New Missionaries



Jet Lag takes over

 This new group is such a mix.....46 missionaries from 16 different countries.  We have just finished our first Sunday with them and they are jewels!!!

 A group that just drips with potential.....bright, excited, committed and eager.  The Jet Lag is beginning to wear off and they are getting into the program.












Pictured below is a handsome Maori Elder with a name that really put us over the edge.  We were greatly relieved to find that he goes by Elder Riki!  We can handle that!  I wonder how old he was before he was able to pronounce his name much less write it!

Elder Mare Whakamau Mahara Te Whetu Marama PairamaKararoaRiki from New Zealand. Funny thing....he was raised by another family named Haimona and has always gone by that name.  When he filled out his papers he looked at his birth certificate and surprise!!!!!  He found his real name and is now trying to go by Elder Riki! 

Out little 4'9" twins from Malaysia.  Are they cute or what!!!

Relief Society in the MTC -- 7 sisters, and 6 languages.    From L to R....The only American, Malaysia, Netherlands, France, twin sister from Malaysia, Germany and Portugal.  Relief Society is felt more that understood.  But it is amazing.  They sit with their little translation dictionaries, trying to make sense of our message.  But



This is the way we study the white handbook.....Nice try Elder!



A little tip from the kitchen -- use an apple cutter on your round ball of dough and it looks like this!