The Great Kentucky Louisville Mission

The usual policy is that missionaries have limited access to the Temple while they are here. If they are in a Zone near Louisville they can go with the Zon every six months. They can also usually go if a person or family they taught is going through the Temple to be sealed a year after they are baptized. And we take them to the Temple the night before they go home at the end of their mission. That's pretty much it. The idea is that while they are on their missions there purpose is to preach the gospel, not redeem the dead at this point in their lives.

But once President Woodbury heard about the new video portion of the Endowment ordinance at the Temple, he felt inspired to make an exception, and enable all of our missionaries to go to one of the special sessions held just for us.

The Louisville Temple is not open on Tuesdays and Thursdays until the evening, but President Lunt, the Temple President and former Mission President of the GKLM, made arrangements to open two hours earlier and create the seven events over a three and half week period. The Temple is not very big so they had to bring in extra chairs to accommodate us but managed to squeeze entire zones in, except with the largest, Evansville. In that instance Elder Loser, Elder Pollock, and Elder and Sister Godwin attended with the New Albany Zone.

Every Zone had an experience they won't likely forget; to be together in the Temple, all dressed in white, the magnificent new film, and the spiritual strengthening each person felt. President and Sister Woodbury were able to attend five of the seven days, having to miss the other two with Interviews going on. But, happily, the Senior couples involved stepped in to act as "hosts" in their absence.

The first pictures are the group shots of the Zones, followed by random photos in front of the Temple.

Lexington North Zone - September 5th
Standing: Hermana McDonald, Hermana Mason, Hermana Penmen, Sister Bready, Sister Sperry, Sister Heiner, Elder Newbold, Sister McInnis, Elder Schroeder, Elder Dopp, Sister Ewell, Sister Bunkall, Elder Geary, Sister Thorne, Sister Dickerson, Elder Potter, Elder Anderson, Elder Lowe, Elder Pradera, Elder Arnold, Elder Roskelley
Kneeling: Elder Quick, Elder Plumb

Louisville Central Zone - September 10th

Fourth row: Elder Johnson, Elder Beale, Elder Vidaure, Elder Gallagher, Elder Beecroft, Elder St Martin, Elder Sidwell, Elder Trost

Third row: Elder Frisby, Elder Beard, Elder Blauer, Elder Howard, Elder Tracy, Elder Day-Nuah

Sister Evans, Sister Jensen, Sister Vikari, Elder Evans, Elder Sutherland, Elder Denton, Elder Pipe

First row: Sister Rice, Sister Christensen, Sister Navarro, Sister Swensen, Sister Brooks, Sister Peterson, Sister Black

Crestwood Zone - September 12th

Fifth row: Elder Kaegi, Elder Brook

Fourth row: Elder Johnson, Elder Rollins, Elder Anderson, Elder Meisel, Elder Earl, Elder Pritchett, Elder Carter

Third row Elder T. Johnson, Elder Tuttle, Elder Johnson, Elder Allen, Elder Quick, Elder Pyper,

Second row: President Woodbury, Sister Beck, Elder Beck, Elder Sainsbury, Elder Gerard, Elder Faudree

First row: Sister Messerly, Sister Hansen, Sister Binks, Sister Pisciotta, Sister Bailey, Sister Munk, Sister Ellsworth, Sister Myler, Sister Rounds, Hermana Kearsley, Hermana Arreola

New Albany Zone - September 17th

Fourth row: Elder Edwards, Elder Loser, Elder Miller, Elder Behling, Elder Trimming, Elder Hansen, Sister Trimming, Elder Fackrell, Elder Jonas, Elder Van Beekum

Third row: Elder Carter, Elder Adams, Elder Ott, Elder Pollock, Elder Whitehead, Elder Hawes, Elder Dansie, Elder Grant

Second row: President Woodbury, Sister Kerr, Sister Bauer, Sister Bayles, Sister Kankamp, Sister Bushman, Sister Clark, Sister Durfee, Elder Godwin

First row; Sister Gibson, Elder Gibson, Sister Woodbury, Sister Smith, Hermana Adams, Hermana Davis, Hermana Luke, Hermana Lawter, Sister Murphy, Sister Baldwin, Sister Godwin

Louisville West Zone - September 19th

Fifth row: Elder Rich, Elder Souza, Elder Greenup, Elder Hildebrandt, Elder Rasmussen,

