Monday, January 26, 2015

November 2014 - Comings and Goings

It's still very hard to say goodbye!  Welcome to Elder and Sister Keele (left front) who arrived a week before the departure of our office couple - Elder and Sister Wall (right front) to be trained as our new office couple.
Below - Office Elders, Assistants, the Keeles, the Hills and the Walls.



Our visit to the Art Market turned out to be a missionaries in training drum session!



Sister Hill found a puppy who has found a home in the Art Market.  Simba (the mission home dog) probably wouldn't appreciate her bringing him home:)


We gather for our Monday night farewell dinner and testimony meeting for the departing missionaries:



Our farewell photo op wearing the Kente banner for the Ghana Accra West Mission:











Departing missionaries with the Senior Couples serving in the mission.


Departing missionaries with the missionaries serving in the office (companions) - notice how somehow 
Elder Hansen is shorter than his companion - Elder Ikoro plus
 Elder Bay and Elder Morrison are the same height??! (:



Senior Couples watching Photo Ops:




Senior couples, the Berretts and the Lathams, at the temple the next morning:


Departing Sisters and Elders:




President Hill working:


Departing missionaries with President and Sister Hill



 - - and Elder and Sister Wall



Senior Couples in the Ghana Accra West Mission



Back at the Mission Home - in the kitchen with Georgina:


Modeling new custom made suit with vest and "matching pants":)


Elder Wall's last yummy bag of plantain chips from a vendor on the way to the airport!


Airport departure and final goodbyes - we will miss you!








Arriving missionaries and senior couples the same day as departure (we kept the Walls busy right up to the last minute (:  Thanks so much dear Elder and Sister Wallfor all you did for the mission - your service is so appreciated!!!   We miss you!



  Arriving missionaries - November MTC


New missionary training with trainers at the Tesano chapel:

New Missionaries:


Trainers:


New Assistant with President Hill:


Meet your companion:  In all but one below - new missionary is on the right:




(new missionary on left)



















Lunch and getting to know your companion:








Transfers:  Greeting old friends, meeting new companions, enjoying time together: 








 


























From the same MTC:

What great missionaries we have!!!


The hawkers can't help but take advantage of a parking lot full of hungry missionaries:










3 generations of trainers/trainees:




Packing up taxis and tro-tros - saying goodbye:







New Assistant (left) sending off missionaries - kind of like herding cats (:












One of their own - getting married!  Congratulations to Elder Zollinger






















Heading out to the BUSH with Elder Dalton!





GREAT MISSIONARIES ALL!  WE ARE SO BLESSED TO SERVE WITH THEM!

I'm only 2 transfers behind with posting - I finally realized that it's been hard to keep up since we averaged a transfer, an arrival or a departure - plus other events - every 3 weeks the last 6 months.  Looking to 2015 slowing down a little (:  I really am an optimist by nature (:

1 comment:

  1. So great to see my son, Elder Bond, arriving in the mission field. He has been learning so much these past few months. Thank you for your care for and service to these missionaries.

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