October 17, 2012 - New Missionaries

Our days of thirty or forty new missionaries arriving at the same time are over for a while, and it's awfully fun to get a batch of new missionaries when I can remember all of their names!!  We had just five new Elders and one sweet Sister arrive in our Utah Salt Lake City Mission on the morning of Wednesday, October 17th.   It was delightful that they had been trained in the MTC by our very own former Elder Vogt, who sent us this picture in the days before they arrived.  Sadly, Elder Espinal was off somewhere studying the Spanish Preach My Gospel, but here we have Elder Beard, Elder Alexander, Brother Vogt, (how weird is that!?!?) Elder Serrao, Sister Rogers  and Elder Vickery.

 How funny to see them drive into the parking lot in a little tiny bus, and begin to unload their stuff.

We had them drop their suitcases inside the office,

and then we took them to the mission home for breakfast.

 During breakfast, President Winn talked to them individually, and then we were ready to go back to the mission office and meet the other 230-something missionaries in the mission!

Sister Briana Rogers

from Queen Creek, Arizona

Her brother, Elder Ackley already serves in our mission.

How fun is that!!

Elder Loilly Espinal

born in Honduras

and coming recently from Knightdale, North Carolina

 Elder Chad Vickery

from Kennewick,Washington

 Elder Jared Serrao

from Mililani, Hawaii

 Elder Thomas Beard

from Vienna, Virginia

 Elder Jared Alexander

from Hillsboro, Oregon

 Welcome to the mission.  We're glad to have you here!

We think you'll fit right in!

More pictures of the new missionaries:

2012.10.17: New Missionaries