New Missionaries Smiling and Well

Isn't it wonderful?

Every transfer we receive new missionaries.

We feed them, train them, match them

with a new companion

and send them out to a beautiful part of the mission.

They are nervous. wide-eyed and SO tired!

4-5 weeks later we bring them back.

I would like to report

they are well.

They are happy, adjusting, serving....

...and still tired, but it's a good tired.

We sure love them all.

Sorelle - Flores, Carlson, Dawson, Hollander, Cheney, (Sorella Allen) Southard, Wright, Mitchell, Henderson, Morris
Anziani - Casper, Ross, McKinstry, Harris, Lombardi, Bailey, Work, (President Allen) McCuen, Christensen, Escalante, Eden, Judkins, Christensen, Cole

Aren't they wonderful?

~*~

Pictures from the day:

Pretty love-able, don't you think?

Thank you for all you do for them.

Mission Tour With Anziano and Sorella Tunniclife

We had wonderful days with

Elder and Sister Tunnicliffe for our mission tour.

We enjoyed full and fulfilling meetings.

It was wonderful to gather so many missionaries together.

It was also "family time".

Just right for this season.

We were edified!

It was a blessing for all.

Here is a synopsis made by our great Assistants:

A special thank-you to Anziano and Sorella Griffiths

for feeding us ALL a great lunch on these two days.

What a large task ... and SO well done!

Consiglio on day three:

~Our Zone Leaders and Sister Trainer Leaders~

Front to back - Anziano Laudert (AP), President & Sorella Allen, Elder and Sister Tunnicliffe, Anziano Kjar (AP)

STL's-  Epps, Meryl, Dominguez, Reeder, Simpson, Pearson, Petersen, Boome, Nelson, Stolk, McConkie, Johnson, Walker, Frandsen

ZL's - Halterman, Moss, Rogers, Rios, Tenney, Nordgran, Moody, Russbuelt, Heidemann, Van Natta, Wilks, Bona, Wilson, Christensen

Special thanks to the Russo Copia for preparing a delicious lunch on this day.

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The following are random pictures taken during these two days.

We finished the mission tour with a dinner at the mission home.

(Pasta .. of course!)

What an enjoyable time!

Our gratitude for the Tunnicliffe's for their prayerful time and effort

on our behalf.  There were great notes taken.

Lets get to work!

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PS - Being a missionary is like long jumping.

You do your best EVERY time you run to jump.

What happens after you leave the board 

depends on many things.... 

speed, strength, effort, focus, exactness on the board, and practice practice practice.

Will you win? 

Perhaps.

And perhaps not.... but...

every time give your VERY best 

and then...

...perhaps so.

(Cameron Allen - State Long Jump Champion his Sophomore year of high school.)

Every time a jumper does his best

he wins his best done.