Zone Leader Council

We have a new zone leader this month. It is Elder Bushman. He is serving in Savannah Georgia with Elder Allred.

We do a lot of role playing at our meetings. President teaches the doctrine and then we practice what he teaches. These zone leaders are powerful teachers and do well training the missionaries in their zone.

Back:  President Barry, Elder Grant, Elder Tenney, Elder Neville, Elder Graham, Elder Craig, Elder Maxfield, Elder Crosby, Elder Bushman, Elder Allred, Elder Reid
Front:  Elder Barnes, Elder Rowley, Elder DiCristofano, Elder Marquez, Elder Snow, Elder Mecham.

ROLE PLAYS

Elder Rowley, Elder Neville

Elder Marquez, Elder Maxfield

Elder Grant and Elder DiCristofano while President Barry evaluates

Elder Barnes and Elder Tenney with Elder Reid as the evaluator

Elder Mecham, Elder Allred

Home for Christmas

The morning after the Christmas Devotional we said good-bye to these great missionaries. It was a happy and sad time. They found it hard to leave the mission but were so happy to be home for Christmas. We love you. You were great missionaries.  We will miss you.   

Elder Taylor, Elder Goodman, Elder Thygerson

This is Sister Mendivelso.  She came to us 2 months ago from the Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission to serve here for her 'outbound' experience.  We grew to love her so much and she had great success serving.  We will miss you. 

Mission Christmas Devotional

Our annual Mission Christmas Devotional was held Dec 15. Every missionary was there from all over the mission. We started early in the afternoon with a talent show. Missionaries volunteered to perform
fun or religious numbers and we had a wonderful variety.

The JAX West Stake prepared a delicious meal for all the missionaries as their gift to us.
Thank you so much.

We ended the night with a devotional. We all felt the spirit as we talked of Christ, preached of Christ and rejoiced in his birth.

As an ending to the night each missionary received a Christmas bag of gifts prepared by the wards and stakes in the mission. Every ward made a gift for every missionary in their stake. It was a touching moment as we realized the time and love represented in each bag. Thank you dear members of the church in the Florida Jacksonville Mission.



I wish the picture was bigger so you could see 'your' missionary.  I also wish I could put everyone's name on the caption but space won't allow.  We love them all!!



Elder Gebhard and Elder Bishop sang a song about teaching and baptising that brought the house down. 

Elder Garnica, Elder Boamorte, Elder McArthur, Elder Moore, Elder Evans

Elder Riggs, Elder Bass, Elder Gebhard, Elder Craig

Getting set up for the mission picture.

Sister McCracken, Sister Knickerbocker

Our Polynesians and others doing the Haka

Sister Crowther, Sister Prettyman, Sister Surtees, Sister Mendivelso

Elder Larsen, Elder Waechtler, Elder Drake, Elder Tenney, Elder Clements, Elder Craig, Elder Camp, Elder Larrocha, Elder Rhodes, Elder Jensen, Elder Hinton, Sister Prettyman, Elder Brimhall