Tuesday, October 15, 2013

10 Missionaries Finish Their Missions in August


We said farewell to 10 fine missionaries in August.
These 4 are Elders Saunders, Merkley, Sanders, & Chipman.

Elder Ogita finished reading the Book of Mormon in English. 
 Congratulations!
 
Elder Merkley from Mesa. 
His Grandma was my Visiting Teaching companion.  Love this family.
Elders Mead and Ogita
Elders Saunders and Merkley
 

Sisters Tanabe and Oman
Sister Takasu  and Elder Chipman
Elders Chipman and Sanders

Sister Tanabe
Elders Chipman and Sanders
Sister Takatsu
Elder Saunders
Elder Merkley

Elder Nishida


A little too much fun later in the evening after we left them alone.


At the airport the next morning.
Sisters Oman, Tanabe & Takatsu

Elders Chipman and Sanders

Elder Merkley

Elder Saunders

Elder Chipman

Elder Ogita

Sister Tanabe

Sister Oman

Sister Takatsu



Elder Nishida


Bishop Sato and his family from Izumi Ward came to say goodby to Elder Nishida.



Elder Kano who finished his last transfer in the Tokyo Mission
when the boundaries changed in July came back to see us before
he and his family returned to America.



Tuesday, August 20, 2013

24 New Missionaries Arrive From The MTC in August.

The tired but happy group of missionaries as they
got off the plane after 24 hours of traveling.
 
 
Sister Morgan from Gilbert, AZ

Sister Orgill is from Danville, CA
 
Sister Orgill and Sister Morgan will be trained
by Sister Yoshikawa in Aomori


Elder Akagi is from Draper, UT

Elder Akagi will be trained by Elder Norawong in Morioka


Sister Moon is from Utah but her application says she is
from Cambodia.  Her parents are serving
as Mission President in Cambodia.

Sister Hanekamp is from McDonough, GA

 Sister Hanekamp and Sister Moon will be trained
by Sister Watanabe in Ishinomaki.
 

Sister Butler is from Eugene, OR

Sister Butler will be trained by Sister Stevenson in Akita
 

Elder Joseph Smith is from Sikeston, MO
(Love his name)

Elder Smith will be trained by Elder Nepia in Miyako.
 

Elder Malmrose is from LaCrescenta, CA

Elder Malmrose will be trained by Elder Ito in Izumi
 

Sister Clark is from Riverton, UT

Sister Yim is from Muncie, IN

Sister Clark and Sister Yim will be trained
by Sister Miura in Hachinoe. 
(They will open the area to Sisters)
 

Elder Mantz is from Smithfield, UT.

Elder Mantz will be trained by Elder Inamori in Yokote.
 

Elder Greenburg is from Nampa, ID.

Elder Greenburg will be trained by Elder Hirao in Hachinohe.
 
 
Elder Bodily is from Monument, CO

Elder Sorenson is from North Salt Lake , UT

Elder Bodily and Elder Sorenson will be trained
by Elder Kawamura in Furukawa.
 

Sister Kirby is from Huntington, WV.

Sister Kirby will be trained by Sister Nakaima in Akita.
 

Elder Olsen is from British Columbia, Canada

Elder Breinholt is from Riverton, UT

Elder Breinholt and Elder Olsen will be trained
by Elder Whittle in Misawa.
 

Elder Low is from Heber City, UT.

Elder Low will be trained by
Elder Yamanokuchi in Aizuwakamatsu.
 

Sister Tuttle is from Salt Lake City, UT.

Sister Tuttle will be trained by Sister Takatsuka in Kamisugi.
 

Elder King is from Farmington, UT.

Elder King will be trained by Elder Palmer in Akita.
 

Sister White is from Temecula, CA.

Sister White will be trained by Sister Smith in Hirosaki.
 

Sister Richins is from Kaysville, UT

Sister Richins will be trained by Sister Hamano in Iwaki.
Sister Carlson will also be a companion to them.
 

Elder Whitrod is from South Australia

Elder Whitrod will be trained by Elder Tsushima in Aomori
 

Elder Earl is from Lindon, UT.

Elder Earl will be trained by Elder Katayama in Ichinoseki.
 


 The group picture of all the new missionaries and their trainers before leaving
for their new area of service.  What a wonderful blessing they
 will be to the mission!