Last week we attended our first Stake Conference here in Cabo Verde. It was amazing! Elder Boom, an Area Authority Seventy from the Netherlands, was our visiting authority. He was so in tune to the Spirit and spoke about subjects that were very needed here. The conference was held in the high school auditorium. Everything was very well organized. The podium, all the chairs, microphones, etc. were all set up with plenty of time to spare. The choir did an amazing job, and the accompanist did an excellent job, even composing his own interlude for some of the hymns.
This is Cynthia. She is a returned missionary and was our Gospel Doctrine teacher when we attended the ward.
The priesthood brethren were asked to fold the chairs after conference and help load them on the trucks. These little boys are preparing well for their future responsibilities.
This is our friend Jeremias. At the time he was taking the missionary lessons and preparing for baptism. He is in our group. He has faithfully attended church every Sunday even though he is very reserved and doesn't seem to make friends easily. He was baptized yesterday.
This is our group leader and his little boy.
This is Claudia, the group leader's daughter. She was disappointed that I had forgotten her name, but she gave me a flower anyway :)
After conference.
The stake president asked both of us to be a part of the stake YSA council, so here we are at our first YSA activity. They had a small meal, then a short devotional when Elder Alvarez gave a spiritual message. Then they had a movie, with popcorn and an intermission with a sandwich and drink for those that had come late (quite a few), and then the rest of the movie. We had 71 YSAs there, and they had a great time. The great majority of the baptisms in this mission are YSAs.
Missing our grandkids!
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