GAOXIONG CONFERENCE
Tuesday, November 25
President and Sister Chen started baking turkeys on Monday evening, finishing Tuesday morning.
Sweet sisters in the kitchen helping...
...and in the cultural hall setting up:
Our senior couple, the Schwieders, helped put on a traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner with mashed potatoes & gravy, cranberry sauce...all the holiday fixin's topped off with pumpkin pie:
Gaoxiong East and West Zones:
Evening visit to our beloved Jiayi district president's family:
JIAYI CONFERENCE
Wednesday, November 26
The Gongs greeting missionaries by district:
Our senior couple, the Wheelers, started baking the hams at 7:00am in Taichung, then brought all the food down to Jiayi and had the buffet ready before noon!
The meat goes fast around hungry missionaries!
Zhongxing, Jiayi and Tainan Zones:
THANKSGIVING DAY at the MISSION HOME
Thursday, November 27
President's specialty: grilled pork tenderloin!
Lots of side dishes from our senior couples:
Sister Blickenstaff's a pie baker: chocolate banana cream, pecan, and apple:)
Senior couples and office missionaries with the Gongs:
TAICHUNG CONFERENCE
Friday, November 28
Leadership meeting:
Greeting missionaries by district:
The sister at the end of the serving table warmed my heart when she told me she had been craving funeral potatoes all week, and gave me a big hug for making them:)
Beautiful smiling sisters!
And just as beautiful smiling elders:
The Schwieders came up from Gaoxiong to help with our Taichung Conference. Many of our missionaries would not have enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner this week if it hadn't been for our senior couples!
Sisters' Session with Sister Gong:
These two companionships' of elders have the same names:)
Taichung and Taichung North zones:
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