Zone Conference

On Friday, December 17, 2010, the first counselor in the Mission Presidency, Brother Evans and his wife, Evelyn, invited us all to their home for a Southern lunch of barbequed pig, hash (ground pork, onions, potatoes and barbeque sauce), sweet potatoes, rice and all the trimmins.  It was wonderful!  They gave the Elders a chance to relax with flag football and a talent show in their Great Room of the Whitehall Plantation.  Their daughter, Debbie & son came and worked hard as well to make it a wonderful day.  We ate in their large carriage house (garage).

President Evans, Evelyn and daughter Debbie are to the left of President McConkie

The Young Elders are so valiant - they testify with power.

They are on the Lord's errand in this, the eleventh hour.

December 2010

On 13 December the Institute and the YSA Branch combined for a super FHE at James Island County Park for the Holiday Festival of Lights.  It was a cold but fun night.

We have new wallpaper

I saved pictures off of our children's blogs the other day and they now sweetly rotate every 30 minutes and bring us smiles when we walk into our "office".  Here are a few we see:

Our texting grandson, Riley

Preston is a jogger too following after his Grandpa G.

It's hard to keep up with Wyatt

Eve, our newly baptized girl

There's always fun with Brenna

Brady loves school and sports

Anna is such a sweeheart

Happy Tessa loves school

Terrific writer Gavin

Bryant is always busy and happy

Fun to be with Logan

"No fear" Aaron

Bree is such a helper

Always learning Sadie

Adventurous Ellie

Carefree Clark

Bryce is easy going

Wide eyed Drew



Middoni Zone

Elder and Sister Gibson, Sister and President McConkie, Elder and Sister Sybrowsky and the Middoni Zone

My Missionary Commission by Elder Bruce R. McConkie

I AM CALLED OF GOD.  My authority is above that of kings of the earth.  By revelation I have been selected as a personal representative of the Lord Jesus Christ.

He is my Master and He has chosen me to represent Him--to stand in His place, to say and do what He himself would say and do if He personally were ministering to the very people to whom He has sent me.  My voice is His voice, and my acts are His acts; my words are His words, and my doctrine is His doctrine-

for I am His agent.

My commission is to do what He wants done, to say what He wants said, to be a living, modern witness-

in word and in deed-of the divinity of His great and marvelous latter-day work.  And he that receiveth me, receiveth Him, while he that rejecteth me, rejecteth Him that sent me.

How great is my calling!

Life in Goose Creek

Goose Creek is the closest town to the Naval Weapons Station.  It's a great place to live.

We only need two chairs at the dining table, so the other two work for our office chairs.  All furniture came from previous couple missionaries.





We have a wonderful shredder at home so we like this temporary fix from the couple missionary hand-me-downs! 



We walk 5 days a week first around the complex to pick up paper, etc. and then head out to the many trails.





Elder Gibson makes sure we lift weights 3 times a week!



Graduations

Power School Graduation 1002 - a great day for the Costello and Tatasciore families and Ethan Whaley. 

Power School Graduation 1003  was 2 Sep and we said a farewell to Chris Whitmer, Kim Stohel and Humberto Garcia.  They are now settled at Ballston Spa, NY and doing well.  Chris Farnsworth and family will remain in Charleston for prototype training.

Birthdays

Sailors Kim and Rob and missionaries Elder Adams and Elder Allred all had birthdays in August.  That is an important part of our Senior Couple assignment. 

JD, Elder Gibson, Bonnie, John and Rob(not in picture) and Abraham help Kim celebrate.

Rob is 24!

Elder Adams turns 20!

Elders Stoneman, Hayward and Peterson announced they were singing a special musical number in between trainings at the District Development Meeting.

They looked the part, but began to sing with vigor, "Happy Birthday to You...."

Elder Allred leaves his teenage years,

So, we are getting excited for the September birthdays at the Dixon and Heflin households.  Wish we could be there....  Uncle Dan will have a B-day on the 12th.  He and Uncle Don plan a Grand Canyon trip and Dad wishes he could be there too....