Elder Evans, Elder Clark, Elder Moon

Fourth row: Elder Barker, Elder Holt, Elder Carly, Elder Thomas

Third row: Elder Jensen, Elder Burns, Elder Hill, Elder Crosby, Sister Singleton, Sister Ward

Second row: Elder Jones, President Woodbury, Sister Stacey, Sister Rickords, Sister Crosby, Sister Byers, Sister Atkin

First row: Sister Woodbury, Sister Gates, Sister Egbert, Sister Tripp, Sister Webster, Sister Short, Sister Esquerra

Evansville District - September 24th

Kneeling: Elder Evans, Elder Hathaway, Elder Staheli, Elder Butcher, Elder LeFevre, Elder C. Anderson

First row: Sister Long, Hermana Marsden, Sister Davidson, Sister Reeder, Sister Newton, Sister Mickelsen,

Sister Woodbury, President Woodbury

Second row; Sister Airmet, Sister De La Vega, Sister Priebe, Hermana Meek, Hermana Lawrence,

Sister Kuenzle, Elder Lynch

Third row: Sister Roberts, Sister Leavitt, Sister Child, Sister Minson, Sister Brian, Sister Hall, Elder Anderson

Fourth row: Elder Lawrensen, Elder Champion, Elder Long, Elder Shelley, Elder Stoddard, Elder Davis, Elder Evans

Fifth row: Elder Eastin, Elder Forsgren, Elder Chambers, Elder Cox, Elder Spencer, Elder Johnson,

Elder Seal, Elder Butterfield, Elder Stohel, Elder Jensen, Elder Crook, Elder Davis

A shot taken further away of the Lexington Zone in front of the Temple - see below for names

Lexington Zone - September 26th

Fifth row: Elder Crichton, Elder Green, Elder Jacobsen, Elder Kibler, Elder Robison, Elder Fletcher, Elder Larsen, Elder Dahle, Elder Burdge, Elder Naylor, Elder Black

Fourth row: Elder Reynolds, Sister West, Elder Seegmiller, Elder Heslop, Elder Wood, Elder Torgersen, Elder Benham, Elder Caldwell

Third row: Sister Hodges, Sister S. Williams, Sister Oliverson, Sister A. Williams, Sister Goodrich, Sister Saunders

Second row: Elder Newby, Sister Newby, Sister Reynolds, Sister Bradley, Sister Peterson, Sister Galloway, Sister Jaco, Sister Heywood, Sister Lewis, Sister Hall, Sister Moskot, Sister Ray, Sister Selvage, Elder Selvage

First row: Elder Ham, Elder Leany, Elder Sizelove, Elder Hicken, Elder Manzano, Elder Kidd, Elder Godfrey

Sister Thorne, Sister Sperry, Sister Ewell, Sister McInnis, Sister Logan, Sister Anderson

Elder Schroeder, Elder Potter, Elder Jacobson, Elder Newbold, Elder Dopp, Elder Geary, Elder Engstrom

Elder Plumb, Elder Pradera, Hermana Carnahan, Hermana Arancibia

Sister Pope, Sister Loveless

Zone Leaders,
Elder Sizelove and Elder Hicken

Current companions
Sister Stacey, Sister Rickords

Sister Stacey, Sister Rickords, Sister Singleton, Sister Ward

Sister Atkins, Sister Stacey, Sister Rickords, Sister Ward, Sister Webster, Sister Tripp, Sister Saunders

Sister Short, Sister Esquerra, Sister Gates, Sister Egbert

Former companions:
Sister Stacey and Sister Ward

President Woodbury, Elder Halverson, Sister Halverson

Zone Leader - Elder Stohel

Elder Shelley and Elder Jensen

Featuring Sister Airmet and Sister Roberts

with Elder Champion, Elder Johnson, Elder Lynch,

Elder Davis and Elder Spencer in background

Featuring Hermana Marsden, Elder Champion, Sister Newton,

Elder Long, Hermana Meek

Elder Shelley

Elder Staheli, Elder LeFevre, Elder Eastin, Elder Hathaway

Elder Cox

Sister Long, Sister Brian, Sister Kuenzle, Sister Hall, Sister Newton, Sister Mickelsen, Sister Airmet, Sister Minson, Sister Roberts, Sister Child, Hermana Meek, Hermana Lawrence, Hermana DeLaVega, Sister Davidson, Sister Priebe. Sister Woodbury, Sister Reeder