Last week was Zone Conference for the missionaries. The mission is divided into three conferences - four zones in the southern end meet in Santiago City, three central zones meet in Cauayan, and the northern zones meet in Ilagan. All the senior couples attend each day. It gives us a chance to see all the elders and sisters of the mission. We’ve got some great young people, all dedicated and enthusiastic.
Elder Koontz tried to get as many as he could signed up to Relative Finder. Many ARE related to each other - some fourth cousins, some fifteenth cousins. I still have not found anyone related to me. Most of the Filipino missionaries have only four generations or less in their family tree.
I spent most of the Conference doing mending for the missionaries: two skirts, one dress, five pants, four shirts, and twenty-two ties! Yes, twenty-two, 22, almost two dozen, eleven twice. Five were repairs, 17 were wide ties narrowed down. I don’t know where they find them, but, they add a little variety to the five or six ties they start their mission with.
Emigration Exit Clearance (ECC) are forms the missionaries need to sign before they can leave the Philippines and go home. The forms were changed from three-pages to five-pages. Four copies of 2x2" photos must also be included. With requirements being changed, three departing groups of missionaries (28 departing in May, June, and July) needed to sign forms and have photos retaken. I gathered the signatures while Elder Koontz took photos with his iPad. Within two days after Zone Conferences, all 140 pages and 112 copies of photos were mailed to Manila to be processed.
Following are just a few photos of the missionaries as they complete the conference and head to their teaching areas.
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