Hello, Families...Hope all is well with you! Here's the latest from the Georgia Atlanta North Mission:1-As you can see from the newsletter, we had 17 new elders and sisters arrive on July 21st! That made for a full house at the mission home...but we enjoyed it! They all returned for a trainer/trainee meeting 10-days later...to hear more instruction from President King and practice their missionary skills.2-We enjoyed three days of Zone Conferences on July 28-30th. We talked about many things--but highlights included discussions on unity, obedience/keeping our eye single toqualify for the blessings the Lord promises to missionaries, and finding people to teach--particularly, this summer, in public places (see the banners we distributed on page 2 of the newsletter) and finished with film clips from President Monson's life on responding to and living by the Spirit.*Thought you might also enjoy seeing one of the most creative "finding" ideas yet! The Conyers missionaries procured a booth at their big July 4th community celebration, where several hundred people attended. Elder Hunter--a former football player who stands about 6'5" tall--dressed up as Goliath while children threw water balloons (not stones!) at him. Bishop Buck helped all day, filling hundreds of balloons. Elder Kilpelainen and Sisters Shaw and Humphries were also involved--and they all worked at gathering people to the booth, telling the kids the story of David and Goliath and putting King David crowns on the kids after they threw their balloons (complete with mormon.org stickers on the back). All the missionaries got many chances to "talk to everyone" about the Church, teach Gospel truths, and build good will in the community. Children even recognized Elder Hunter as Goliath around town later on!
Currently, we are spending time in each zone doing individual interviews with the missionaries. It is great getting to talk to each one personally and hear of their concerns and successes.Again, we are grateful to be serving with the many valiant missionaries who do many wonderful things here in the Georgia Atlanta North Mission. We've also been practicing "We'll Bring the World His Truth" for a potential big event or two this fall...stay tuned! And, please, keep those weekly letters/emails of encouragement coming--they LOVE hearing from home!Love,Sister King
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