A Wonderful Week in Florida

We had a very spiritual treat this week in our Zone Conference with Elder and Sister Zwick (Elder Zwick is a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy). They really helped energize the missionaries, including ourselves. To begin the conference, Elder and Sister Zwick greeted each missionary personally and briefly visited with them. The Friday before they left to come here, Elder Zwick stepped into an elevator at the Church Administration building and when it stopped at a floor, President Monson stepped in and asked him where he would be this week. When he told him he would be visiting the Florida Ft. Lauderdale mission, President Monson asked him to extend his personal greetings and love to each of the missionaries, which Elder Zwick did. He also shared some very personal and inspiring experiences he has had with both President Monson and President Hinckley. Elder and Sister Zwick have a handicapped son and they talked about how loves to go to the temple and is always happy. The couple missionaries also got to have lunch with them at the Mission Home. We got to visit with them about David and Cathy Erichsen. David worked for Zwick construction and Cathy's father also was a business partner with Elder Zwick.

On Saturday we trained two Elders in Homestead, FL on how to use the Daily Dose English program. Elder Black also met with the Lauderhill ward leaders (a Spanish ward) and gave a brief overview of the Daily Dose English program. He even gave an introduction in Spanish and they got a good chuckle over that. We hosted at the Reflections of Christ exhibit at the Fountainebleau meeting house on Sunday evening for 4 hours and this morning for 2 hours. On Sunday, about 350 people viewed a video and went through the art exhibit of the portrayal of the life of Christ. There was beautiful vocal and instrumental music playing in the exhibit room and the spirit was very strong. We got to greet the people just before they left the exhibit and many of them were shedding tears and very emotional as they exited. The 27 minute DVD was on the background of how the photograph and music exhibit was produced. This whole week we will be hosting 2 hours a day.