Joy to the World

We know our Savior lives - He is God's own Son.

Thankful for His gift to all - with Him each battle's won.

As we ponder the Atonement at this season of the year;

In him there is all peace - with Him there is no fear!

 A missionary Christmas is very special.  President McConkie told the Elders to not wish they were home for Christmas as they had opportunity to serve Him and feel the blessings.

D & C 100:1...Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you, my friends Elder and Sister Gibson, your families are well; they are in mine hands, and I will do with them as seemeth me good; for in me there is all power.

Sister Gibson find comfort - she knows it is right to leave family in His hands - in Him is all might.

Elder Gibson is blessed with the perfect companion.  With her inspiration he could hike the Grand Canyon:  So, we on the evening of 24th December watched the DVD "Joy to the World" and went to bed grateful for the Babe born in Bethlehem and for our precious children and theirs. Then Christmas Day we opened our gifts and then headed to the Grand Canyon - i.e....the Ravenel Bridge.  We left the Crowfield Plantation area and headed to Mt. Pleasant were we enjoyed a couple of hours walking "the bridge".  It was a beautiful, fun day. 



Looking north from the Charleston side off of East Bay.





Our view of Patriots Point and Fort Sumter in the distance.



And on Sunday, December 26th, we had SNOW!



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!