The Great Kentucky Louisville Mission

Thursday, May 31, 2012

May Interviews - Week Two

Week Two of Interviews was just as wonderful as Week One, with more of the same terrific District Meetings, stirring Recitals, promising Accountabilities, inspired Training by the Assistants, enjoyable talks (and mending) with Sister Woodbury, and meaningful interviews with President Woodbury. For more details, check out the previous post on Week One. Otherwise, enjoy the following snapshots of the great, Great Kentucky Louisville missionaries!

Ft. Knox District
Elder Frye, Elder Clawson, Elder Freestone, Elder Shaffer, Elder Kowallis, Elder Quick, Elder Clark, Elder Morriss

Old Kentucky District
President Woodbury, Elder Morriss, Elder Clark, Elder Miner, Elder Webb
Elder Rost, Elder Wight, Elder Christoperson, Elder Ipson

Deep South District
President Woodbury, Elder Gardner, Elder Daynes, Elder Raney, Elder Harshman, Elder Nielson, Elder Hicken

New Albany District
Elder baker, Elder St. Martin, Eldere S. Cox, Elder DeGraw, ELder Corry, Elder Everett, ELder Lund, Elder Potter
Elder Morriss and Elder Clark behind

Elder Morriss and Elder Clark doing training at
the Kentuckiana District

Kentuckiana District
President Woodbury, Elder Wiggins, Elder Dansie, Elder Edwards, Elder K. Wood, Elder Erickson
Sister Ford, Sister Noakes, Sister Ford, Sister Erickson

Corydon District
Elder Mason, Elder Ham, Elder Howell, Elder Clark, Elder Knighton, Elder A. Smith, Elder Morriss, President Woodbury
Hermana Estrada, Hermana Provost, Elder Molleman

Elder Fegan, Elder Clark, Elder Hubbell at the Jasper District

Jasper District
Elder Hubbell, Elder Lipsh, Elder Fegan, Elder Clarke, Elder Anderson, Elder Dimter
Elder Morriss, Elder Clark, Elder Dorius, Sister Dorius
(member)

River Run District
Hermana Dunlop and Hermana Holt
Elder J. Smith, Elder Green, Elder Fisher, Elder Whetman, Elder Nielsen, Elder Humes

Vincennes District
Elder Clark, Elder Morriss, Elder Henderson, Elder Draney, ELder Selvage
Elder Colling, Elder Bowman, Sister Beukers, Sister Ash, Sister Selvage

Elder Clark and Elder Morriss doing training at
the Newburgh District

Let's do it!

Newburgh District
Elder Dye, Elder Fry, Elder Biddle, Elder Beukers, Elder Lutz, Elder DV Gardner, Elder Clark, Elder Morriss
Sister Bryner, Elder Bryner, Elder Bratter, Elder Ralph, Elder Haws, Elder Estrada

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

May Interviews - Week One

We just finished Interviews with the most wonderful, amazing, hard-working and dedicated missionaries in the world!

President Woodbury and I, along with the faithful Assistants to the President, Elder Morriss and Elder Clark, traveled the length, width and breadth of the Great Kentucky Louisville Mission, meeting with every District and every missionary over the past two-plus weeks. At each location, the District had their regular beginning to District Meeting, ie. song, prayer, Recitals, and Accountabilities, then the time was turned over to President Woodbury for an introduction to the training for the day. He related how Navy pilots must be precise and exact in their calculations, angle, speed, altitude, etc. in order to land their aircraft safely on the tiny landing strips of aircraft carriers, and how we as missionaries, must likewise be precise and exact in our obedience in order to "land" our investigators on the narrow landing strip of baptism and membership in Christ's church.

The President then went off into another room with Sister Woodbury next door, to begin Interviews. As usual, while Sister Woodbury was talking to the missionaries, she mended whatever they had brought and passed out treats and the newest issue of the Trumpet.

While the interviews were going on, the Assistants did training on directives given to the President at the Mission Presidents Seminar a few weeks ago: obedience with exactness, using Mormon.org more effectively, and contacting with the Book of Mormon.

When the last interview was finished, the foursome quickly packed up and drove to the next location, sometimes having four groups to work with in one day.

Here are photos of the Districts interviewed during the first week. Those in the second week will be in the next post.

