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| Sisters Shaw, Graff, Leben and Lau with President |
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| President with Elder and Sister Eyring and Sister Morse (on her way to Brasil) |
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| Sister Morse, J.S.Armstrong (Mission Executive Secretary), Sisters Shaw, Graff, Leben and Lau |
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| Elder Munoz with Sam and Helene Thornton, our dear friends and caterers |
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| Bottom L clockwise: Elders Rushton, Brown, Chapman, Munoz, Loveless, Gilbert, Radford and Farley (Elders Loveless and Farley are not leaving - just AP-ing) |
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| L - clockwise: Elders Munoz, Loveless, Gilbert, Radford, Farley, Rushton, Brown and Chapman |
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| Elder Raasveld and AP Giles |
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| Sisters Graff, Shaw, Lau, Leben and Morse |
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| Elder Munoz |
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| Brother Armstrong and Elder Raasveld |
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| Let the memories begin (funny stories from each person's mission) |
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| Elder Radford listening to Elder Rushton |
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| Sister Shaw |
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| Elder Radford |
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| Sister Graff |
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| Sister Lau |
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| Elder Munoz |
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| Elder Gilbert |
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| Elders Rushton, Radford and Gilbert |
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| Elder Chapman |
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| Sister Leben |
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| Elder Raasveld |
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| Elder Brown |
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| Explaining the presentation of Service Coins |
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| 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 |
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| Elder Brown |
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| Elder Chapman |
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| Elder Gilbert |
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| Sister Graff |
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| Sister Lau |
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| Sister Leben |
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| Elder Raasveld |
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| Elder Radford |
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| Elder Munoz |
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| Elder Rushton |
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| Sister Shaw |
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Departing Elders Gilbert (3rd from left), Chapman, President, Elders Radford and Rushton, Sisters Shaw, Lau and Cooke (APs Farley and Loveless on far left) |
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| A time for old friends / seasoned missionaries to just relax ! |
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| Elder Hunt watches AP Elder Giles start the BBQ |
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| Elder Dickerson |
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| AP Elder Loveless with Elder Palmer |
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| Sister Pearson |
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| Elder Tanner with Elder McDonald and Sister Bascom |
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| Sister Kaarma |
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| Elder McDonald with Sister Cooke |
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| Sister Bascom |
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| Elder McDonald |
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| Part of the tradition is for departing missionaries to create a scrapbook page for the Cookes' collection |
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| Elder Pearson |
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| Elder Giles' BBQ gets fired up! |
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| Sister Bascom & Sister Marambio, two of our full-proselyting sisters from Salt Lake City Temple Square, finishing their 4-month assignments to our mission |
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| Elder Miyasaki and Elizabeth Cooke |
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| Sister Smith, a fast-moving President Cooke, and Elder McDonald |
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| President & Sister Cooke |
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| Sisters first! Sister Bascom, Sister Marambio, Sister Kaarma, Sister Smith |
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| Sister Smith, Sister Pearson, and Elder Pearson |
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| Elder McDonald, Elder Snow, Elder Dickerson, Elder Appiah, Elder Palmer |
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| Elder Anderson & Elder Palmer with Sister Cooke, Elder Dickerson and Elder Palmer in back |
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| Sister Marambio, Sister Bascom, Elder Appiah |
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| Elder McDonald, Sister Smith, Sister Kaarma |
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| President Cooke |
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| Elder Palmer, Sister Pearson, Elder Pearson |
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| Elder Tanner & President Cooke show off their matching ties (gifted from Elder Tanner) |
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| Elder Palmer |
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| Sister Bascom |
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| Elder Pearson giving our exhausted APs an earful. |
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| Sisters Kaarma and Smith |
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| Elder Tanner |
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| Elder Hunt and Sister Pearson |
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| Making music |
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| On into the dusk, Elder Giles faithfully holds his post |
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| Our daughter, Elizabeth, chose this night's dessert to be an ice cream sundae bar |
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| Elder Appiah |
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| Elder Tanner & Elder Anderson |
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| Sister Marambio, Sister Bascom, Elder Anderson |
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| Elder Hart & Elder Palmer |
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| Elder Anderson |
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| Sister Bascom |
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| The work of a great grill master is never done… not even into the deep of night! |
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| Sisters Bascom and Marambio |
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| Time for Ping Pong…. between Elder Palmer... |
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| … and Sisters Kaarma, Marambio and Smith |
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| With musical background music by Elders Tanner and Appiah |
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| Elders Loveless and Tanner |
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| Sisters Bascom, Kaarma and Marambio |
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| Elder Hunt |
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| Elders Appiah and McDonald |
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| Sister Smith |
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| Elders Miyasaki and Dickerson |
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| Elder Snow |
A mission tradition, established by President Cooke,
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| Elders Snow, Appiah, Hunt and Palmer with Sister Kaarma |
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| The President explains the design and symbolism of the coin |
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| Each coin is delivered through a handshake, with Elder McDonald first in line |
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| Sister Kaarma |
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| Elder Miyasaki definitely has this accompaniment down! |
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| "Go ye therefore… and teach all nations… " |
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| Back row L-R: Elder McDonald, Elder Snow, Elder Anderson, Sister Kaarma, Elder Miyasaki, Elder Hunt, Sister Smith with the Cookes ----- Front row L-R: Elders Dickerson, Appiah, Tanner, Palmer |
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| Elder Anderson |
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| Elder Appiah |
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| Elder Dickerson |
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| Elder Hart |
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| Sister Kaarma |
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| Elder McDonald |
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| Elder Miyasaki |
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| Elder Palmer |
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| Sister Smith |
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| Elder Snow |
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| Elder Tanner |
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| Elder Loveless helping... Elder Dickerson leaving. |
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| After 10 months of helping other missionaries carry their luggage in and out of this airport, Elder Miyasaki finally arrives lugging his own bags this last time, with Elder Giles following closely behind. |
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| The Cooke sisters say farewell to Sister Kaarma |
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| Sister Cooke, Carrie and Elizabeth say goodbye to Sister Smith |
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| Sister Kaarma, the Cookes, Elders Dickerson, Miyasaki, Hunt and Palmer about to go their separate ways at Reagan National Airport |
