Monday, June 30, 2014

June 2014 Departures




At the Mission Home, June departing missionaries enjoy dinner, scrapbooking and storytelling

Sisters Shaw, Graff, Leben and Lau with President

President with Elder and Sister Eyring and Sister Morse (on her way to Brasil)

Sister Morse, J.S.Armstrong (Mission Executive Secretary), Sisters Shaw, Graff, Leben and Lau

Elder Munoz with Sam and Helene Thornton, our dear friends and caterers

Bottom L clockwise:  Elders Rushton, Brown, Chapman, Munoz, Loveless, Gilbert, Radford and Farley
(Elders Loveless and Farley are not leaving - just AP-ing)

L - clockwise:  Elders Munoz, Loveless, Gilbert, Radford, Farley, Rushton, Brown and Chapman

Elder Raasveld and AP Giles

Sisters Graff, Shaw, Lau, Leben and Morse

Elder Munoz

Brother Armstrong and Elder Raasveld

Let the memories begin (funny stories from each person's mission)

Elder Radford listening to Elder Rushton


Sister Shaw

Elder Radford



Sister Graff

Sister Lau



Elder Munoz

Elder Gilbert

Elders Rushton, Radford and Gilbert

Elder Chapman

Sister Leben

Elder Raasveld


Elder Brown





Explaining the presentation of Service Coins

Back row L-R:  Sisters Morse, Shaw, Elders Rushton, Radford, President, Elders Raasveld and Gilbert
Middle row:  Elder and Sister Eyring, Sisters Leben, Graff, Lau and me
with Elders Munoz, Brown and Chapman in front

Final Testimonies at Transfer Meeting in the Visitors' Center

Elder Brown



Elder Chapman





Elder Gilbert



Sister Graff









Sister Lau







Sister Leben





Elder Raasveld






Elder Radford

Elder Munoz









Elder Rushton












Sister Shaw


Departing Elders Gilbert (3rd from left), Chapman, President, Elders Radford and Rushton,
Sisters Shaw, Lau and Cooke
(APs Farley and Loveless on far left)


Chinese FHE at the Mission Home

Nearly 50 Chinese-speaking members, missionaries and investigators attended Family Home Evening at the Mission Home

President Cooke welcomes






With the living room packed to overflowing, introductions were an interesting way to begin

One of the activities was a charades game of acting out familiar scripture stories


Elder Proudfoot conducted the opening and closing hymns

One of the members did a great job on the piano

Elder Giles and the President put finishing touches on the desserts

Elder Farley with one of the Chinese branch members

Elder GIles introduces our team of Chinese elders to the All-American mission tradition of TruMoo chocolate milk
(L -R:  Elders Giles, Liang, Gerber-Kai, Wang, Proudfoot, Ng)

Sister Adele Connell was the organizer of this successful evening