It took me a while to get this photo from our mission-wide Christmas devotional and Light the World activity which was held on July 29.

These are the 150+ missionaries,  from 20 countries, who serve in our mission. (The mission president and his wife are seated to my left.)

We are truly blessed by our association with them. Their energy is contagious. They come from many different backgrounds, cultures, races and ethnicities yet working together in a common cause makes them best friends. We enjoyed watching them greet each other as they arrived and seeing the joy in their faces as they did.

Those who would seek to document the blessings of true diversity would do well to study this group.