Temple Tuesday

This week we had one Elder and two Sister's receive their own endowment. It is always a sweet experience to be at the temple with the missionaries. Tuesday is one of the blessings of our week!

This is Elder Charles (on the left) and Elder Devenport his companion!

You can see Elder Charles' joy at having been to the temple today. He is from Guyana. He is a precious boy. Elder Devenport is from Payson, UT and plays the piano for our MTC Choir. They are a great team! They love each other and they are excited to be missionaries!

This is Sister Paixao (pronounce Pie-shou) from Angola.

This is Sister Washburn from Mesa, AZ and Sister Paixao.

You can't really see Sister Paixao's long, long braids but they are there. The other day she put them on top of her head in a bun. It gave her an extra 12 inches! Sister Washburn is the grand daughter of our LVNV Temple President, President Washburn. Sweet, sweet girl.

This is Sister Liu from Mainland China.

 and her companion Sister Hutchinson from Layton, UT.

Sister Liu is the only member in her family and her parents are proud of her, but not happy she is here. She meets with a small unofficial branch of the church in her hometown. She studied English for 7 years in school and is going to serve in Manchester, both English and Mandarin speaking. She is a sweetheart. Her companion likes to run. Sister Liu does it for her. The other day they went three miles, hills and all. She is my hero!

Elder Charles came without being set apart and these three are all waiting to receive their patriarchal blessings when they arrive in their missions. It is a very sweet experience for Jon to be able to set apart some of these missionaries when they arrive.

The rest of these pictures are some of the other missionaries. I will tell you a little about a couple of them. 

This is Sister Stohrer (from Stuttgart, Germany) and Sister Passey (UT).
Sister Stohrer will be serving in Manchester, Sister Passey
in the Alpine German Mission. Sister Passey's mother is from
Austria. She is bi-lingual - leaving in 3 weeks!

Elder King (Icard, NC), he has been a member 15 months. Great young man!
Elder Vogel (Leipzig, Germany) - struggles with stuttering when he speaks English. He keeps trying though, and seems to be doing better. He will serve in Alpine Germany. Elder Li (Mainland China). For some reason he went to Rexburg to start college. He met some people that first day who invited him to go to an activity. It was a discussion with the missionaries. They continued to be his friend and he continued with the missionaries. It took him awhile but he joined and so sweetly wants to share his joy with others. He has been a member less than two years. He will be speaking Mandarin and English. Elder Hodson (Folsom, CA). Great young man! Elder Hunkemeier (Hannover, Germany) going back to Germany! A great young man! Elder Fishburn (OK) is here like a native German, only his speaking abilities are lacking. He is working extra hard. Elder Malpage (Johannesburg, South Africa). I love this young man! He is so happy and he has a wonderful accent! He will be a great missionary!

From left to right: England, Switzerland, UT, Finland, England, and Star Valley (Afton), WY. 

Jon and I with the Greek Sister's. Sister Reiman and Sister Beasley.

Elder Oswald (Canada) and Elder Sengson (Phillippines).
Elder Sengson taught himself English by reading the Book of Mormon!
I am amazed!

The Greeks in the middle with their teacher on the left. She knows a member
in Greece who has sent her family file names to do in the temple. Each
of them got to do work for the dead in Greek today!