When Departure Day comes around, we cannot help but look back on the abundant ways our missionaries have blessed the lives of all those they have encountered over the past eighteen months or two years. We are grateful for their devoted service, for their love, for their testimonies, for their smiles.
They have touched our lives for good! We honor these twelve wonderful Elders and Sisters--
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| Super Sisters--Sister Rantayo, Sister Obnias, Sister Fugaban |
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| Departing Elders Bentacourt and Juco. (We're keeping Elder Bangal for a while longer!) |
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| Elder Hawlader and Elder Bundy with friends at the Departure meeting. |
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| Elder Woodruff at the Departure meeting |
Clipping and keeping a piece for the Memory Quilt
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| Before |
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| and After This Memory Quilt of ours is going to be huge! |
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The next morning, one last Jump Shot in honor of Sister Suaybaguio Elders Juco, Hawlader, Bundy, Juzgaya, Woodruff, Bentancourt and President Rahlf Sisters Fugaban (look at that vertical leap!), Obnias, Maestrado, Barril, Rantayo, Suaybaguio and Rahlf |
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| Farewell Elder Juzgaya, Elder Bundy, Elder Woodruff, Elder Hawlader, Elder Juco, Elder Bentancourt Sister Fugaban, Sister Obnias, Sister Suaybaguio, Sister Barril, Sister Rantayo, Sister Maestrado "When such a friend from us departs, We hold forever in our hearts A sweet and hallowed memory, Bringing us nearer, Lord, to thee." We love and honor these Returning Missionaries! |
And welcome and honor these newest ones--
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| President Palay from the Mission Presidency was on the same flight and joined in greeting our arriving Elders and Sisters |
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| Sister Romano and Elder Treyes |
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| Elder Saguire, Sisters Flores, Manosig, Romano and Rahlf |
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| Our Arrivals! Elder Acosta, Elder Saguire, Elder Treyes, Sister and President Rahlf Sister Ragasa, Sister Manosig, Sister Flores, Sister DeGuzman Sister Culis, Sister Romano, Sister Pita, Sister Nonu |
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| Newest Missionaries--enclosed by the Senior Couples-- Left side: Sister Campbell & Sister Shorter; Right side: Sister & Elder Honeycutt Back left side: Elder Campbell & Elder Shorter
Ready to go to the first area in the field
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| Elder Treyes and new Companion/Trainer Elder Tribe |
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| New Companions! Front: Sister Nonu and Sister Atienza; Sister Dasalla and Sister Pita Back: Sister Hurst and Sister Romano, Sister Ragasa and Sister Howard |
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| Sister Culis and new Companion/Trainer Sister Kirchhoefer |
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| On the way home! |
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| Headed for the bus station--(it's just around the corner) Elder Saguire and Elder Tribe; Elder Treyes and Elder Petersen |
The journey of a good missionary shows in his shoes--
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| Shoes on the first day of the mission |
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| Shoes on the last... |
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!"
Isaiah 52:7
We are so grateful to travel this journey with these good Elders and Sisters
"For worthy friends whose lives proclaim devotion to the Savior's name,
Who bless our days with peace and love, we praise thy goodness, Lord, above."
Hymn # 293
Isaiah 52:7
We are so grateful to travel this journey with these good Elders and Sisters
"For worthy friends whose lives proclaim devotion to the Savior's name,
Who bless our days with peace and love, we praise thy goodness, Lord, above."
Hymn # 293
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