More new missionaries!

Meet Sister Maea from Tokoroa New Zealand. It was easy to find which luggage

belonged to her:)  We love all the blessings a great sister missionary brings.  We

immediately loved Sister Maea and know the Lord has great things in store for

her.

This is Elder Mose from Macquaire Fields, Australia. We are so grateful to have

Elder Mose in the Australia Adelaide Mission! Love this smile and the testimony

of this great Elder.  Welcome! We love you.

This is the great Elder Martin from Dural Australia. Are we blessed or what!

This group of missionaries are outstanding and we are so thrilled with their

enthusiasm. Thank you Elder Martin for answering the call.  We love you.

This is Elder Smith from Temple View New Zealand. We love our missionaries

from New Zealand. No doubt, Elder Smith will be an obedient, hard working

consecrated, Preach My Gospel Missionary!  We love you Elder!

We are pleased to introduce Elder Fepuleai from Rosemeadow Australia.  

Welcome Elder to the place where you will see miracles.  Can't wait to see

what is ahead for you.  We love you.

We are thrilled to Have Elder and Sister Sennett called to be a part of the

Australia Adelaide Mission.  They have been called to be Record Preservation

Specialists. We love this great couple already and we welcome you to our

mission family. 

Introducing Elder Langi from Nakolo Tonga. This is one great Elder! Elder

Langi arrived by himself and has been here for 2 weeks and is already engaged 

in the work.  Congratulations Elder on not wasting  time while you are on 

the Lords errand. We love you! 

This is a glorious day and great things are ahead!  Welcome to all !

New Missionaries!

Its a fantastic day when we pick up fantastic new missionaries. Meet Elder 

Christy from Sydney with his new mission president.  Welcome Elder to

the best mission ever!We love you!

Its so fun to greet new missionaries.  We can tell this is a great Elder and he

is ready to serve1  

While we were waiting for more missionaries to arrive we were able to 

wait with Elder Seru who is returning to Fiji today.  Not sure how he will

find things as the cyclone just went through. Here he is with our new Elder

Christy who has been in Elder Serus village in Fiji.  They had fun catching up.

And this is Elder Hartman  from Draper, Utah. Great smile, great energy,

great missionary!  Get ready for miracles to happen Elder.  Elder Hartman 

has some ties to our home town of Las Vegas.  His family is good friends

with the Shaw family from our own Summerlin ward. 

Next is Elder Burdge from Kenmore Washington. Great things are ahead

Elder Burdge and we are excited and blessed to have you here in this mission!

We love you!

Introducing Elder Bennion from Perry, UTah. Inspite of the very long plane

ride Elder Bennion is enthusiastic, excited and ready to work!  His energy

is catchy!  We love you already Elder Bennion!  

Next is Elder Hammond fromPleasant Hill, Oregon.Elder Hammond

immediately started asking about the Temple.  We love missionaries who

are focused on getting families to the Temple. Welcome Elder and may you

see many of your brothers and sisters dressed in white!

This is the great sight President Parker and I see as we wait for new arriving

missionaries. So grateful when we gather them all.

Elder Raiqisa from Suva Fiji is arriving and Elder  and Sister Wilmott

were here to pick him up.  Welcome Elder,  we rejoice that you are here. The 

Lord will bless you to see miracles as you  engage in His work. Welcome!

We love you.

Leavers Dinner

The leaving missionaries with a few of our senior missionary couples.The Larkins, 

Sennetts, and the St. Johns. 

Our wonderful son-in-law Craig, who served his mission in Denver, Colorado 

and the great Elder Matekohi taking a selfie:)

I think your missing a piece of something Elders:)We love these two.  

Elder Seru and Elder Soli with their new Australia Adelaide Temple ties to

replace the ones we cut. 

More Leavers dinner!

Elder Tonga leaves us with a little part of himself. We love you Elder Tonga.

Thank you for your great example and your kindness always .  We will miss you.

Not sure how this is going to go huh Elder  Martineau?  

Whew! Still in one piece! Except for the tie.    Looking good Elder, we love you.

Elder Lee is ready for his turn .  We love you so much Elder Lee. 

Maybe that hurt a little bit?  You have to watch President  Parker with those 

scissors!  

It was hard to cut into one of Sister Goisisi's beautiful scarves but we

couldn't not have a part of her on the tie board in the mission home. 

Thank you Sister Goisisi. We miss you already. 

Here the Elders are writing of one of the miracles they were blessed with while 

serving to keep in our mission miracle book. 

During the evening Elder and Sister  Wilmott arrived from the airport with a 

brand new missionary, Elder Raiqisa from Fiji. Welcome Elder!!  

One Elder returning home to Fiji and one just arriving in the mission. Your

country should be very proud of you Elders.  We love you.

Leavers Dinner

Happy-sad day.  These missionaries are headed back to their families after

serving valiantly. Elder Tonga, Elder Martineau, Elder Seru, Elder Lee and

Elder Soli and Sister Goisisi. Each of you will be missed terribly. But we 

know great things are in store for you.

Sister Soh and Sister Lee-Lo stopped by the mission home and I put them to work 

helping with the dinner for the missionaries who are leaving.  These sisters

can cook!

Waiting for dinner to be ready. Love these Elders!

A band of brothers:)

This mission won't be the same without Sister Goisisi.  We love this great Sister

missionary. 

Time for the cutting of the ties!  We love you Elder Seru.  Thank you for your 

consecrated service. 

Now you see it-now you don't!  Heres  to half a tie!

Elder Soli is a little nervous with a pair of scissors in President Parkers hands. 

Its not so bad.  We love you Elder Soli.  You always make us smile.

Mission Conference Call for Transfers!

Helping Sister Parker arrange new mail packages.

Celebrating with grateful hearts the arrival  of mission supplies from many generous

families who helped with an Eagle project to bless our mission. Thank you

to all who so willingly shared, as we have many missionaries who come from

tough circumstances.  Most recently, as the cyclone hit Fiji, our Fijian missionaries

 families lost everything. Thank you.

Missionaries from Darwin Zone who were transferred to the Adelaide area.

Elder Makai, Elder Fitzpatrick and Elder Koch. Welcome back Elders!

Missionaries picking up their new companions!  Its a great time to be serving

in the Australia Adelaide Mission. These are powerful, righteous, hard working

obedient companionships and we are excited to see the miracles ahead.

Kimber and Craig standing by the traditional photo op. IT was so fun to have

them experience all that goes in to transfers, new missionaries and some

going home. This is a busy week and we love having family here. 

Elder Tonga and Elder Seru who have completed their fulltime service with

Elder Laungi, a brand new incredible missionary from Tonga. We love these

Elders so much.