Stake conference comes around every 6 months, and this one was exceptional! I think this might be the first picture I've taken of Jason with his counselors Jay Campbell and Joe Murdock... that only took three years. They love to tease him about the fact that they could both be or nearly be his dad. We are blessed to work so closely with such wonderful men and their amazing families.
In addition to the several excellent sessions of stake conference, we hosted a high council dinner, had a Spanish devotional, sang and played the piano for a baptism, attended the DSM Stake 50th Anniversary art festival, and visited in the homes of several members of our ward and stake.
It was really no wonder that it wasn't until we pulled to the church parking lot on Sunday morning that Adam realized he wasn't wearing shoes. At least he had socks on! We were able to discretely surround him on the way in and out and no one had a clue.
Visiting with a sister in our ward- look at that beautiful plant!
There was a lot of art associated with stake conference- it's the one time of the year that the kids are allowed to bring anything to church beyond their scriptures. Noah drew the temple!
Emma drew the Path of Life, the stops included read The Book of Mormon or eat Chick-fil-a, go to the temple or do drugs, get baptized or smoke, and finally led to the gates of heaven-
Adam started a drawing of the Salt Lake temple, created from his LEGO temple memory.
And Leah created 100 sheep to go along with Elder Uceda's talk about leaving the 99 to find the one.
And everyone got a piece of saltwater taffy when we were done!
We also created art for the stake festival- Adam wanted to do origami and created The Growth of the Church in Iowa- from farmhouse to chapel to (someday) temple!
Emma drawing was titled Building a Chapel and Leah's was Come, Come Ye Saints.
So much talent in our stake! I only took pictures of a few of our favorite works of art.
Sweet Corn- This is our stake center, surrounded by fields of corn and the members sold sweet corn to help raise funds for the building.
The Plan
All Are Alike Unto God
No Longer a Pass Through
The Sacred Grove
Hearts Knit Together
Growing Up Unto the Lord
Let God Prevail
And there was so much information about the founding of the stake, including old programs, pictures of the the first house that used as a church meeting place and these pamphlets about The Book of Mormon-
It was all fascinating, inspiring, and so exciting to see the growth that has come and continues to happen for the church in Des Moines!
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