Daily Archives: May 1, 2015

Friday is District Meeting…

Since we were in Johannesburg last Friday it was good to be back and to share some time with the elders in District Development Meeting.

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Elder Oldroyd with his RS table setting. Elders Todd and DiRuscio listen to the greeting. As do elders Alvial and Barton below. Elder Petersen led the music for the day. You can see that all the elders follow along so that they can learn how to lead when needed in meetings. It is one of the talents Mary and sister Dummer have been teaching for a number of months. Most of the elders are quite good at keeping the beat for most tempos.IMG_9616 IMG_9617 IMG_9619 IMG_9620

Elders Todd and DiRuscio also are keeping time during the opening song. They are joined by elder Peterson as it comes time to give the area reports.IMG_9622 IMG_9626

Elders Peterson and Di Ruscio reports on the Klerksdorp area. Elder Todd and Oldroyd on the Jouberton are. Elder todd and Oldroyd had a bike stolen – they did not lock it to something solid – and so they are doing a lot of walking. This has turned out to be a blessing as they have made a number of contacts that they might have missed if they had been riding their bikes. Making lemonade out of lemons…

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The Ikageng elders give their report. After this elder Oldroyd gave a good lesson on on pages 92-93 from PMG on The Power of the Spirit in Conversion. After the meeting the elders had no problem eating the chocolate cookies we provided as a treat.