you are willing to give it all away do you get the most out of this experience.”  As you study the four gospels and 3 Nephi 11 – 27 over the next three months, ask yourself how you can become more fully consecrated.  Keep and study journal and write down ways you can live as he lived. 
Ø  Account to God daily and weekly for what kind of witness you have been.  Elder Hamula taught that “contacting earnestly and prayerfully everywhere you go is the price you pay to be trusted with the kind of people who will be baptized.”  Remember that “as in teaching, your efforts in finding will be effective if you are guided by the Spirit.  Have faith that you will know what to teach and what to do to find those who will receive you” (156).  Elder Hamula urged us to “stop talking yourself out of the first impression you get.  You are too worried about whether it’s you or Him.  Go with what you have.”  Each night “as you give the Lord an accounting of your day’s activities” (95), include an accounting of what kind of witness you have been that day.  And each week during the sacrament, ponder how well you have represented Jesus Christ during the past week and how you can better represent him the following week. 
Ø  Focus on people as you plan with faith, so that planning becomes a revelatory experience.  Elder Hamula said, “You have faith to be here, but you need to develop the faith to succeed here.  You do that by utilizing the faith-promoting tool of regular planning to draw out of you everything that there is to draw out.  As you utilize that tool and give all that you are, the miracle comes.”  Use those tools to focus on people, not just time slots.  Every night and every week, follow the 12 steps from page 3 of the planner to strategize about how to help each of your investigators progress and how to move the work in the area forward.  Talk about their needs throughout the day and soon your eye will become more single to God’s glory.

Ø  Update area books daily and use them regularly as a finding tool.  “The area book is a reflection of your planning and your faith,” Elder Hamula said.  “When the area book is being kept up and used regularly, there tends to be greater faith and greater outcomes.”  As you make your area book “the lasting record of your day-to-day efforts”—a record that is “neat, current and accurate” (140)—it becomes an invaluable time capsule for future missionaries.  Use the area book daily as a source of inspiration as you seek new investigators and help current investigators and less-active members progress.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

October 2014

     Mission Leadership Council was on the Sabbath Day and receiving revelation through Church Attendance. We tried a photo in front of the mission home this time. Front: Elder Davis, Sis. & Pres. Eaton, Elder Rodgers; 2nd Row: Sisters Alder, Syphus, Clark, and Taylor; 3rd Row: Sisters Muir, Goaslind, Judd, and Heaton; 4th Row: Elders Maxwell, Russell, Garner, Myers, Meyer, and Grandstaff; 5th Row: Elders Berkheimer, Bennett, Kim, Ludlow, Grant, and Dold;Back: Elders Thomas, Downing, Freeman, and Erekson

     Our October departing missionaries are front: Sisters Taylor & Olson, Sis. & Pres. Eaton, Sisters Lee & Hopkins, and Elder Davis; back: Elders Garner, Grandstaff, Bushman, Warren, Jenkins, Bodily, Butt, and Myers


     Our incoming missionaries are Front: Sisters Loeak & Singer, Pres. & Sister Eaton, Sisters Davis and Frischkneckt; Middle: Elders Nelson, Allen, Brice, Lee-Wen, Li, and Nelson; Back: Elders Vuyk, Willardsen, Chambers, Davidson, Mousser, and Polson

     President Eaton's article from the October edition of the Mission Newsletter:

 Simple Formula to Facilitate Conversion

     I always enjoy reading your letters, but these last few weeks have been especially delightful as you’ve focused on helping investigators seek learning by faith. I particularly love how you are helping them discover principles in the Book of Mormon that can bless their lives.

     So what will you do personally to sustain these changes? How will you make sure that helping investigators act to seek learning by faith—especially using the Book of Mormon to do so—is something that becomes engrained in what we do? What can we do now so that missionaries in this mission a year from now are still helping investigators discover truths from the Spirit for themselves?

