Sydney North Christmas Zone Conference

Hey Aren't These Missionaries Wonderful?

We all had such a good time at the Christmas Zone Conference. We started with a temple session made up entirely of Elders and Sisters from our mission with President and Sister Scruggs. The Temple President spoke with us before the session and it truly was a spiritual experience. Then we had a wonderful dinner followed by a talent show and movies and carols. It was lots of fun. Here are a few of the photos we took of our group.

Sister MccLaughlin Enjoying Appetizers at our Zone Conference

Beautiful Dinner Served by the Relief Society

Here in Australia they enjoy serving more than one kind of meat at a meal. This Christmas dinner had ham, turkey, and beef. It was beautiful and we all enjoyed it. The gold crackers on each table also were fun. We opened them and inside there was a crown hat with a joke to keep us amused.

Sister Shirley Scruggs and Emma Scruggs

We had three groups of bell ringers for some of the carols. Sister Scruggs and Emma led us by pointing to the corrrect color of bell to be played for traditional Christmas carols. It was lots of fun.

These Missionaries had been out more than six months

Here is the bell choir made up of missionaries who have been out less than six months.

Elder Lynch, one of our Zone Leaders is helping with the
Christmas spirit by handing out red hats to everyone.

Sister Botchemeg and Sister Yang (pronounced Young)

Sister Botchime (from Mongolia) was a new missionary last year and now has been out for a year. Sister Yang (who was baptized in mainland China) has been out about six months. We have been privileged to work with both of these lovely sisters.

Does anyone want a present?

Elder Nuttal, Sister and Elder Sallenbach
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!