INCOMING MISSIONARIES MAY 2013

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And here they come!

This month we had 23 great missionaries join the Arizona Phoenix Mission!

Can you see the enthusiasm on their faces?  They are SO READY to get to work!
Welcome to...Front:  Sisters Franz, E. Walker, Woo, Lathrop, Wade, Probeyahn, McAllister, Beck, Gacutan, A. Walker & Matuauoto, Elder Fackrell.  Back:  Elders Jones, Lundgren, Pettingill, Bressler, Farnsworth, Busick, Frost, McFarland, Francis, Beck & Aranibar...I can remember them today, but give me a few days to struggle!  So many new faces in the mission in the past 6 months!!!

We love to get a shot of them coming down the escalator.  So fun!

 We had lots of willing helpers to get all that luggage loaded into the transfer trailer.  It was organized chaos!

 Our first stop was the Mission Office.  Here our new missionaries meet the office staff, fill out paper work and are oriented to the responsibilities of the staff that will play a large part in caring for them and their work over the next 18-24 months.

THEY ARE INSTANTLY LOVED BY ALL OF US!

 Our second stop is the Phoenix Temple Site...construction is really moving along, with Moroni now gracing the steeple of this beautiful temple!

 Last stop for the day is at the Mission Home where we unload and take some group shots and then individual shots with President Taylor and myself.
If you are wondering, it was about 92 degrees this day, but felt not too bad to us Arizonians...HOT to those who just arrived from Utah.

We spent the afternoon getting acquainted, getting more instruction, eating a couple more meals together and...

 ...even some NAPPING!

There were some serious nappers here.  A couple braved the outdoors, loving the heat.

 Others lined up in mass napping form.  Wall to wall Elders!

 One even chose the entryway for his napping ground...actually he studied and wrote in his journal, don't think Elder Pettingill napped.

 The next morning, we were up bright and early, to get out and run and walk together.  It was a great day, and not so hot in the mornings.

This is how we start each day, by praying, then exercising and getting prepared to study and be open to the Spirit to guide us.

These great young people are full of desire to serve the Lord; to give it their all.  We love and admire them for who they are and who they will become!