The Floods in white, ready for baptism. What an exciting day!
Bishop Gregh watching the picture taking from inside the church building. He was a good sport letting me take his picture.
All the missionaries in attendance and the Chords.
A very wet day outside, so we played around with a new way to take a picture inside. As you can see, it is difficult to keep this many people still.
They are anxious to do their "fun" shot. I just hate being in pictures. I'd much rather hold the camera, but oh such wonderful memories.
We have breakfast together before Zone Leader Council. As you can see, the food is gone. It's about time to begin.The highlight of this week was attending the baptism of Bill and Donna Flood on Saturday in the Florence Ward, and having the opportunity to perform the baptism of Bill. In our blog of January 30, 2010 I mentioned some of the experience that led to their baptism. Many of the missionaries who had taught them were able to attend the baptism, including Elder Chord who went home in December. He and his parents made the trip back to Oregon bringing the Flood’s daughter with them. Elders Peterson, Christensen, and Smith are still serving their missions and are serving in areas close enough to allow them to attend. Elders Barker and Hill would also liked to have come, but they are serving too far away (one in Klamath Falls and the other in Bend, respectively). The ward was very supportive and I am confident that the Floods will be well received into their ward family, and that they will make a significant contribution to the church from this point forward.
We held our zone leaders council this week. The way this meeting works so well, is a testimony to me of the power the Lord can help instill in all of us, but particularly in these great young missionaries. Before the meeting we asked the zone leaders to come prepared to discuss a variety of subjects affecting the mission, and each one of them (even the four newly called zone leaders) came prepared to participate in the discussion and share ideas about how we can improve. If these elders will reflect back on these meetings in the future when they are in ward and stake councils, they will know how they should prepare for those meetings and understand the potential these meetings have to be a time of revelation and growth.
This week we also received news that Mark and Sue Young of SLC have been called to preside over this mission come the end of June. We have had the opportunity to have a couple of conversations with them. They seem perfectly matched to come here, and we are confident they will do great things. We will try and keep the mission in good shape these next few months until they arrive. In the future we will get a picture from them and post it on this blog so that parents whose missionaries will be here when we leave can start to know and love the new mission president and his wife.
On Wednesday, President Young told me he was at a son’s basketball game and met the father-in-law of President Warren Barnes who is the stake president of the Eugene Oregon Stake. As a nice coincidence we had previously scheduled to have the Barnes at our home for dinner that same evening. Sister Macdonald had fixed a great meal, and we had a good time visiting with the Barnes after dinner. These stake presidents and their wives have become our dear friends away from home.
Saturday and Sunday we were privileged to speak at the Central Point Stake Conference. It was presided over by Elder Bruce Merrell, an Area 70 from Washington. We have attended two other stake conferences with him in the past, and we enjoyed our time with him again this weekend. We love President and Sister Wright (he is the stake president there) and we always come away from meeting with them, and hearing him speak, better people.
We held our zone leaders council this week. The way this meeting works so well, is a testimony to me of the power the Lord can help instill in all of us, but particularly in these great young missionaries. Before the meeting we asked the zone leaders to come prepared to discuss a variety of subjects affecting the mission, and each one of them (even the four newly called zone leaders) came prepared to participate in the discussion and share ideas about how we can improve. If these elders will reflect back on these meetings in the future when they are in ward and stake councils, they will know how they should prepare for those meetings and understand the potential these meetings have to be a time of revelation and growth.
This week we also received news that Mark and Sue Young of SLC have been called to preside over this mission come the end of June. We have had the opportunity to have a couple of conversations with them. They seem perfectly matched to come here, and we are confident they will do great things. We will try and keep the mission in good shape these next few months until they arrive. In the future we will get a picture from them and post it on this blog so that parents whose missionaries will be here when we leave can start to know and love the new mission president and his wife.
On Wednesday, President Young told me he was at a son’s basketball game and met the father-in-law of President Warren Barnes who is the stake president of the Eugene Oregon Stake. As a nice coincidence we had previously scheduled to have the Barnes at our home for dinner that same evening. Sister Macdonald had fixed a great meal, and we had a good time visiting with the Barnes after dinner. These stake presidents and their wives have become our dear friends away from home.
Saturday and Sunday we were privileged to speak at the Central Point Stake Conference. It was presided over by Elder Bruce Merrell, an Area 70 from Washington. We have attended two other stake conferences with him in the past, and we enjoyed our time with him again this weekend. We love President and Sister Wright (he is the stake president there) and we always come away from meeting with them, and hearing him speak, better people.
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