The August 2012 Interviews - Part One

        The time period when the Interviews with the President are conducted is, in a word, wonderful. To get the chance to met and talk with each and every missionary, one-on-one, is a treat both for President Woodbury and myself (Sister Woodbury).  Meeting with 180-plus missionaries takes some time and involves traveling all over the mission over a two-and-a-half week period, this time three because of a General authority coming to visit in the middle of the third week, but it is well-worth it. I don't get tired of stating the obvious: that we have the greatest missionaries on the planet!
         So while the President is conducting his interview with one missionary, I am talking to another, then we trade, rotating people through until everyone has had their interview. While this is going on the other Elders and Sisters in the District are receiving training from Elder Bradford and Elder Shaffer, our great Assistants to the President. 
        Before this all starts, we get to be a part of each weekly District Meeting which includes Accountabilities, where each companionship reports on their progressing Investigators. This round of Interviews we're seeing the implementation of a standardization of Accountabilities we've begun including reporting on the last week's accountability, the baptism date, this next week's accountability/goal, the Investigator's fellowshipper, and concerns the person has or things they need to overcome. The most common of the latter is the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Chastity. This being the Bible Belt, there is also a lot of Bible-bashing that goes on and there are considerable anti-Mormon forces around us, but our missionaries are strong and carry the Spirit with them, pushing forward and spreading the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ as part of His royal army. 
         Here are photos from the first week of Interviews with more to follow:

La Grange District
Elder Crichton, Elder Murphy, Elder Day, Elder Jolley, ELder Wood, Elder Lowe
Hermana Gomm, Hermana Okey, Elder Savage,  Elder Clarke

Training by Elder Bradford and Elder Shaffer

Shelbyville District
Elder Tolman, Elder Whitehead
Elder baker, Elder Gonzalez, Hermana Gardner, Hermana Arreola

Eastern Parkway District
Elder Bradford, Elder Peterson, Elder Ahern, Elder Ralph, Elder Seegmiller, Elder Shaffer

Capitol District
Elder Lush, Elder Musgrave, Elder Wilson, Elder Roskelley
Elder Granados, Elder Funk, Sister Jensen, Sister Noakes

Winchester District
Sister Ward, Sister Whiting
Elder S. Cox, Elder Rollins Elder Starks, Elder Downs

Beaumont District
Elder Singleton, Elder Casteneda, Elder Rowley, Elder Rich, Hermana Cross, Hermana Lawter

Pioneer District
Elder Taylor, Elder T. Johnson, Elder Morrison, Elder Richins

Bluegrass District
Elder Garrity, Elder Manzano, Elder Anderson, Elder DeGraw, Elder Miner, Elder Gallagher

Richmond District
Standing: An Investigator, Elder Olsen, Sister Olsen, Sister Selvsge, Elder Selvsge, Sister Earl, Sister West,
Sister Mickelson, Sister Clemons
Sitting: Elder T. Gardner, Elder Migliori, Elder M. Tolman, Elder Bratter, Elder Frye, Elder Forsgren

Liberty District
Elder Stevenson above
Elder Biddle, Elder Potter, Elder Loser, Elder Waddell, Elder B. Johnson, Elder Evans, Elder Evans, Elder Shutt,
Sister Young, Elder Young