26 New Missionaries Arrive in September

Thankfully we arrived a few minutes early to the airport to meet our largest group of missionaries ever.  We saw this cute gal sitting and as we got closer we realized she was one of our missionaries who had come on another flight from the rest.  We were not informed that she would come separate by the MTC.  This is not the best introduction to the mission but she was happy to see us.  Sister Hayashi is a sweetheart.

 What a great looking group even though they are all so tired after 24 hours of traveling.  We loaded ALL of their luggage (which was lots!!) and the missionaries onto a bus we rented to bring them to the honbu to sleep.

 

The next morning was full of training and then came

the hour to meet their trainers/companions.

 

 The picture represents almost 1/2 of the missionaries in the mission. The mission is very "young" and every existing missionary has had to stretch themselves to become trainers

and leaders sooner than they felt ready.  They are up for the challenge!!

 

Elder E. Anderson from West Valley City, Utah

 

Elder M. Anderson from Pleasant Grove, UT

 

Elder Bethea from Mesa, AZ

 

Elder Boden from Salem, UT

 

Elder Hoskyns from SLC, UT

 

Elder Jones from Boise, ID

 

Elder Nebeker from Lehi, UT

 

Elder Brady Olsen from Alberta, Canada

 

Elder Poff from Beaverton, OR

 

Elder Poulter from Spanish Fork, UT

 

Elder Rasmussen from St. George, UT (no relation but we will claim him.)

 

Elder Stevens from Spanish Fork, UT

 

Elder Temanaha-Moo from Tahiti

 

Elder Thompson from Algona, WA

 

Elder Wheelwright from Morgan, UT

 

Elder Wiley from McMinnville, OR

 

Elder Willey from Midway, UT

 

Elder Wolthuis from Pleasant Grove, UT

 

Sister Hayashi from Tokyo

 

Sister King from Hyde Park, UT

 

Sister Kodama from Kanagawa, Japan

 

Sister Mataoa from Tahiti

 

Sister Nishikawa from Osaka, Japan

 

Sister Orr from Laie, HI

 

Sister Robertson from Idaho Falls, ID

 

Sister Sakuma from Aichi, Japan