The Great Kentucky Louisville Mission - 2: Zone Conference Three

Lexington Zone had its very own Zone Conference for the first time on November 12th. Previously it had been combined with Lexington North Zone so we could have just four conferences out of the seven zones. (Evansville had its own because of size and location). Since we now have larger Zones we decided to have seven Zone Conferences, which made for three more full days, but a more manageable size in each and a more productive format for all concerned.

Here are the amazing Elder and Sisters of the Lexington Zone:

Lexington Zone
Fourth row: Elder Ty Johnson, Elder J. Larsen, Elder Thomas, Elder Kidd, Elder Potter, Elder Godfrey, Elder Seegmiller, Elder M. Anderson, Elder Seal, Elder Dahle, Elder Kibler, Elder Sizelove, Elder Benham, Elder Torgersen
Third row: Elder Wood, Elder Fackrell, Elder Beale, Sister Hall, Sister Heywood, Sister Bradley, Sister Peterson, Sister West, Sister Roberts, Sister Jaco, Sister Galloway, Elder J. Anderson, Elder Jacobsen, Elder Leany
Second row: Sister Ray, Sister Lewis, Elder Newby, Sister Newby, Sister Reynolds, Elder Reynolds, Sister Woodbury, President Woodbury, Sister Benson, Elder Benson, Sister Wilkinson, Sister Williams, Sister Moskot, Sister Saunders
First row: Elder Butcher, Elder J. Jensen, Elder Black, Elder Naylor, Elder Crichton, Elder Manzano, Elder Burdge, Elder Heslop

Zone Conference began at 9:45 and ended about 4:30 or 5:00, plus another hour for pictures and visiting. The morning consisted of the regular opening and Recitals, three miracle conversion or contacting stories, auto safety by President Woodbury, the cleanliness quiz and awards by Sister Woodbury, Tune-Ups by President Woodbury, training on the new "Adjusting to Mission Life" manual by Sister Woodbury, a talk by Stake President Lindmark, followed by President Woodbury, and the Missionary Medley led by Sister Woodbury and accompanied by Elder Thomas. After a break, everyone divided into three groups and had their first rotation of three break-out training sessions. President Woodbury took one group, trained on reactivating members, the Assistants to the President, Elder Anderson and Elder Thomas trained on contacting using the Book of Mormon, and the Zone Leaders, Elder Potter and Elder Sizelove, trained on a subject of their choice.

After lunch and singing "Called to Serve" GKLM-style to thank the Relief Society Sisters who provided our lunch,

Elder Burdge, Elder Naylor, Elder Thomas, Elder Johnson, Elder Kibler,
Elder Kidd, Elder Halvorsen, Elder M. Anderson

everyone moved into their second session, followed by their third.

Sister Roberts, Sister West, ... Sister Hall, Sister Heywood, Elder Thomas,

Sister Hall Sister Heywood, Elder Naylor, Sister Peterson, Sister

Meeting back in the chapel the Halvorsen's award for cleanest car was announced, President Woodbury spoke about having the eye of faith in missionary work, and the missionaries who are leaving before the next Zone Conference bore their testimonies, namely Elder Manzano, Elder Seegmiller, SIster West, Elder Potter, Sister Roberts, Elder Thomas, and Elder Anderson.

As mentioned previously, after concluding the conference, pictures and visiting ensued, along with copies of pictures taken by Sister Woodbury being distributed along with her chocolate chip cookies, copies of the Trumpet newsletter, media and packages from the Mission Office, and the keys to the cars that Elder and Sister Halvorsen had inspected. Oh, and lots of slapping hugs by the Elders with each other, and a more gentle, non-slapping version between the Sisters, before leaving.