May 1, 2012 - New Missionaries:The First Installment

It was time for us to get some new missionaries again, since we had to send some home.  This was the largest group of new missionaries we'd ever had!  Twenty-eight new Elders and Sisters!  It seemed a bit overwhelming to take them all at once on Wednesday morning like we usually do. It would have been too hard for President Winn to have the time to interview each of them individually.  So we opted for plan B.  Plan B included bringing them in in installments.  So, on Tuesday night, we had the MTC send up the fourteen English speaking Elders.  We picked them up at the mission office about 6:00 pm, left their luggage at the office and brought them to the mission home, where they would be interviewed by President Winn and then spend the night.  Enjoying pizza and chatting together, getting to know them a little bit, listening to them play the piano and sing together - it was a wonderful evening!  We are excited to have these fourteen wonderful young men in our mission!

The Big White Bus from the MTC arrives.

 Elder Napeahi is the first one off the bus.

 Elder Gordon, Elder Cluff and Elder Moore take a look around.

 President Winn welcomes Elder Steven Smith

 and Elder Mauinatu.

Elder Jeffrey Ulberg comes to us from Missouri.

 The luggage collection begins.

Then we welcome:

Elder Matthew Zalar, from Virginia,

 Elder Jamal Napeahi from  Hawaii

 Elder Evan Gordon from Washington

 Elder Steven Smith from California

 Elder Desmond Ahwireng from Michigan

 Elder Jason Cooper from West Virginia

 Elder Cotton Lamoreaux from Arizona

 Elder Jonas Moore from Arizona

 Elder Larson, Assistant to the President, helps out too.

  Elder Connor Hearn from New York

 Elder David Cluff from Missouri

 Elder Purcell, Assistant to the President, wearing his best face

 Elder Purcell certainly exemplifies all the dignity an Assistant to the President should have!

Good thing we love him so much!

 Elder Alex Smith from California

 Elder Shane Mauinatu from California

 Elder Zion Comesario from Hawaii

 The First Installment of our Freshman Class

May 1, 2012

Elder Ulberg, Elder Hearn, Elder Cooper, Elder Lamoreaux,

Elder Zalar, Elder Cluff, Elder Gordon, Elder Moore,

Elder Smith, Elder Napeahi, Elder Comesario, Elder Smith,

Elder Ahwireng and Elder Mauinatu

 Then over to the mission home,

 for the last evening of relaxation that they will have for the next two years!

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2012.05.01: New Missionaries First Installment