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!

 

Mission Leadership Council in August

The night before MLC was in Kamisugi. 

President Sugawara, Sendai Stake President,

prepared some flyers he wanted the missionaries to hand out.

A great group of leaders in the mission.

The Office Remodel Project

The Mission Home and Office is over 30 years old and nothing has been done to the office since it was built to improve or upgrade it.  After that many years of many different missionaries working for short periods of time and no one feeling like they could or should throw away anything, the office was full of useless junk and old records that needed to be destroyed.  Sister Rollins came to us as a missionary in January and we keep telling her she came "for such a time as this" as her family business is building and remodeling and she is an interior decorator by trade.  She had a vision and the ability to work with contractors (tho she doesn't speak any Japanese) and we were able to convince the Facilities Management office to spend our yearly budget on this remodeling project.  Everyone in the office worked hard to go through files and drawers and cupboards and discarded everything that wasn't needful to do their jobs.   We took literally tons of paper to the city incinerator to discard it.  We wanted to pack up only what we needed to run the office efficiently. The project took 3 weeks to complete once it got started and the office was moved to my dining room table while the work was done.

 

BEFORE PICTURES

Our wonderful AP's moving "stuff" out of the office to prepare

it for the workers to start knocking out walls.

We took down all curtains & white boards hanging on the walls

 and moved computers and printers out.

One of the big improvements was enough electrical outlets

and internet outlets to accommodate all of our

electronic equipment and not see an unsightly cords anywhere. 

Many desks and file cabinets were stored in President's office.

 (much more that is shown in this picture.)

Trying to get some last minute things done before

the computers were unplugged. This picture is a good reminder

of how congested the office was even though

 the wall hangings were removed.

 

Stuff everywhere!!  The bowl was caramel popcorn

I made for the staff to keep them happy

on a hard day of moving.

 AFTER PICTURES

Our beautiful new front door that lets in light. 

We also got a motion detector light by the door. 

The office Secretary's Desk with new built in cupboards behind it.

Desks

More desks

Office machines placed on built in cupboards.

The big office printer in in the back of the room behind

 a large storage cupboard so it can't be seen

when you enter the room.

That storage cupboard in the back of the room looking

 towards the entrance to the office.

President Rasmussen's office with a new rug.

Elder Noonchester's office looks so much nicer.

President Rasmussen takes a look as it is all finished. 

The only thing left to do is wait for the paintings to

arrive from SLC that will be hung in the room that

will make it especially beautiful.  The Mission Office

is now not just an "office" but a lovely place where

the work of the Lord can be done and the spirit can

be felt by all who enter it.  We are grateful to

everyone who has helped make this happen for

the Sendai Mission.