Zone Conference in Athens, Greece

 We were called to the Adriatic South Mission.  It consists of 5 countries and the headquarters are in Albania.  We were called to be Country Directors of Greece/Cyprus for Latter Day Saint Charities.  Albanian, Greek and English are the main languages.  We have missionaries from Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, England, France, Germany, and probably more countries that I am not remembering.  We have a great representation of missionaries from Utah and from all over the states, including Alaska and Hawaii but our Alaskan sister just went home.  Our mission leaders are from England.  They have lovely accents. We just had a zone conference for the Greece missionaries minus Cyprus that had their own Conference.  It gets pretty crazy when transfers come and Cyprus missionaries stop in Athens on their way to Albania, Kosovo or Macedonia.  I forgot about the other countries in our mission.  Our mission leaders are in the air a lot going from one country to the next.  

Singing in Greek or English...sounds great either way!

Being taught by our Sister Missionary Leaders

Our Zone Missionary Guy leaders

Games ...drawing blindfolded

Making animal sounds and guessing who it was with eyes closed

Discussions

Mexican Restaurant ...President Burdon already knows he is going to get Mexi-Fries. 

Senior missionaries, Mission Leaders and Area Doctor enjoying "Mexican" food. It is so funny to go anywhere and see what Mexican food is.  I got a tostada.  It was delicious and looked and tasted a lot like a Greek salad on a fried tortilla.  

Mexi-Fries...a repeated order for the President!

It is a very wonderful and stretching opportunity to serve with these people.  We have been so blessed by the young missionaries.  They are fearless and try to figure things out in their own way.  I feel very connected to them and have a hard time when they go home or are transferred.  They are such a bright spot here in Athens.