Wednesday, August 24, 2011

New Elder Arrives in the Mission

Elder Akra Ogita arrived at the Sendai eki late in the evening on Aug 16th from the MTC in Provo. By the time missionaries arrive, they have traveled by plane and train for 20 hours and are pretty tired. We brought him to our home and fed him some chicken soup and bread and sent him to bed.
The next day for lunch,I decided to try my skill at some real Japanese food since the group would be small and our new Elder is Japanese. I served: miso soup with tofu, gohan (rice), slaw, katsu,(breaded fried pork) stirfry with fuki, bambo root, scallions, shiitake mushrooms and chicken, Mugicha to drink (Wheat tea). The Japaese Elders said it tasted like home to them which made me happy.
After a day of training by the office staff, the Assistants to the President and Gary, we had to get a group picture. L-R Elders Holbrook, Narita, Rasmussen, Ellsworth & Ogita.

Elder Ellsworth is his new trainer. They will do very well together.

Elder Ogita is very tall, a college graduate in Math and Computers, his brother served in Sendai Mission a few years ago and we are thrilled to have him. He will be a wonderful addition to the mission.

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