Transfer 1/27/15

Transfer meeting was incredible! We were treated to 19 testimonies from missionaries leaving and two fantastic musical numbers. It's too bad not all of the missionaries attend;  only those affected with a transfer. 

Last transfer 22 missionaries went home. During the past six weeks 7 more left the mission including visa waiters.  This transfer 17 returned home.  We now have 105 English speaking Elders,  30 Spanish speaking Elders, 37 English speaking Sisters, and 32 Spanish speaking Sisters. We have 204 young missionaries. Our numbers are going down. We enjoy serving now with 4 senior couples. 

New Arrivals 1/26/15

Our new missionaries are from Utah,  Idaho, Canada, Indianapolis, and Virginia. 

 Two arrived at 10:40 a.m., three came one hour later,  and the visa waiter going to Australia flew in around 5:00 p.m.

 Sister Israelsen

 Elder Routledge

 Hermana Price

 Hermana Ricks

 Elder Weiss

 Elder Kim

 We ate tri tip, chicken, tortillas, cole slaw, beans and rice with beautiful scenery.

 Elder and Sister McIntosh are so great to have the food picked up and ready for us.  Elder and Sister Ruse will be leaving in February so they are training 

Elder and Sister Stewart.

 These birds were nicer than the seagulls.

 The mission has a new van. The Assistants call it a space ship.

 These missionaries are jumping in the mission with both feet. They are fully committed. 

We had breakfast at the mission home Tuesday morning before going to the stake center for more orientation and transfer meeting. 

Sister Felix loves breakfast (any time of day).

MLC 1/6/15

The beginning of a new year is upon us.  We provided breakfast at the mission home (ate out on the deck; just have to throw that in because we are in paradise) and then we met at the mission office for MLC.

All were able to share a personal goal that they had made for the new year.

It was a treat to have Elder and Sister Garns along with Bishop Quezada join us for lunch and the afternoon.  President Felix and the assistants presented a new
Standard of Excellence.
Our focus for this meeting was missionaries working with members.
For anyone reading this blog, we are all apart of HIS hastening the work.