Leavers Dinner

 

Next is Sister Fa'alogo.  She is leaving a piece of a favorite skirt for our tie board 

in the mission home.  Love this wonderful missionary.

 

When I think of Sister  Fa'alogo I think of someone who knows the scriptures

very well and who has great charity. 

And there you go!!  Love you forever Sister Fa'alogo. Always catch the wave!!!

 

Elder McClutchie is President Parkers first victim to snip off the tie!!  Thats a really 

nice tie Elder-are you sure???

 

Too late!  We love you Elder McClutchie!  What fond memories we have with you.

Especially our trip to Tenant Creek where you fed us so well.  Love this great

missionary!

 

Elder Costales is next.  Is this a great smile or what!  You cannot not be happy around

this missionary.  A great leader and a great disciple of Christ.  We miss you

already .  

 

We love you so much Elder Costales. A great leader in this mission.

You have served with all diligence and done a great work here in the Australia

Adelaide Mission.  

 

The great Elder Boyd!!!  One talented, hard working, humble, obedient Elder

who gave  his all.  We will miss the great leadership of this fantastic missionary. 

We love you Elder Boyd and can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for you 

next. 

 

We miss you already Elder Boyd!  What a blessing to serve with such an incredible

missionary. You are in our hearts forever.

 

Another great missionary who has served with all of his heart, might, mind and

strength.  We love you Elder Woodford.  You always make me smile. Thank you 

for the great work you have done here in this mission.

 

Exciting things ahead for this Elder.  Follow the Lords plan and we will look

forward to hearing of the good things you are doing.  We love you and miss you. 

Leavers

 

Another emotional evening as we said goodbye to 6 incredible missionaries.  Sister

Fa'alogo, Sister Abonales, Elder McClutchie, Elder  Costales, Elder Boyd and Elder

Woodford are returning home with honor.

 

The evening always starts with a special dinner in the mission home. Man, we will 

miss these great Elders. 

 

Sister Abonales and Sister Fa'alogo- 2 wonderful sisters who have served so

faithfully. We love you sisters.

 

These are the Elders that make it all happen!!  Elder McMurray and Elder Flinders!

President Parkers right arm and his left as well!  Here with Elder Larkin who also

makes it happen.  We are so blessed to have such hard working, talented missionaries. 

 

Its tiime for some tie and skirt/scarf cutting.  Sister Abonales is ready to leave

a part herself in the Australia Adelaide Mission.Love this sister with all of 

our hearts!!!

 

Leaving a piece of a favorite skirt. 

 

We will miss you Sister Abonales!  Thank you for all you have done to build 

the Lords kingdom here in this mission.   We will miss that beautiful smile.

We love you.

Senior Couple Fireside

  

Saturday evening, June 18th we held a special fireside at the mission home for all

of our senior couples. The St. Johns drove in from Berri and so we had 5 couples join 

us  here.  We also had our 3 couples who serve in Darwin, Alice Springs and Mildura

join us by skype. Pictured above:  Elder and Sister Larkin, Elder and Sister St. John,

elder and Sister Sennett, Elder and Sister Wilmott, President and Sister Parker and

Elder and Sister Hall.  On the i-pads: Elder and Sister Tennis, Elder and Sister Jurgens

and Elder and Sister Farrer.

 

Sharing thoughts from General Conference.

 

 

 

We are so grateful for the best senior couples ever!  The greatest blessing is how much 

they love these missionaries.  We thank them for all they do as they give their heart,

might, mind and strength  every single day to their callings as full time missionaries. 

Temple

 

Last week we attended the Temple with all of the missionaries that will be leaving

in the next 2 weeks.  All were able to attend except Elder McClutchie who has been 

serving in Tenant Creek.  President and I were able to spend a wonderful evening

in the Temple with him when he arrived.  There is nothing greater then being in the 

House of the Lord with a valiant missionary.

 

President Soininen , the Australia Adelaide Temple President was kind enough to

join us for a photo.  A special memory for Elder McClutchie.  We love President

and Sister Soininen so much.  They are consecrated disciples of Christ and our

dear friends. They love having the missionaries in the Temple. What a blessing!

Weddings

 

Whats this???  Our first missionary to complete his mission and return home and...

get married!  You win in every way Elder Litster!  Congratulations to you and Emili!

 

Congratulations to beautiful Sister Kereama who looks absolutely radiant!  So happy

for you and Al. 

 

Congratulations to Elder Orr and his beautiful wife Janae.  So happy for these

great missionaries who went home and have been sealed in the House of the Lord.

True joy!!  We love you all.

Boot Camp Zone Conference

 

Boot Camp Zone Conference in Mildura consisted of great training, much role playing

, evaluating and training again.  Here great sisters  , sister Matthes, sister Townsend and 

Sister Rougeau teach Elder Au Wong and get him thinking with great questions.

 

Elder Punou and Elder Christy ask Elder Raiqista some soul searching questions.

