It's been a busy three weeks in the Cauayan Mission.
On October 28-30th, President Rahlf and I attended the Mission President's Seminar in Manila, where we were taught by our Area Presidency, Elder Brent H. Nielson, Elder Ian S. Ardern, and Elder Larry J. Echo Hawk, and Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and President L. Whitney Clayton of the Presidency of the Seventy.
As you can imagine, our notes from those days are very precious.
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The July 2013 Mission Presidents and Wives
at the Manila Temple |
We spent our last evening at the MTC and were delighted with a cultural presentation of traditional Philippine dances performed by the youth of the surrounding stakes. It was an amazing, colorful, and energetic evening!
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| With some of the dancers and President and Sister Tanner of the Cebu East Mission |
November 6-11
The week after the Mission Presidents Seminar, we were blessed to have a Mission Tour with our Area President and his wife, Elder and Sister Nielson.
We held multi-zone conferences in Tuguegarao and Cauayan and we were all the recipients of inspired counsel, instruction, and encouragement.
On Friday morning, the 8th of November, we were ready to begin our Zone Conference. It was at the time the typhoon was raging south of us. Elder Nielson asked if we would join him in a kneeling prayer on behalf of all those in the path of the storm. We knelt with about 130 of our missionaries, united in love and prayer.
We are deeply grateful for the leadership and care we receive from our Area Presidency.
Tuguegarao Zone Conference, November 7, 2013
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| Burgos Zone |
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| Ilagan Zone |
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| Roxas Zone |
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| Tuguegarao North Zone |
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Tuguegarao South Zone
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Cauayan Zone Conference, November 8, 2013
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| Alicia Zone |
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| Bambang Zone |
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| Cauayan Zone |
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| Santiago North Zone |
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| Santiago South Zone |
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| Solono Zone |
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The best Senior Couples in the world!
Random shots from the day. . .
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November 13, 2013
When our new missionaries have been in the field for three weeks, we bring them back Cauayan with their trainers/companions for some additional training and guidance. It's a time for them to reconnect with their MTC districts and to share their experiences in this new journey of being the Lord's missionary.
We love this day!
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| The very Gwapo Elders |
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| The very Magagandang Sisters |
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The whole stunning group together
29 new missionaries and 29 training companions |
Other candid pictures from the day. . .
And at the end of the day, we go forth with faith!
(except the basketball stays behind)
"Now, what do we hear in the gospel which we have received?
A voice of gladness! A voice of mercy from heaven; and a voice of truth . . ."
Doctrine and Covenants 128:19