LaGrange District:

Elder Savage, Hermana Okey, Hermana Guerra, Elder J. Day

Elder Bradford, Elder Murphy, Elder Peterson, Elder Cook, Elder Robison, Elder Wood

I'm sorry, but somehow the picture of the Eastern Parkway District didn't come through, so there isn't a shot of Elder Warren Elder Seegmiller, Elder Ahern, or Elder Musgrave. ):

West End District:

Elder Waddell, Elder Leake, Elder Wharton, Elder Schofield, Elder Duran, Elder Howard,

President Woodbury, Elder Morriss, Elder Clark

Capitol District:

Elder Roskelley, Elder WIlson, Elder Lush, Elder Price

Sister Walker, Sister Waite, Elder Simms, Elder Funk

Winchester District:

Elder Migliori, Elder Jolley, Elder Morriss, Elder Clark, President Woodbury

Elder J. Cox, Elder Rollins, Elder Frisby, Elder Broomhead

Pioneer District:

Elder Hart, Elder Taylor, Elder Manzano, Elder Barlow, Elder Morrison, Elder Richins

Beaumont District:

Elder Rowley, Elder Beagley, Elder Granados, Elder Singlton, Elder Morriss, Elder Clark

Hermana Cross, Hermana Velasquez

Bluegrass District:

Elder Gaastra, Elder Garrity, Elder J. Anderson, Elder DeYoung, Elder Berube, Elder Allen

Richmond District

Elder S. Tolman

Elder Olsen, Elder Selvage, Elder Forsgren, Elder Gill, Elder B. Day, Sister Whiting, Sister Clemons

Sister Olsen, SIster Selvage, Sister Mikami, Sister Earl

Liberty District:

Elder Shutt, Elder Ramos, Elder clark, Elder Evans, Elder Young, Elder B. Johnson, Elder Rigby, Sister Young,

Elder Moorhouse, Elder Bjorklund, Elder Stevenson, Elder Morriss

Shelbyville District:

Elder Morriss, Elder Clark, Hermana Gomm, Hermana Gardner, Elder J. Tolman,

Elder Olsen, Elder Adams, Elder Dominquez, President Woodbur

Louisville 5th Branch

Hermana Arreola, Hermana Taylor

Elder Warner, Elder Ferguson-Villegas, Elder Casteneda, Elder Dewey

No, they're not praying,

or looking for someone's lost contact lens,

or playing "Rock, Paper, Scissors," or Thumb Wars" with themselves,

or trying to keep a bumblebee in their hands,

or pleading for mercy (Well, maybe a little of the latter)...

Instead they're doing "Recitals" in a unique way...

Elder Roth, with the blue and red bandage, definitely had it the roughest. He had gotten a chunk taken out of his elbow in a bike accident a few days prior but, being the good sport he is, still did the challenge even though he only had one arm to support himself.

Despite red faces from the effort and from laughing,

they demonstrated enduring to the end,

of their Purpose as a Missionary

and Doctrine and Covenants: Section 4.

And below, you'll see what they look like when they're not in a circle on the floor:

Hurstbourne Disrtrict:

President Woodbury, Elder T. Gardner, Elder Blake, Elder Thomas, Elder Rueda, Elder Starks, Elder Clark,

Elder Morriss, Elder Christensen, Elder Roth, Elder Lawrenson

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Baptize - It's What We Do

At the beginning of each District and Zone Meeting, the missionaries stand and recite the following from page one in Preach My Gospel:

"My purpose as a missionary

is to invite others to come unto Christ

by helping them receive the restored gospel

through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement,

repentance,

baptism,

receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost,

and enduring to the end."

(And we add)

"Because we love them!"

We then recite the 4th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants before sitting down.

So, as you can see, baptism is vitally important to the welfare of the individual convert and also to the success and joy of the individual missoianary and the mission as a whole.

Below you will find pictures of some of the recent baptisms in our mission, with the wonderful people who have accepted Jesus Christ and His Gospel in their lives along with the missioanries who have taught them. This is only a fraction of the actual since not everyone sends their photos to the Mission Home for the baptism board despite the requsts of Sister Woodbury. But those we have received are cheered and cherished.

Only the missionaries' names are listed.