Zone conference

President and Sister Kelly were there and all 24 missionaries in our zone which includes two senior couples.  The first thing we did just before the meeting was to start was to do a flash mob song for sister Kellys birthday.  The zone leaders started singing "I love to see the temple" and then another set of elders joined in and by the end of the first verse everyone was singing.  Then as they began the second verse they all walked up to the stand and surrounded sister Kelly.  They ended by singing happy birthday to her.  It was fun to see that.
President Kelly spoke first and gave such good advice for all of us.
He asked everyone to take notes when prompted by the spirit.  But take notes like Nephi's small plates, not the large ones so you won't miss out on being led by the spirit.
There will be 94 brand new missionaries in our mission  with in the next  4 transfers.  There are a total of 120 missionaries now and we are loosing 40 so our numbers are growing.  There will be 50 new sisters by June 12th.  There are only 30 now.

He told us to not take our blessings for granted.  He asked us to picture everything that we love and have today, and then imagine that it were all taken away from us, but then given back to us the next day.  Wouldn't we really appreciate everything we have so much more?

Go and do like Nephi did. Don't worry if you and your companion don't seem to have a lot in common.  Learn from your differences. Serve each other and think how you can bless each other.  He said he and his companion have been together for 320 transfers now and even though they are very  different from each other, he still learns so much from sister Kelly.

We had pizza and I brought Shelly's maple syrup pecan and apple green salad.  The zone leaders gave us a great training after lunch.

All the new missionaries gave their testimonies, including Paul and I.  The new missionaries are only in the MTC for 6 weeks now.  Their language is amazing though.  Most of them have a good start on their italian.

We love being missionaries.