     Let me suggest a three-step formula to apply to every investigator for the rest of your mission. If you use it daily, I believe it will soon become a lasting part of you and of this mission. I am encouraging zone leaders and district leaders to use these questions with you about one investigator each week during your calls. The purpose of their calls is not to audit or inspect your plans but to collaborate with you and help you help your investigators. Here are the questions:

1. What is each investigator’s real need?

2. What doctrine or principle—especially one from First Nephi—can best meet their need?

3. What questions can we ask to help them discover those truths for themselves?

     Identifying real needs. Preach My Gospel repeatedly says that we must teach to meet the needs of our investigators. But to do that, we must know what those needs really are. Occasionally, an investigator’s greatest needs are obvious, but often, they are hidden. As Preach My Gospel states:

     "Sometimes people’s concerns are like an iceberg. Only a small portion is visible above the surface. These concerns can be complex and difficult to resolve. For this reason you need to follow the Spirit and respond in a manner best suited to the situation. Pray for the gift of discernment and follow your impressions. Heavenly Father knows the hearts and experiences of all people (the complete iceberg) and will help you know what is best for each person."

     When you help others resolve their concerns, first seek to understand their concerns by asking questions and listening. Rely on the Spirit to help you know how to help them resolve their concerns.

     To this analysis, I might add that we need to look beyond behavioral issues, such as drinking alcohol or not attending Church, to discern what mistaken belief or lack of belief gives rise to the behavior. Recently, I taught a wonderful less-active member with the assistants. What stood between him and the temple seemed to be smoking. But as we asked questions, we learned of some deeper concerns that helped explain why he had not yet been able to overcome his habit. First, after smoking for over 40 years, he doubted it was possible for him to stop. Second, his lack of faith in his ability to overcome that habit kept him from truly pouring out his heart in prayer, he said. He didn’t want to kneel down and really pray because he was afraid of what God would tell him. Yes, overcoming his smoking habit was a need, but to know how best to meet that need, we had to understand these deeper issues that were beneath the surface.

     Identifying the principle that can help. When we discover our investigators’ real needs with the help of the Spirit, we can then ponder what doctrine or principle can best help them meet their need and overcome their problem. We can point them to principles anywhere in the scriptures, but when we can draw them from the first few chapters of the Book of Mormon, it will be especially helpful. It will allow us to give them a reading assignment that can jump start their reading of the entire Book of Mormon. Certainly there will be times where we will include other scriptures to help them. But like most of you, as I have searched First Nephi recently for principles to help our investigators, I have been impressed. The Lord inspired Nephi and Mormon to fill those early chapters with examples of such critical principles as walking faith, doing hard things with God’s help, resisting the mockery of the world to receive God’s sweetest blessings, making sacrifices to receive blessings, and obtaining confirming revelation from God for ourselves.

     Helping them discover the principles. This final step is beginning to come naturally already for some of you. You have learned that if you can help investigators discover truths for themselves, they will retain and cherish them so much more than if we simply teach the doctrine or principle to them. Thus, coming up with simple but inspired questions is a critical step in the process of helping investigators act and seek learning by faith.

     Occasionally, you may do this when using a scripture chain with investigators during a lesson. For example, before studying 1 Nephi 4:6, the story of the brother of Jared and the 16 stones, and D&C 50:24 together, you might ask your invest to ponder this question: “What can these scriptures teach us about walking in faith?” More often, you will give investigators a reading assignment that includes several chapters from First Nephi, with a question that applies to more than one verse or chapter. You might assign 1 Nephi 1 – 5 and ask, “What can we learn from the example of Lehi and Nephi about receiving direction from God in our lives?” (Incidentally, that last question could be a pattern or formula you could use to create many other questions: What can we learn from the example of ___ in these chapters about [and then mention the principle or topic you want them to ponder]?)

     This summer, Elder Bednar told mission presidents, “If we always do what we have always done, then we will always get what we have always gotten. May I suggest that what we have always done and always gotten were good in their time but need to improve as the Lord is quickening the pace.” I genuinely believe that helping investigators discover principles from the Book of Mormon for themselves is a change that will help us get results we have never gotten before. I pray this simple three-step pattern will help you cement some of the wonderful changes so that we can help bring about more lasting conversions in this mission than we have ever seen before.

