All day training! 2-20-18

What a day we have had! Our ten new missionaries have done so well to stay focused, listen and be receptive to the mountain of information we have had to give to them today.
Here are some highlights of our day together!
We began today with a delicious pancake breakfast at the mission home.

President Clayton then introduced our missionaries

to our mission map... our 3 states, 2 time zones,

9 mission zones, and many many key points

 and areas here in our mission. 

A quick group picture in the back yard 

before we got started.

As President Clayton interviewed each 

missionary individually,

I went through:

*our missionary daily schedule

*missionary apartments

*missionary health

*learning English

a little snack and a few minutes to visit.

Another picture as we left the mission

home to go to the Union building

for lunch and our continued training.

Pizza!

Finally it was time for our new 

missionaries to meet their trainers

and first companions.

Here are our almost perfect trainers!

And our ten anxious, and excited missionaries!!

The wait is over!

A picture on the steps of the 

Guadalajara Temple!

Trainer sister Urrea with Sister Paredes

    

Trainer Sister Flores with Sister Cueva

Trainer Sister Jimenez with Sister Gomez



Elder Beckmann with trainer Elder Bender

Elder Cano with trainer Elder Shehee

Elder Samayoa with trainer Elder Hudson

Elder Panohaya with trainer Elder De La Rosa

Elder Schofield with trainer Elder Barlow

Trainer Elder Manua with ElderVillca

Elder Cardosa with trainer Elder Mendez

Let's just take one more look at these marvelous missionaries!!!

They are here!!!

We are so excited to welcome our 10 new missionaries!!!
They have arrived safe and sound!
And we are so thankful they have come to join our Mexico Guadalajara Mission!
Welcome! Welcome!

This morning, eight of our new missionaries
arrived from the Mexico City MTC.

I love their bright and happy faces!

A quick picture just before we exited

 the airport doors.

We helped these missionaries and their

 luggage into an airport taxi,

and they left with our assistants to the 

Union building by the Guadalajara Temple.

President Clayton and I waited an hour to welcome

Sister Paredes who came solo from her home

in Mexico.  She is waiting for her delayed visa,

 and we are so thankful she can join us 

here in the mission until her visa arrives!

President Clayton welcoming our newest missionaries!

Pictures!!!

Getting ready to meet their companions for the day!

They are ready to head out for their first full

day in the mission... Book of Mormon in hand!

This evening, our final new missionary,

Elder Schofield arrived coming to us 

from the Provo MTC. 

What a long day this has been for him.  

We are so happy to have him here safe and sound!

Welcome to our 10 newest missionaries!!!

It begins again... Transfer Weekend 2-18-18

These 9 marvelous missionaries are returning home with great honor!
We will miss them so...
We began with a Temple Session Friday evening.
(2-16-18)

Sunday evening, we gathered at the mission 

home for dinner and our final testimony meeting.

Getting ready for our testimony meeting.

Those well deserved certificates of completion!

It is a time to celebrate!

Morning came all too quickly.

We were airport before we knew it,

and saying goodbye to these faithful

missionaries.  

*note 

Sister Rojas' flight was changed.

She returned home to El Salvador

this morning (Tuesday morning).

#we love our missionaries! 

Our visit with Elder Neil L. Anderson and Elder Lynn G. Robbins, and his wife Sister Jan Robbins!!

What a day we have had!
What a privilege we have had!!
What an honor to welcome an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ to Guadalajara!!!
On Saturday, February 17th we were thrilled to have met with and heard teachings from Elder Neil L. Anderson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and also Elder Lynn G. Robbins of the Presidency of the Seventy.

We combined with the Guadalajara East mission at the Lomas Stake Center to listen to each of these brethren, and sister Jan Robbins speak to us.

It has been a long awaited day, and we were richly rewarded by an outpouring of the Lords spirit.
It is difficult to put into words what this meant to our missionaries.  They each had prepared spiritually and came with questions and in the spirit of fasting.  We are thankful to have heard from both Elder and Sister Robbins but most especially from Elder Anderson.

He was personable and spoke with no notes, just pure inspiration as it came to him.  He walked throughout the chapel, in and around the rows of missionaries, making his way to the very last row, and up front again.  He would look right at our missionaries, calling them by name, asking what they were thinking, asking them for examples from scriptures, and to recite verses of scriptures.  He told stories from his service as a missionary and as a mission president.

He shared precious experiences with President Thomas S. Monson, and tender and sacred experiences with our newly called President and Prophet Russell M. Nelson.
It was a day to remember.
Here we are 148 missionaries strong!
(each missionary already has his own 5x7 personal copy of this picture).

We took several pictures leading up to when 

the brethren arrived.

Here we are holding our Book of Mormon in 

the four finger power hold!

Trying to get organized... 

Each mission was on separate risers.

President Clayton with his two mission counselors 

President Castaneda and President Ocampo.

 

With President and Sister Assante

From the Mexico Guadalajara East Mission. 

President Clayton with the 

District, and Branch Presidents 

during their Priesthood meeting with 

Elder Anderson and Elder Robbins 

following our missionary meeting. 

Dinner with Elder and Sister Robbins

And Elder Anderson 

With Elder and Sister Valenzuela also.

Sunday morning Elder Anderson spoke and visted

with a stake from the Guadalajara East Stake.

We were thrilled to have Elder and Sister Robbins

come to the Independencia Stake.

Here we are with the Independencia

Stake Presidency with Elder and Sister Robbins.