WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION: SISTERS SEMINARS--NOVEMBER 2009

Sunday, November 15, 2009

SISTERS SEMINARS--NOVEMBER 2009

We did such a wonderful and spiritual thing with the sister missionaries. We held 2 Sister Seminars. Each one included half of the sisters.

President Albright called Sister Jordan and Sister Glauser to be the Exchange specialists for the sister missionaries. This is a calling that alot of the other mission Presidents told us they were using. This is having a Sister as a leader to organize exchanges among Sisters. From this calling sprang the idea of having a seminar for just the Sisters where we could motivate and train the sisters. Both of these seminars were extremely successful.

I am always so impressed when we have Zone leader and district leader trainings and these Elders are such powerful leaders and excel at presenting issues and leading councils and training. Well I was just as impressed with the Sisters. They were so strong and so tender and led councils to help them as sisters in reaching their goals and working together as companionships in love and harmony. I know the sisters loved getting together and feeling of each others love and spirit. So often in the mission field the sisters are spread far apart and don't get the interaction that the Elders get with one another. And so it was a real treat for them to spend a half day together. We had a nice luncheon with each of the seminars also.

This first seminar was held on October 18 and included Sisters: Johnson, Funch, Ferry, Alvarado, Lau, Glauser, Baxter, LeSueur, Bay, Jacobsen, Hahn, and Jordan. What a fun bunch of Sisters.

Sister Jacobsen and Bay with Pres. Albright

Sisters Funch, Reid, Johnson and LeSueur

Sisters Alvarado and Bay

Sisters Alvarado and Ferry

Sisters Jordan and Glauser

Sisters Alvarado and Lau

Sisters Baxter, LeSueur, Bay, and Jacobsen

Sisters Jordan, LeSueur, Bay, Ferry, Baxter, and Alvarado

Sisters Jordan, Hahn, and Glauser

Sisters Bay and Jacobsen

The chocolate fountain at lunch time

Sisters Jacobsen and Glauser on the couch

Sisters Johnson, Funch, Hahn, and Lau, Jordan, LeSueur, Bay, Ferry and Baxter

Lunch time with Sisters Jacobsen, Jordan, Baxter and Funch

Sisters Glauser, Johnson, LeSueur, and Bay

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