 

These Elders surprised Sister Wilmott with a beautiful rendition of Happy Birthday.

Thank you to Elder Paeu, Elder McMurray, Elder K. Johnson, Elder Punou and

Elder Raiqisa.

 

Another surprise for Sister Wilmott!!  She is very loved!!!The Mildura Zone 

singing Happy Birthday to Sister Wilmott complete with the hip hip hoorahs at

the end!!

Leavers Dinner

 

After sweet tender testimonies shared it is time to leave something behind in this

great mission.  Sister Siale was first.  You are leaving an empty place Sister

Siale as you leave.  You have served with all of your heart, might, mind and strength.

Well done.  We love you and know great things are ahead.

 

 

A piece of a favorite skirt, that Sister Siale said made it through her whole mission!  

 

Next is Sister Reola. Sister Reola has been serving in Darwin and has done a great

work.  I know there were many tears shed when she left. We will miss you sister

Reola but thank you for the great service you have given here in the Australia

Adelaide Mission.  We love you so much. 

 

 

Sister Reola leaving behind a piece of a favorite skirt.  We will think of you with lots

of love every time we see this on the tie board. 

 

The legendary Elder Toi!  Leaving behind his Bush tie.  We already miss this great smile 

and your leadership.  Great things ahead for this powerful missionary.  ITs been an 

honor to serve with you and we will miss you terribly.  

 

 

President Parker gets that tie cut pretty quick!  We love you Elder Toi.  God bless until

we meet again. 

Leavers Temple Day

 

So blessed to spend the morning in the House of the Lord with these wonderful

missionaries who will be returning home this month. Pull it together Sister Parker!!

A very happy but emotional day.  Love them all so much. Sister Fa'alogo, Sister

Abonales, Sister Siale, and sister Reola. Elder  Costales, Elder Toi, Elder Woodford 

and Elder  Boyd.

 

We will miss these great missionaries so much.  Wonderful leaders in the best

mission ever!

 

These are beautiful, valiant, talented, obedient disciples of Christ. They are ready

to light up the world.  Love each one of you sisters. 

 

 

After attending the Temple, a self reliance class, last interview with President

Parker and lots of packing, its time for a nice evening in the mission home

before these 3 great missionaries return home to their families. 

 

A yummy dinner!

 

Love and respect this great Elder!  We will miss him so. One of the great leaders of

this mission. Served out bush, was an assistant to the President while in Darwin 

and always obedient and diligent. We can always trust and count on Elder  Toi to do

what the Lord would want. We love you Elder Toi. 

 

Senior couples with these 3 amazing missionaries.  They are very loved by us all.

 

Boot Camp Zone Conference

 

These are the beautiful sisters of the Marion Zone here to become even better

master teachers. Sister Mason, Sister Tamana, Sister Kosoltrakul, Sister Abonales,

Sister Ma, Sister Freitas and sister Violeti.  Love these sisters!

 

After training all morning, these are some hungry missionaries.  Elder Glova, Elder

Betonio, Elder  McMurray, Elder Costales, Elder Hartman, Elder Barnes, Elder 

Komaisavai, Elder  Fitzpatrick, Elder Jugo, Elder Kendall and Elder Mueco. Love

these Elders!

 

Elder and Sister Hall who came to help us with the lunch today.  They are now the

new Senior Couple over flats.  Whew!  We are so grateful for them .  They have so many

talents and skills that are blessing the Australia Adelaide Mission.  We love you Elder

and Sister Hall.  And this is Elder Mc Murray who is enjoying salad.  None finer

than Elder McMurray! He is one of the best Assistants to the President a mission

could have. Great teacher-great missionary!

 

Elder Mannering one of the Zone Leaders of the Marion Zone here with Elder

Nelson and Elder Mooney. Love these hard working Elders.

 

These are happy missionaries who love this work.  Elder Komaisavai, Elder Jugo, 

Elder Mose, Elder Gaastra and Elder Flinders!!

 

Elder Fitzpatrick Elder Kendall (Zone Leader), Elder Mueco, Elder Glova. Elder

Betonio, Elder Costales and Elder HArtman.How many pizzas does it take to feed

this zone?  Alot!!!

 

We were very happy to have Elder Barnes and Elder Mueco join us for this Zone

Conference.  They serve in Mount Gambier, a 5 hour drive from Adelaide so they

usually join us by skype or on the phone.  This 12 hour Boot Camp was worth

the drive.  We saw many miracles today.  Love you Elders!

 

Elder and Sister Hall with Elder Komaisavai and Elder Gaastra. We are so

blessed to have the senior couples who love the younger missionaries so much

and the younger missionaries love the senior couples so much.  This is a great

plan!! And these are the birthdays we are celebrating in June for this Zone. 

Elder Komaisavai and Elder  Hall......plus since the Halls were in Mount Gambier

when it was Sister  Halls birthday we celebrated with her as well.  Elder

Gaastra did well earning his companions birthday treat! Happy Birthday:)