They are here!!!!

We are so happy to welcome our six newest missionaries!!!
It is almost our favorite thing to do.. to welcome new missionaries here to our mission!
We love greeting them and wrapping our arms around them, first thing.. to let them feel and know that we we love them already.  We are anxious to get to know them each individually, and begin working arm in arm in this glorious work!
Welcome, welcome!

Here they are coming through those airport doors!

Oh my land... we love them already!

We got the luggage loaded into an airport van

and the Elders went with the van, and lucky us...

we brought the sisters with us!

I know..... :)

A quick bite to eat.

We introduced our most important tool and 

message... the Book of Mormon...

which we hold in our hand

in the four finger power hold!

All Day Every Day :)

And, here we are!!

Here are our new missionaries ready to meet their

companions for this first day here in the mission.

And here are our seasoned missionaries ready

to spend the day with these new missionaries!

They are ready to go!

It’s transfer weekend once again! 10-8-17

This transfer cycle, we have ten outstanding missionaries returning home with honor!
We. Will. Surely. Miss. Them!!!!!
Boy, it is difficult to say goodbye to these wonderful missionaries!  Each and every one of them!
We began this weekend, as we always do, attending a final session in the Guadalajara Temple Saturday evening.

From left to right on the back row- Elder Hutchings, Elder Torres, Elder Coronado, Elder Sanchez, President Clayton, Elder Castro, Elder Monroy, Elder Torres, Elder Santos.
Front from left to right, Sister Hooper, me, Sister Urbina.

Sunday afternoon after final interviews 

with President Clayton.

(with our assistants Elder Long and 

Elder Dehesa sitting in front.)

That final dinner!

... and dessert :)

Getting ready for our final 

testimony meeting together.

Holding those certificates of completion!!!

Well Done!

Maybe one more group picture..

ok... just a few more :)

That's right... they are excited!

A final goodbye from President Clayton as they

hop into the taxi's to head to the offices.

It's been a good good day.

#we love our missionaries...

all of them!

Early the next morning.

we were at the airport saying goodbye! 

*With all their luggage.

In line...

a few souvenirs  :)

Getting ready to board.

We will miss these missionaries sorely...

Attending church in the Residencial ward 10-8-17

This morning President and I attended the Residencial ward in Lomas.  Because it is transfer weekend... there were extra missionaries there as well.  We were happy to take a quick picture with all of them!

Transfer meeting with the Assistants 10-5-17

We had our transfer meeting with the Assistants Thursday afternoon.  There are quite a few changes this transfer, including the way transfer calls are being made.
President Clayton has asked the Assistants, Elder Long and Elder Dehesa to make each transfer call themselves, instead of our zone leaders making the calls.
The Assistants will begin making all transfer calls Sunday afternoon.

A thank you

We took our office Elders and Assistants to lunch to say
thank you to Elder Taylor our office financial secretary.
He will be handing the finances over to Elder Knight this
transfer.  And also to Elder Torres, who is returning home
this transfer.
They have certainly worked very hard both in the office,
and with the countless extra things we ask them to do.
Many thanks.

Divisions in Jalostotitlan 10-4-17

We have had a great day today as we traveled to Jalostotitlan to do divisions with Elder Drumright and Elder De La O.  They are serving in Jalos only part time, where we have a small group meeting together each Sunday to partake of the sacrament.  Our purpose was to visit the members there, to strengthen and encourage them.  We were so happy to be able to visit with the Jimenez family.  They are the core strength in this small pueblo.  They are so very faithful and brother Jimenez is the group leader.

We also visited Rossendo, a young man, who is living there on his own. He is a collector and creator of all sorts of things.  I always love to go to his home and see what he has newly invented and created since our last visit.  We had a very good visit with him.

We were only able to make a phone visit with the daughter of the Perez family.  Brother and sister Perez were involved with their school, and unfortunately, we couldn’t make our schedules work.

I am sorry that we didn’t get a picture of us with Rossendo, but we did take pictures of our visit with the Jimenez family. We always love our visits with them and their sweet boys.  We also love to go walk around their dairy farm, and see their animals.
Wonderful day!

Entering Jalostotitlan.

(the grand entrance way)

President in the plaza with 

Elder Drumright and Elder De La O.

  

We always love to take a walk down to visit the cows.

 

#favorite picture of the day!

Little Fernando finally caught

up with that ol' cat! 

Sister Jimenez had cooked us up some corn

from her garden.  It was delicious!

We stood right there at her counter 

and gobbled it down!

I had brought the little boys a treat bag.

Their oldest son, Omar came home from school and

we tried to feed their horse one of our half eaten apples.

He was having none of it!

Fernando and Isaac

..little cuties!

Us with the Jimenez family.

Great day together!