TRANSFERS DEC 2013

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The culminating event of Transfer Week is Transfer meeting.
The day begins with both a Leadership Meeting and a Trainer/Trainee meeting going on simultaneously.
President Taylor goes back and forth and I stick with one of the APs and we do the Trainer/Trainee Meeting.

 You can see the Trainers on one side and the Trainees on the other...just like 4th Grade Square Dance Practice!

The process of assigning Trainers to Trainees is one of inspiration.  It is always amazing and humbling to see.  There is purpose that the Lord has in all things and we get to see so many examples in missionary work!

 The Trainers and Trainees spend about 15 minutes getting to know each other while I am pulling them into the hall to take their photos.

Elder Thompson has a hard time keeping his eyes open in photos..super sensitive eyes!  So, President T takes time to help me out!
Look on the link to see all companionships!  They are awesome!

 The 12 Week Training Program is perfect.  We taught about it and had Elders Thompson and Belnap role play how to conduct a companionship study.  They did a great job!

 After our training meeting, the new Trainees and Trainers are led into the chapel as the missionaries who are at the meeting sing CALLED TO SERVE!

 Here is one of those Google plus moving photo collages...click on the link to see all of them individually.

The transfer meeting is a time for introducing the new Trainees, for some instruction, and for telling everyone there who their new companion will be and where they will be serving.  It is really so exciting!

 During this meeting, President Taylor and I stepped out to say goodbye for a while to our sweet Sister Bullock who went home for some medical care.  Sister Riches was her trainer, and this is her first transfer really.  We pray for her well being in every way!

After a great meeting, it was the normal chaos as packages were loaded into cars for Christmas... (Goehring and Kroeger)

 ...as groups of Sisters and Elders try to fit everything into the vehicles and love visiting as they do it...

 ...and as lots of bikes and goods are moved all over the place!
It is organized chaos at its finest!!

We LOVE being with these great people!  Know how incredible they are and how hard they work to make other peoples lives better!

Speaking of making other peoples lives better...
our wonderful Assistants wear themselves out much of the time in serving everyone.
We traditionally collapse after the marathon of transfers so this photo represents how we all feel at the end of this third day!

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LOVING SUPPORT!  This is the work of the Lord!  It is worth the effort.