New Branch Assignment at the MTC " MOLTO BENE!!"

Well, President Taylor is not one to toot his own horn so I will.  He was recently made Managing Editor of the Deseret News!  He is perfect for the job...but it also means MORE MEETINGS and less ability to get home to Provo from Salt Lake in a timely manner for the rigorous schedule of an English Branch President at the MTC.  In an English unit, we get new missionaries weekly which means being there one extra night each week.

So, the Presidency of the MTC has moved us to a new branch:  ITALIAN and ROMANIAN.  This way our assignment is all day Sunday and Tuesday evenings as usual, but not as many Thursday evenings.  A bit more doable for a busy NOT RETIRED family.  We have found that most of our counterparts at the MTC are a bit older and retired.  But we LOVE being a bit younger and with the experience of our mission to bless the missionaries lives as they come through the MTC.





So, here is our new branch!

 Elders Whitaker, Chugg, Wilkinson, Blackwell, Martin and Reyes.

Elders Bertoldo, Whiting, Chilvers, Bourne, Spencer and Brown.

Elders Bruggeman, Farnsworth, Sisters Tingey and Nelson, Elders Houseman and Pyper.

 Elders Simonsen, Grover, Sisters Sirena and Conde, Elders Thompson and Liu.

It was polka dot day...and I did not know it, but happened to wear a dotted dress.  Pretty fun!

We love our service at the MTC!  These young people are really amazing!  It has been fun to see the process from the very start, knowing somewhat of what they are looking forward to out in the mission field!
We know they are going to where the Lord needs them!  We know they are loved by their mission president and wife!  We know that this Gospel is true!  We know that it blesses families and is worth the effort that these missionaries are putting forth.