Postcards from Preston

Eleven sisters  in an
 International Relief Society
L to R - front row:  Armenia, Colorado, Michigan, Uganda
back row:  (Sister Walker) Spain, Thailand, Scotland, Paris, country of Georgia, Utah, England (Sister Williams)

Sister Tsankashvili from Georgia.  She is here with her brother but they are going to different missions.  They will be here for 6 weeks so they can learn some English.   The B of M is not translated into their language so they have a picture book to help them learn the names of the B of M prophets.
Sister Yapi is from Paris and has that Parisian flare!  When those braids have to come out, I am not sure what she will do with her hair.

Sister Cruz is from Spain and is also learning English.  Her companion is Sister Grigoryan from Armenia.  She speaks no English but is working hard to learn.  In the meantime, we do lots of sign language and hugging.

And these two -- aren't they just the cutest.  Sister Anena is from Uganda.  She joined the church as a young girl.  She had seen the church building and decided to try it......so she went and she immediately felt it was true.  This was the beginning of a long haul.  Her mother is single and is a peasant farmer which means she grows enough vegetables to keep her family fed but they do not have much beyond that.  A couple missionary have helped her prepare for a mission and when her call came to England they wondered if she could get a visa.  She prayed and prayed and prayed and it looked as if the visa was not going to be granted.  The day before she was to leave she got the call.  Her visa had arrived!  -- a miracle!  She had only a few hours to pack and be on the plane but she is SO HAPPY.  Gotta love that hair do.  She comes right out of the pages of  "Uncle Tom's Cabin"!
And sister Kannasut from Thailand is so adorable.  Funny but she looks Thai, she moves like a Thai dancer, she wears her hair like the Thais, and she is only as big as a minute.  Having been to Thailand, I can see her in native costume, with the big hat and long brass finger tips........
Again -- so adorable!!
 

Give this girl some castenets, a little music, and watch her move!