DEPARTING MISSIONARY

September 29, 2016

Our beautiful sister Elwood on her way home.  

What a wonderful missionary!  We hope the best for her always.  

MLC

Mission Leadership Council Meeting Training

CONNECTING THE DOTS TO CONVERSION

September 28, 2016

 Back Row left to right: Assistant to President Coy, Zone Leaders Bangerter, Olson, Karren, Smith, Free, Berg, Folsom, Ward, McConkie, Gregory, Wadsworth, Faber, and Assistant to President Britsch.  Middle Row: Sister Training Leaders Smith, Clay, Webb, Sister and President Lee, Sister Training Leaders Randle, Hansen, Nish.  Front Row:  Sister Training Leaders Gibb, Warr, Broderick, and Colson.

 Our wonderful Mission Leadership.  They are all amazing Sisters and Elders.  The Elders stand until all the Sisters are seated.  We show respect in the Florida Jacksonville Mission.  Those who trained today were President and Sister Lee, the Assistants to the President Coy and Britsch, and the Sister Training Leaders Randle and Hansen.

From the Journal of Sister Jacque Lee: Satan has been trying hard to thwart the work here the last two weeks.  When I hear discouragement from the missionaries then something big is about to happened.  We could all feel it. We received instruction from Elder Lee Donaldson at the Mission Department in Salt Lake.  He gave us some big game changers for helping connect the dots of conversion for the investigators.  Those of us who did the training, applied it in the last couple of weeks with great success.  We were so excited to give this training to the missionary leadership who in turn teach it to the District Leaders and Districts.  The training went so well and now we hope the missionaries will use the information in their work.  The work will go forth,  "no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done."  

We love your sons and daughters.  Know that they are working hard and doing great work here in the Florida Jacksonville Mission.  They see miracles every day.  No place on earth can they feel the spirit of those who are serving God 24/7.  It is an exciting time to be a missionary.  We love you all,  President and Sister Lee

TOUR OF THE USS NEW YORK

September 21, 2016

Elder and Sister Rail, Elder and Sister Foreman, President and Sister Lee, Elder and Sister Fershtut.

 A tour through the USS New York

We climbed lots of stairs and ramps like this one.

 Beautiful views from the back end of the Ship

 This flag has the name of every single person who died on 9/11

There is a lot of steel used to build this ship from the Twin Towers

Lots of Memorabilia

Their exercise equipment

Barbeques

Shirts of the first responders who died on 9/11

Their lounging area

This is the barracks.  

The Mess Hall

They have their favorite teams shirts hanging on the wall

The following is the Jets room

The Kitchen

The Officers get special treatment and their own eat quarters.

The Officers Eating Quarters

Officers Lounge

Marine Barracks

A piece of Shrapnel from 9/11

Beautiful views from the front of the ship.

The Life Rafts