The sisters in this group started their missions just before we arrived in July of 2017. We did their followup training when we had only been in the mission about a week and we did not know what we were doing. SO we have all learned together! This group will always have a special place in our hearts because of the experiences that we have shared together. It is hard to see them go. I hope they will always remember how much we love them and that "we have none other object save it be the everlasting welfare of their souls!"
The
sad thing is how much we miss the missionaries when they go home. It is an
interesting experience to pick up new missionaries at the Santa Barbara
airport on Monday. When you see the new ones that come in you can’t help but
think how young they are. They are excited but have so much to learn. Being a
missionary really does take a lot of skill and there will just be so much
to learn!
After
a day of training and assigning everyone to their new companions and areas, we
then meet with those who are finishing their missions. We spend the after noon
together taking pictures, have a nice meal and then share testimonies. They talk about
experiences they have had and lives that have been changed. They
just know how to do missionary work and they know how to inspire others to know how to do it –
and then they are gone. I always wonder how we will be able to function without such good missionaries. I think back over those two days when the new
ones come, and the old ones leave and I think- this is NOT a fair trade!
How will this work ever move forward? We are always re-building, re-training,
re-teaching, re-reminding, re-assigning, re-encouraging and re-committing
missionaries! How will we ever succeed! Hahhaha These are my real feelings
every time, and every time I already know the answer. This is God’s work not
ours. This is how He wants it to be. It is actually the fulfillment of prophecy
that proves this is God’s true church- D&C 1:23- “That the fulness of my
gospel might be proclaimed by the weak and the simple unto the ends of the
world”
We have a lot of confidence in the futures of these missionaries. We will miss them so much.
Sister Masaki and Sister Wright
Hma Cruz, Hma Coronel, Sister Martin, Sister Priestley,
Sister Wright, Sister Masaki, Sister Frankman, Sister Lyon
Sister Priestley, Sister Wright, Sister Masaki, Sister Martin
Hma Coronel, Sister Frankman, Sister Lyon, Hma Cruz
Sister Priestley, Sister Wright, Sister Masaki, Sister Martin
Hma Coronel, Sister Frankman, Sister Lyon, Hma Cruz
Sister Martin, Hma Cruz, Sister Frankman, Sister Lyon, Sister Priestley, Sister Masaki, Sister Wright, Hma Coronel
Sister Priestley, Sister Frankman, Sister Lyon
Elder Jarnagin, Hma Cruz, Sister Martin, Hma Cruz
Cutting of the Ties! Elder Cannon
Elder Reeve
Elder Morgan
Elder Tanuvasa
Sister Missionary Shoes!
Elder Tanuvasa
Elder Reeve
Companions in Santa Barbara YSA
Elder Reeve, Elder Morgan and Elder Jarnagin without their ties!
Elder Barzee and Elder Bunnage
Sister Martin, Sister Wright and Sister Masaki
We love these sisters!
Elder Reeve- Signing the book of recent baptisms- Elder Tanuvasa
President and Sister Nakken
Elder Reeve and Elder Tanuvasa
Elder Goodman- and Elder Reeve
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