"Between Covid Spikes" Zone Potluck Social

On Thursday, April 7th, we had our second in person social for the Zone.  Again we held it in the evening at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building Relief Society Room.

Again, our event is listed downstairs in the lobby of the building.  How official is that?

We shared the building with an important crowd as people met earlier in the day with the Presiding Bishopric according to the sign.  The past few weeks have been filled with "sightings" as the General Authorities gathered for meeting surrounding General Conference.  (Which reminded me that I forgot to post about one of our personal ones.  That will be the next post-slightly out of order.)

After setting some things up early in the day, I headed down to wait for Gary to drop something off and got this fun picture of the reflection of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in the office building to the south.  The sky and the sunlight were perfect for it!  The old and the new.......

Simple, simple decorations......

When you are in a truly beautiful place to begin with, that is all you need---

Not your usual Cultural Hall backdrop---

Delicious food is arriving---

Playing a Getting To Know You Bingo game.  They might look like original "old" people, but these are all outstanding wonderful missionaries who are so dedicated to serving the Lord.  It is an honor to be with them--working or playing!

And Jena jumps right in as part of the group.

Time to eat a variety of yummy food-----

After we settled in to eat, we each took turns introducing ourselves and telling something unusual about us that others might not know.  Although we all are in the same zone, we work in different areas of the building and work closely only with a few other missionaries, so it was great for them to learn a bit about each other.  When it was Jena's turn, she stood right up and did a great job introducing herself.

Elder Mike Elder took the "table shots" for the evening:

Starting at the left:  Sister Debra Dixon, Sister Sukja Lee, Elder Bai, President Mike Parker, 

Sister Barbara Burwell, Sister Marcia Horrocks, Sister Janet Newbold, and Jena

Starting at the left:  Elder Steve Dinger, Sister Alene Dinger, Sister Vera Winn, Sister Joan Young,

Elder Mel Young, Sister Iris Decker, Elder Robert Decker and me

Starting at the left:  Elder Mike Elder, Sister Susan Parker, Elder Carl Johnson, Sister Sherrie Johnson, Sister Shirley Cox, Sister Joyce Forman, Sister Aolipa McClure, and Sister Joan Elder

Starting for the left:  Sister Janice Barrus, Gary, Sister Ann Collet, Elder

 Bruce Collet, Sister Kathy Evans, Sister 

We enjoyed being with each other.  We did a "Would You Rather" game at the tables but mostly enjoyed just talking together and getting to know each other in a more casual way.  What a privilege to serve with them.

Clean up is a breeze when you are working with missionaries.  They all jumped in and things were cleaned up in a flash.  I had to return a cart to the mission office on the third floor and took a minute to take pictures out the west window towards the temple.  Quiet as the sun is setting from all of the construction of the day....

And then out the north window toward the Relief Society Building and the Church Office Building with the Church History Library in the middle back!

And the work on the Plaza to the east with the Church Administration Building on the right hand side.

You can see why this massive project will take about five years to complete!

It was a busy day--but everything turned out great!!  I love watching people enjoy being with other people!!! It makes my heart happy!