Saturday, October 4, 2014

September 2014

     Mission Leadership Council--Front: Sisters Clark, Syphus, Muir, Hehl, Sis. & Pres. Eaton, Sisters Wolfe, Alder, and Judd; Middle: Elders Erekson, Meyer, Grandstaff, Garner, Tibbits, Rodgers, Davis, Russell, and Ludlow; Back: Elders Kim, Grant, Maxwell, Young, Jenkins, Cannon, Cook, Thomson, and Freeman

     Departing missionaries--Front: Sisters Cox and Wright, Pres. & Sis. Eaton, Sisters Nicholes, Hutchendorf, and Dudek; Back: Elders Gunnell, Fruehan, Young, Bonner, Chandler, and Solomon

     Incoming Missionaries--Front: Sisters Dodson & Jin, with Sis. & Pres. Eaton, Sisters Webb, Soliz, and Goodman; 2nd Row: Elders Ha, Downs, John, Rodarte, Orr, Watterson, and Jeppeson; 3rd Row: Elders John, Chappell, Anderson, Herbert, and McDowell; Back: Elders Moon, Gonzalez, Brown, and Snyder

     This month we held a specialized training on how to really dig in and get the most out of personal scripture study. We focused on identifying principles we can apply to our lives, but we also talked about everything from the value of the Bible Dictionary to footnotes to patterns and symbolism.  Missionaries also got to preview the new film "Meet the Mormons."

     Each week missionaries share miracles and blessings from applying things they have been learning to their work.  I've included a few below:


Elder Ludlow:
        On Saturday when we stopped by he had a question about Jesus Christ visiting the Americas. So we turned to the scriptures and started explaining some of the background to the story and read some verses. As the lesson went on I felt like I needed to share verse 3 with him (3 Nephi 11:3). As he read it, he had a surprised look on his face. We asked him what he thought of it and he told us, "this explains exactly what I have been feeling. When I receive answers to prayers it is never something big, it's always a small feeling that pierces my heart and is undeniable." He was so impressed that the Book of Mormon could relate so much to how he has been feeling. He told us that the book has to be true! We were so happy that he was able to open up like that and discover important principles himself. I am super excited to start using the Book of Mormon more in depth during lessons to help investigators solve answers to concerns and questions themselves.

Elder Johnson:
        I LOVE having investigators prepare before lessons. When we taught Becky about the 1st Vision she reported that she had begun following the example of Joseph Smith and praying to know if this was the true Church! Before we even asked her to! And then she pulled us aside on Sunday to tell us that the Holy Ghost answered her prayers, and the she knew this was all true "to the core of her being!"

Sister Carlin:
        This past week I have been really learning how much power comes from me asking questions when I have my personal studies. I have come to find that when I ask questions before and during I study that I am more willing to learn by faith through out the whole day. It takes great humility but I know that by learning be faith is when we really stretch and grow.

Elder Russell:
       I've been doing principle extraction from the Book of Mormon the past couple of days and weeks and it is really changing the way I see the Book of Mormon! It's really helpful with teaching investigators! I find a principle and write it down in and study about it and I swear it always comes in a lesson that we have in the next couple of days. It's been amazing to see how many questions we can actually answer with the Book of Mormon!

Elder Cook:
        We got to witness the Book of Mormon training completely change someone's heart. Bro S came to church this week for the first time in 23 years. We have only had three lessons with him, but those lessons were focused and powerful and designed to help him read the Book of Mormon by giving inspired questions to ponder along with the reading assignment. On Friday we had a church tour and we were sitting in the Chapel and I asked him what has been pushing him to do this. He held up the Book of Mormon and said, "When you read this book..." then tears filled his eyes and he couldn't finish his sentence.

Hermana Hill:
        Our investigator Marisa hadn't really been progressing and was kind of waiting around for her husband to want to do this with her. We had her start the Book of Mormon from the beginning again. We assigned the first two chapters, with the question of how Lehi was the example and the rock of his family, even though his sons were rebelling and they had to face some really hard afflictions. We asked her to think about how she could also be the example and rock for her family. When we came back two days later she had read three chapters instead of just the first two. We had a good discussion about the assignment we left her and really emphasized that with the Lord's help we can do hard things. She said she was going to try to read with her husband at night before bed, because he doesn't really like to read and she doesn't think he would start reading on his own. I don't know if they were actually able to do that together, but something good happened between Friday and Sunday because their whole family came to church. All five of them came for all three hours.

