TRANSFERS JULY 2013

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 The last day of our transfer process involves taking all our new missionaries to the stake center near our Mission Home to meet their trainers.  Transfers are handled very differently mission to mission, and where we have our missionaries all within about 2 1/2 hours of each other, we can feasibly get them together.  We love it!

 We had all our trainer missionaries and all our new missionaries in this meeting, pretty packed quarters with 29 each of them! (along with some companionships with 3)
President Taylor then announced who each person's trainer would be.

Some of them looked like a match made in heaven...don't Sisters Bullock and Riches just look like Sisters?

 And then there were Elders Nelson and Andrus wearing the same suit and almost identical ties(the photo did not do it justice)...it was almost eerie that they were companions!

Actually, we know they are matches made in heaven.  They are inspired choices through the Spirit to President Taylor.

 After some great training and get-to-know-you time, all our training missionaries are led into the chapel as we sing "Called To Serve." It is really very exciting!

They are introduced and get to share a brief testimony and then President Taylor reads out all the transfers for the rest of the mission.
We love this meeting and the Spirit is so strong as we participate.

 After the meeting, everyone is just excited to see each other and it is chaos for a long time!

 Elder King surprised us with a lemonade station outside in the well-over-100 degree temperature.  THANK YOU ELDER KING!

 We get missionaries loaded up and on their way to their areas.



And they are smiling even in the extreme heat.  They are so happy to be serving the Lord and to be in Arizona!

We come away exhausted after three days of comings and goings and more meal prep than you can imagine...but so satisfied just being around these incredible people!

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true.
It blesses lives and brings happiness as we choose to follow the Savior and his commandments.
Share that message with someone you love...and involve the missionaries wherever YOU live!