For the benefit of several moms reading the blog - here they are - your sons and daughters as of Sunday, August 19 - what a great group and you probably notice the white effect on the picture - probably caused by not enough "contrast" in our group - this is probably the highest ratio of non-African missionaries to African Missionaires - and we are very happy to have them all. Unique about this group is our first missionary coming from Australia to serve in West Africa - Elder Jarvis who is tucked away on the back row - on the left. We have six Americans - five of which will be going to the new Sierra Leone Mission - four Nigerian sisters, two from South Africa (actually Elder Jele is from Botswana) one from Kenya, one from Tonga, and the rest from Ghana here. It is a nice break to have a smaller number, our last was 34 and our next is going to be 37, so we appreciate the chance to get just a little closer with this group than we can with the larger ones.
"May we please bring 50 of our young people out and have a tour of your MTC?" - it was the President of one of the Stakes in Ivory Coast - and of course he asked it in French, but we were happy to have them come. But unbeknown to us, the Stake young women's President was one of our missionaries from the Congo - Sister Balley - but no longer Balley - she and her husband have been sealed in the temple and are doing very well in their every day life. We had a great visit and she seems so very happy with her life and the opportunity to see her Mission Mom and Dad once again. Apparently she had been here once before, but our schedules just didn't interlock and so we missed the opportunity to see her at that time. Her husband is a Chemist.(Pharmacist) How wonderful that these members from Ivory Coast can come to the temple as frequently as they do.
For the benefit of several moms reading the blog - here they are - your sons and daughters as of Sunday, August 19 - what a great group and you probably notice the white effect on the picture - probably caused by not enough "contrast" in our group - this is probably the highest ratio of non-African missionaries to African Missionaires - and we are very happy to have them all. Unique about this group is our first missionary coming from Australia to serve in West Africa - Elder Jarvis who is tucked away on the back row - on the left. We have six Americans - five of which will be going to the new Sierra Leone Mission - four Nigerian sisters, two from South Africa (actually Elder Jele is from Botswana) one from Kenya, one from Tonga, and the rest from Ghana here. It is a nice break to have a smaller number, our last was 34 and our next is going to be 37, so we appreciate the chance to get just a little closer with this group than we can with the larger ones.
"May we please bring 50 of our young people out and have a tour of your MTC?" - it was the President of one of the Stakes in Ivory Coast - and of course he asked it in French, but we were happy to have them come. But unbeknown to us, the Stake young women's President was one of our missionaries from the Congo - Sister Balley - but no longer Balley - she and her husband have been sealed in the temple and are doing very well in their every day life. We had a great visit and she seems so very happy with her life and the opportunity to see her Mission Mom and Dad once again. Apparently she had been here once before, but our schedules just didn't interlock and so we missed the opportunity to see her at that time. Her husband is a Chemist.(Pharmacist) How wonderful that these members from Ivory Coast can come to the temple as frequently as they do.