Sister Ballard:
        I am finding that asking questions is more of a frame of mind. It's changing our mindset into always searching, seeking, being hungry for knowledge. Knowledge whether it is about the gospel, the area, people's concerns, etc. is good to obtain. Asking questions help keep everyone involved and when we ask questions, we invest ourselves in people. Questions equal investment, and I am finding that our members, less actives, and especially investigators that ask questions are so much more involved in learning the gospel. I pray I can continue to figure out how to help people and myself gain and maintain this mindset.

Elder Bennett:
        We also had a great experience with a member friend! Our investigator Victoria has been interested for awhile now, and just has not found the motivation to fully embrace the gospel. We brought Sis R with us, and she took Victoria under her wing! She told her that she would love to come up and study from the book of Mormon with her, get her meals after Victoria's surgery, and just be there for her. She went up Sunday to study, and she actually resolved a lot of Victoria’s concerns right on the spot! That is what member work should be like!

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

August 2014

     This month will be a photo journal, beginning with our departing missionaries! (Front: Sisters Womack, Margaritis, Hansen, Casper, with Sis. & Pres. Eaton; Back:  Elders Voracek, Dymock, Howell, Bradford, McKendrick, Fitzgerald, Beckstrand, and Carpenter.)



     Our August incoming missionaries are Sisters Lee, Hill, Moore, Baxter, Hill, Sasagi, with Sis. & Pres. Eaton in front.  Elders Palo, Clauson, Shreeve, Graham, Wagstaff, Anderton, Bakes, and Kelly are behind.

     The rest are candids from zone conference.  Thanks to Elder Nowlin for serving as the photographer.

 Some birthday missionaries--Sisters Swapp, Peterson, Copen, and Keele, and Elders Batchelor, Anderton, Hisita, Bonner, Brown, Solomon, Rodgers, Oliphant, Pennington, and Lund

Singing during a break--Sisters Lee, Peacock, Wright, Biggs, Henderson, Barlow, Halford and Elder Patchett

More break singing--Sisters Henderson, Barlow, Halford, and Elders Turney, Patchett, and Kelly with Pres. Eaton

 Lunch with Elders Anderson, Coombs, Tavo, Nguyen, and Downing


Learning by faith--Sisters Flamm, Kirschner, Ah-Hong, Sasagi, Walker (backs of Sisters Moore, Cass, Mecate, and Eaton)

Learning by faith--Sisters Hill, Evans-Bottoms, Hills, Hanson, Yim, Sharp, Hutchendorf, and Hehl

Learning by faith--Elders Walters, Cannon, Fruehan, Bulloch, and Curtis


Lunchtime!

More lunchtime!

Elders Loveland, Zamora, Capener, Dold, Meyer, Grandstaff, Brown, and Berkheimer

Group discussions--Sisters Eaton, Hopkins, Ripplinger, Creager, Cox, and Ballard



More group discussions--Sisters Taylor, Hill, Lee, Parry, Simmons, and Goble

Elders Carson, Johnson, Berkheimer, Young, Brown, Gunnell, and Wagstaff


(from wall) Sisters Sonasi, Pearson, Clement, Ballard, Creager, Ripplinger, Hopkins, Goble, Simmons, and Taylor; (from wall) Bro. Eaton, Elders Goodell and Olson




Lunch again!


Elders Myers, Buchannan, Palo, Hardt, Lemmon, and Jenkins


Sisters Dudek, Walker, Alder, Wolfe, Muir, Judd, Killingsworth, Olson, and Dubon; Elders Caputo, Bennett, (hidden), Andrasko, Tima, Rogers, Tui, and Noh


(near to far) Elders Jenkins, Lemmon, Hardt, and Palo


Elders Palo, Andrasko, Freeman, Bennett, Tima, Caputo, and Hardt


Front group: Sisters Weldon, Muir, Goaslind, and Jeffrey; Back group: Sisters Alder, Sheffer, Walker, and Dudek


Sisters Olson, Heaton, Dolan and Wolfe


Elder Maxwell, Sisters Alder, Muir, Judd, Wolfe, and Pres. Eaton shifting the burden to help investigators discover


Singing for our supper--Elders Rogers,Spillsbury, Maxwell, Green, Jenkins, Hardt, Palo, Andrasko, Tui, Tima, Grant and Bodily

Back row: Elders Albrecht and Kim; Front (near to far): Bro. Eaton, Elders Goodell, Olson (rest hidden)