Creating a slideshow

I am working on my final mission slideshow and I came across this fabulous picture taken by Elder Cromwell. I thought I'd share it.

Here is how the slideshows work.

As President Robison does interviews, the elders who are waiting upload pictures onto one of our laptop computers (macs of course).

Then a few weeks before we start zone conferences, I sort through the pictures and pull out about 1/4th of them to use in the slideshow. I use a photo of every baptism, if possible, plus other pictures that are fun and appropriate.

Then comes the toughest part - finding music that feels right. That's where I am stalled right now. My music collection is wearing thin after three years.

It takes me a couple of days to get it all put together.

We share the slideshows at the beginning at each zone conference. This gives the missionaries a chance to see their 'brothers'. With 11 different countries in this mission, this is about the only way they can stay connected.

For the past three Christmases I have burned all the year's slideshows on a DVD as a gift for each missionary. I'll do that once more as a departing gift. The slideshows get shown at firesides and family home evenings and the members love seeing 'their' missionaries at work.