Week 16--Dec 8-14, 2019

These five wonderful sisters are going home next week . They had the opportunity to share their testimonies at their final Friday Morning Training Meeting. We have come to love each of them. We will miss them.
Pictured: Sister Ireland, Sister Taylor, Sister Spencer, Sister Horman, and Sister Ells.

Friday night was the first of several Christmas concerts at the Independence Visitors' Center. It was Hispanic Night with Victor Olvera and the Santa Fe Ward. Three of our sisters performed with the group.
Sister Barajas and Sister Herrin on the left back row. Sister Villegas is the right of the back row.

Sister Villegas (on the left) and Sister Taylor (on the right) were soloists for a number. Sister Taylor doesn't speak Spanish but with coaching from Sister Villegas she was able to pronounce the words correctly and did a wonderful job. She also had never performed a solo before.

Saturday night the sisters from Independence Visitors' Center and Historic Liberty Jail performed. They have been practicing for several weeks. They sounded like angels from heaven.
Both sets of sisters performed several numbers together. Sister Morgenegg was the soloist for the number. Front Row: Sisters Ireland, Price, Durfee, Villegas, Barajas, Smith, Nackos, Morgenegg, DeLeon, Pomeroy, Taylor, Horman.
Middle Row: Sisters Nabhan, Flindt, Mickelson, Walker.
Back Row: sisters Holdeman, Jones, Coronado, Sotelo, Henderson, Smith, Ells, Spencer, Herrin, and Salois.

The sisters from Liberty Jail performed "A Mother's Christmas Lullaby", "If I Were a Shepherd", and "What Child is This."
Front Row: Sisters Villegas, Sotelo,  Henderson, Pomeroy, Horman, and Taylor.
Back Row: Sisters Jones, Coronado, Ells, and Walker.
Sister Daniels was the chorister.

Sister Spencer performed a solo.  We had no idea she had such a beautiful voice.  Her rendition of "Some Children See Him," was angelic.  She is from our home stake in Blackfoot.

 Sister Ells performed "Angels We Have Heard on High."

 The sisters at Independence Visitors' Center performed "Nativity Medley", "Where You There", and "Shine for Me Again: Star of Bethlehem."
Front Row: Sisters Durfee, Barajas, Ireland, Price, Mickelson, Nackos, Smith, and DeLeon.
Back Row: Sisters Holdeman, Nabhan, Salois, Flindt, Spencer, Herrin, Smith, and Morgenegg. 
Sister Cannon was the chorister.

All of the sisters sang "Mary's Boy Child" with Elder Dunn. 

 A few sisters from the VC perfrom "Mary Did You Know" together.
Pictured: Sisters Holdeman, Durfee, Ireland, Nackos, Smith, and Herrin.

Sister Horman brought her viola with her on her mission. She has been able to use it several times in Sacrament Meetings. She performed "O Holy Night."

The Spanish sisters perform "Campana sobre Campana" (Bells Upon Bells) together.
Pictured: Sisters Villegas, Sotelo, Coronado, and DeLeon.

Sister Smith was the accompanist for several of the numbers. She is assigned to our Ward (Hill Park), and is an excellent missionary.

Sister Cummings, the mission secretary, was an accompanist also.

The concert was well attended, and was a huge success.  The future of this concert seem in doubt, as the sisters assigned to serve in the visitors' centers starting in 2020 will serve only during the busy summer months. They will then go to another mission to complete their missions.











On Thurssday we went to see "It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood." Tom Hanks did a great job of portraying Mr. Rogers.  We loved the message, and thoroughly enjoyed the movie. We  recommend it highly.