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| Sun City |
Wow! What a glorious week Joanne and I visiting the four
multi-zone conferences this past week. We hope the missionaries enjoyed as much
as we did. The musical numbers were fabulous! We have great talented
missionaries.
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| Hemet and San Jacinto zones |
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| Moreno Valley Zone |
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| La Sierra Zone |
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| Mt. Rubidoux Zone |
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| Corona Zone with President and Sister Hansen |
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| Jurupa Zone |
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| Riverside Zone |
Our zone leaders gave trainings on “Short and Powerful
Lessons, “Seeking with Faith,” and “Companionship Inventory.”
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| Elders Steed and Williams |
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| Elders White and Patterson |
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| Assistants, Elders Anderson and Dew |
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| Elders Day and Balls |
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| Elders Fairbanks and Doi |
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| Elders Sorensen and Willes |
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| Elders Langley and Clark |
The sister training leaders presented “Seeing Yourself as
Heavenly Father Sees You.”
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| Hermanas Alvey y Hernandez |
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| Sister Goodwine |
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| Sisters Price and DiPietro |
President Norman and President Hansen each took two days out
of their schedules and presented on “Making Your Preparations Spiritual.”
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| President Norman |
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| President Hansen |
Joanne provided a wonderful presentation on “the Divine
Companionship,” a talk that came from the Seminar for New Mission Presidents
we attended at the end of June. I enjoyed presenting on the “Atonement of Jesus Christ,
Repentance, and Godly Sorrow.
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| Us at one of the multi-zones |
Brother Gibson, a counselor for LDS Family Services discussed
“Adjusting to Missionary Life.” His presentation was different for each multi-zone
conference, depending on the needs of each zone.
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| Brother Gibson |
Many thanks to the Relief Societies from the host stakes. The
food was delicious and plentiful.
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| Sisters Bartschi, Reagan; Elders Frisby and Frazier; Sisters Price and DiPietro |
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| Elders Yang, Olsen, Sorensen, Brown, and Willes |
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| Lots of food; lots of missionaries to eat it! |
Tears came to our eyes each and every time the
missionaries sang. What a touching moment.
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| Food galore! |
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| Sisters Moran, Tonini, Diamond, and Rossignoli |
Joanne and I attended both the Saturday night
and Sunday sessions of the Hemet Stake Conference. The theme was “Therefore,
walk with me (See Moses 6:34). We spoke in the Saturday evening session; I gave
my testimony in the Sunday session. Also, we met Paul, one of the investigators
that Elders Andrew and Beatty are teaching; and Michael, one of the investigators
that Elders Olsen and Brown are teaching. Great people. Sisters Hernández and
Coffeen and Elders Escobar and Bailey did all the translating for both
sessions. Whew! I know how tiring and difficult that is.
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| Sister Hammon with Sisters DiPietro, Ford, Chandler, Pierce, Bartschi, Reagan, Coffeen, and Hernandez |
Sister Hammon and I had the wonderful
opportunity to be with the young men and young women, their parents, and their leaders
on Sunday evening at the Jurupa
Stake Youth Missionary Fireside. Our presentation was “Spiritual Self-Reliance:
Preparing to Serve a Mission.” We spoke about five principles we felt they
needed to become spiritually self-reliant. We wanted to share the five
principles:
Principle #1: We gain spiritual self-reliance as we
ultimately understand and come to know and feel we are sons and daughters of a
loving Heavenly Father.
Principle #2: We gain spiritual self-reliance when we come to
realize that the Lord will require hard things of you.
Principle #3: We gain spiritual self-reliance as we come to
know, understand, and incorporate the Doctrine of Christ into our lives.
Principle #4: We gain spiritual self-reliance as we become
worthy and stay worthy
Principle #5: We gain spiritual self-reliance when we read,
feast upon, and ponder the scriptures daily, particularly the Book of Mormon.
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| Outside our front door |
We have just
been having a marvelous time this week. We loved being with the missionaries in
the various multi-zone conferences. We do not know many things—other than being
with your family—that are better than being with missionaries, especially those
in our California Riverside Mission. Thanks to all the parents for raising such
incredible young men and young women.
We love you
all!
President and Sister Hammon - As a Missionary Mom of a son, who will be under your leadership and guidance in just a few short days, and for the next two years, I am beyond grateful for your Facebook posts to the Riverside California Mission page, as well as this wonderful blog!!! I'm so excited for the experiences Elder Hunt will have during his mission, and so thrilled that he will have the opportunity and blessing to get to know and serve with and love both of you!!! You are both in my every prayer, as are all of your missionaries!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments! We look forward to serving with Elder Hunt. He is coming to a great mission with incredible missionaries.
DeleteWe are so excited to have Elder Spittle home but so grateful for all your help and guidance that you have provided for him and all the missionaries. He certainly learned so much from President and Sister Hammon. Thank you for your wonderful service.
ReplyDeleteThank you for preparing him so well! Elder Spittle is an incredible young man!
DeleteGuess what . . . I got to take a family name to the temple!!! This is my first one ever - Emera A. Moss : ) and I'm working on a couple more. It's been awesome!
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