The Mission Presidency and Zone Leaders

We tried to take some group zone leader shots in December to try to get one before some of the zone leaders were released that we had served with.  Those didn't really work out, so I wanted to make sure to at least try again with the CHL/MS/HSS Zone leaders who served under President Jackson.  We have a monthly meeting on the 3rd Wednesday of each month so we took advantage of that time.  As it turned out, President and Sister Holmes attended that meeting and Faerbers were out in the hall waiting for their meeting to start, so we were able to get a group shot with the entire mission presidency.  Since we didn't have a picture of the new mission presidency together, it was a nice bonus.

Seated:  Sister Jenna Jackson, Sister Erin Holmes, Sister LuAnn Faerber
First row standing:  President Paul Jackson; President Doug Holmes; President Mike Faerber
Sister and Elder Johnson, Sister and Elder Walters, Sister and Elder Stevens, Gary, me, Sister and Elder Winder, Sister and Elder Burrow

One very sweet moment for me was after we had taken these pictures which were done in the lobby on the 3rd floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Sister Holmes spotted Jena inside the mission office which was across the lobby and down a hallway.  She called out to her and then others joined for Jena to come and be in the photo with us! She doesn't hurry but she moved faster than normal to join this group of leaders who have grown to love her (and she to love them) over the past several months.

Elder Winder hasn't sent me the photo yet but I will add it HERE!

Sister Burrow also sent these from last December (which she didn't like) because the positioning of people blocked too many faces (including Gary).  But for us, perfect or not--it serves as a reminder of all of these zone leaders we have served with for the past year or so!  We have seen many zone leaders come and go over our 28 months in the mission.
 

This was taken in the Relief Society/Overflow room of the JSMB on the mezzanine level in December of 2022.

Mission presidency in front then the St. Clairs, Alders, Olsens, Stephens, Walters, Races, Halls, Jones, Seckers, Beechs, Farnsworth, Burrows with Winders kneeling behind the mission presidency.