We just finished presenting at six zone conferences, plus Malta--which would make seven. We love seeing the missionaries and feeling of their spirit. What a wonderful group of young men and women! Pictured here is Jim in teaching mode in the Palermo Chapel. He does such a wonderful job teaching and guiding these missionaries. We have had a busy several months with unusual things happening, but it is keeping us on our toes. We have had a mission tour with Elder Kopischke, the organization of the Districts in Sicily and in the Calabria, zone conferences, a change in the branch presidency in both Malta and Sigonella, and trying to get everyone's temple recommend digitalized. Change seems to be the name of the game lately.
The Palermo District seems to be functioning very well. They are making so much progress and I think they like being together again. They are able to see dear friends in the church more often and they are having a lot of fun activities. I am still hoping they will become a stake before we leave. They will have to hurry though--we are at our two year mark, with one more to go.
We have some work being done on the mission home right now--inside and out. The workers are all members of the church. They go about their work whistling and singing church songs all day--they are so pleasant to be around. We are still dusty and in a bit of a mess, but those activities hopefully will be finished before our new group of missionaries go home next Monday.
