We were excited to see the new missionaries arrive this morning. I love how the Lord really is in charge. Their flight was scheduled several months ago and we couldn't understand why the agent would book it through New York rather than Atlanta - thus having the missionaries leave Salt Lake earlier, have a longer lay over and yet arrive at the same time as usual.
And then Hurricane Isaac showed up in Florida - and their usual flight would have been cancelled.
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| Left to right: Elder Cervantes, Elder Munoz, Elder Arnett, Elder Giles, Sister Bowman and Elder Broadhead. |
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| Left to right: Elder Cervantes, Elder Giles, Elder Broadhead, Sister Bowman, Elder Arnett and Elder Munoz. |
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| Elder Munoz gives President some Guatemalan pajamas. |
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| Elder Cervantes, Elder Giles, Elder Broadhead, Sister Bowman, Elder Arnett, Elder Munox, Sister Matsumori and President Matsumori. |
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| Loading luggage on a beautiful day. |
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| Left to right: Elder Giles, Idaho Fall, ID; Elder Broadhead, Riverton, UT; Elder Cervantes, Mexico; President Matsumori, Sister Matsumori, Sister Bowman, Essex, NJ; Elder Munoz, Guatemala; Elder Arnett, Gilbert, AZ. |
Then we head for breakfast. President takes the camera today, so I'm in the shots.
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| Front of the table to the back: Elder Croft, Sister Matsumori, Sister Bowman and Elder Broadhead. |
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| Front of the table to the back: Elder Munoz, Elder Giles, Elder Brown, Elder Cervantes and Elder Arnett. |
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| You know all of the people - just look at the food. And there wasn't a bite left on any plate by the time we finished. |
Back at the mission home, the assistants teach and then have the missionaries practice.
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| Left to right: Elder Munoz, Sister Bowman, Elder Arnett and Elder Croft. |
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| Left to right: Elder Broadhead, Elder Giles and Elder Croft. |
I got so involved with dinner, I just got a photo of the first group through the line. Traditionally we let the seniors go first, followed by the sisters and then the elders.
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| Left to right: Sister Bowman, Sister Lorenzana (her husband is the first counselor in the mission presidency), Elder Black (vehicle coordinator) and Sister Black (referrals, mail and medical). |
And then there's ping pong...
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| Round the world. |
