The Rissell's: Regional Convention 2014

June 6 - 8, 2014 was our Regional Convention in Winston-Salem, NC. What a historic convention! We were tied in with the International Convention in Ford Field, MI. It was amazing having Governing Body members give parts and for us to be tied in. The parts, releases, dramas, interviews, and being with our brothers and sisters was the BEST.

Thursday we checked into our hotel. We had dinner at the hotel restaurant and then Josh & the girls swam. It is so nice having the pools outside at the hotels in NC (versus inside and sniff all the chlorine like the hotels in MN).

Friday Josh, Pops & Mick had an attendant meeting early (7:00am) so Grandma rode with me and the girls. It was a treat arriving at the convention and seeing all our friends! That evening we had dinner out with our friends The Dodson's. Swimming of course happened after dinner.

Saturday we took a van selfie on the way with Grandma.....ha! This was an exciting day......Asia was getting baptized (along with the other 58 at our location). The screens were wonderful, all could see the baptism. That weekend a total of 656 were baptized with our 11 tied in locations. Sophia & Abigail were so happy to see Asia get baptized and take this important step in her relationship with Jehovah! That evening we had pizza, beer and relaxed by the pool so the girls could swim.

Sunday we packed up & checked out of the hotel before heading to the convention site. We didn't want the convention to end! It was a beautiful, motivating program. The total attendance for all 11 locations tied in was 105,891. Our location was 11,612. Tears flowed Sunday during the session.

Until the next one.......