Special song from the Missionary Christmas Devtionals, lyrics written by Sister Hanks

A special moment captured at each of the devotionals: Missionaries singing a song Sister Hanks wrote upon the birth of the Hanks' first child. 

May you all have a beautiful and Christ filled Christmas!

One Little Angel

(Liz Hanks, for Emily 1985)

One little angel, polishing the stars

Up in the heavens, working very hard
This little angel has a very special job
She will polish all the stars for God

All heaven waited for a special birth

Our Brother Jesus was coming here to earth
Each angel hoped to send a gift – it must be from the heart
Of this the little angel wished a part

All day she polished a great enormous star

Light from one of this size is sure to travel far
She held it over Bethlehem for all the world to see
This is where the new Christ child will be

Shining over Bethlehem for all the world to see

This, dear Jesus, is your gift from me

 

From the Birmingham meeting (Southern areas):

 

 

 

 

 

From the Huntsville meeting (Northern areas):

 

Christmas Party FUN!

There were two parties for the entire mission - one for the southern areas of the mission and one for the northern.  They each started out with President and Sister Hanks conducting a wonderful and ​spiritual devotional, followed by great lunches (we've got lots of pictures of missionaries eating and having great contacts with friends), followed by talent shows (we'll have multiple albums depicting those many different talents), and then closing with the Carbs and Candy Loading before the movie that Sister Hanks selected for the missionaries to see: Frozen. 

 

 

 

The talented missionairies of the NORTHERN ZONES (HSV North and Southeast, Madison, Tupelo North and South zones)

Ladies and Gentlemen, the talented missionaries of the Northern zones at their Christmas Talent Show!

The talented missionaries of the SOUTHERN zones! (Birmingham Northeast and Central zones, Montgomery North and South and Bessemer East and West zones)

Ladies and Gentlemen, the talented Missionaries of the Southern zones at their Christmas Talent Show!

Let's get the party started in Huntsville! NORTHERN AREA (zones included: HSV North and Southeast, Madison, Tupelo North and South zones)

Here's some of your favorite missionaries, getting ready to party like it's Christmas!


Getting the party started in the Huntsville Area:

Candy and Carb loading before the movie FROZEN in Huntsville!

Pre-movie munchies in Huntsville!

Let's get the Birmingham Party started! SOUTHERN AREA (Zones included: Birmingham Northeast and Central zones, Montgomery North and South and Bessemer East and West zones)

Here's some of your favorite missionaries, getting ready to party like it's Christmas!


Getting the party started in the Birmingham Area:

Carb loading before watching FROZEN in Birmingham!

Yes, we feed your missionaries- lots of good Southern home cookin'!  YUM :)


Pre-movie munchies in the Birmingham Zone:

Christmas is coming...to the BLOG!

 

Get Ready!!! SO MANY PICTURES are coming your way! 

 

We've got Christmas parties, talent shows, Missionary style carb loading, and MORE!  We'll do our best to label the areas the pictures were taken from so you'll have an idea of if your missionary is in the slideshows or not. But there are just SO MANY....

 

Hold on to your Santa hats and get ready for the 1,000+ picture avalanche  :)

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Sister Austin, Blog Moderator

 

 

 



 

December Transfers- LOTS of Pictures!!!

Arrivals and Companionships December 2014

Temple Trip with the Birmingham Central and Huntsville North Zones

Missionary Selfie at the Birmingham Temple!

 

Love those bright faces and bright spirits!

 

 

Temple Trip with the Bessemer West, Tupelo South and Huntsville Southeast Zones

A special treat from the departing missionaries at the 12/10/2014 meeting

Abide With Me 'Tis Eventide sung by the departing missionaries at the 12/10/2014 transfer meeting - with an additional verse written by Sister Sheri Millard and Hermana Aubryann McClune - piano played by Sister Millard

Post by April Nichole Cook.