Every Three Months

 Every three months we have zone conferences.  Since we have 6 zones now, we have 3 busy days.  The first one was in Ontario.  Then we had 2 in Montreal, Isle de Montreal and Mount Royal and Rive Sud and Rive Nord.  Finally we had one in Quebec City which I did not go to because of my visit to the ER instead.
Here I am in the top photo with the two assistants, Elder Williams and Elder Heder. I love those two great guys.  We do training in this room.

 After our part of the training John and I go out to inspect all of the cars.  We now have 60 cars in the mission and 3 more coming next week.  The cars we get are brand new Chevy Cruizes and  Subaru Imprezas.  As you can imagine, the missionaries love the new cars.

 We have a nice lunch prepared for us.

 Just look at all of these wonderful missionaries from all over the world.

 Elder and Sister Rhodes from Alberta were originally assigned to India, but their visas never cleared so they are serving in Canada clear up in Abitibi.

 After eating all of those who had birthdays in the past 3 months stand up in front.  Their companion tells about 2 of their best character traits and they get a little gift.  This time it is water bottles.

 The next conference was in the building where the mission office is.  This is the gym.  The building also houses the young adult ward.

 An entire different group of missionaries, but they are equally awesome.

 Getting ready for the group picture.

 After conference is over, many of them come up to the supply room and I help them get the things they need.

Conference is such a busy and tiring time, but I love talking to these great young missionaries and getting to know them.