Birthdays and Darwin

 

Happy Happy Birthday to Sister Buckner serving in Palmerston in the NT.  So happy

To see you broke away to have a special birthday lunch with your good husband. 

Wishing you an absolutely wonderful day! Love you:)

 

Elder and Sister Buckner enjoying a few minutes on one of the beaches in Darwin.

 

Elder and Sister Buckner sharing dinner with the wonderful Fong family and a 

Couple of great Elders. (Seeling and Mattie)

 

Elder and Sister Farrer taking a trip to Binjari with the Katherine Elders to find

Long, lost members.

 

A great day with new friends. 

 

Elder Ghergori and Elder Hammond  looking everywhere for the lost sheep!

 

Sister Farrer and Mardy (Counselor in District R.S. Presidency) visiting Branch

Members in Katherine. 

 

From NT to Mildura these missionaries are working so hard.  These are the Zone 

Leaders of the Mildura Zone-Elder Mose and Elder Ellingson getting ready for

A missionary Fireside tonight!

 

Elder Mikami and Elder Touma enjoying dinner with some members in Mildura. 

 

And the members are the wonderful Tuimuala family.  Here with Bishop Tuimuala. 

We love this family so much.  What a blessing they are to the Mildura Ward.  

Around the Mission

 

This is the Katherine Branch in the Northern Territory.  They hold church at 

President and Sister Walmsleys home. Brother Walmsley is the new Branch

President and a huge blessing to this Branch. 

 

The Leadership of the Branch in Katherine. Sister Richardson-Primary President,

Brother Richardson-1st counselor in Branch Presidency,  President Walmsley-Branch

President, Sister Walmsley-Relief Society President and the 2 great Katherine Elders-

Elder Ghergori and Elder Hammond who are doing a great job!

 

Primary Class in the hall:) 

 

Elder Ghergori and Elder HAmmond are working tirelessly to invite all in Katherine

To follow the Savior.  These are great missionaries.  Love these Elders!

 

Also in the Northern Territory in Darwin, new Sister Training Leader, Sister Purvis

Gets her Northern Territory Drivers License. Only about half of the Sister missionaries

Serving in the Austra;lia Adelaide Mission have a drivers license so this is  a very

Big deal!  Congratulations Sister Purvis. 

 

Sister Purvis with her new companion, Sister Lu  in the passenger seat.

 

And her other companion, who is backing her up, Sister Rougeau. 

 

And here is Sister Lu arriving in Darwin ready to meet her Trainers.

 

Sister Lu will be serving in a trio for a bit with Sister Purvis and Sister Rougeau.  

Here they are with Sister Farrer in front of the Wave Wall!!

 

Arrivers Training

 

Arrivers Training for new missionaries!  Learning about "Catching the Wave" , the 

Australia Adelaide Mission Culture and Teaching Repentance and Baptizing Converts!

Front: Sister Yan, Sister Caesar, Sister Lu, Sister Maea, Sister Washburn and Sister 

Wilson, On skype in Darwin: Sister Rougeau and Sister Purvis. Back: Sister Jorrakhe

Sister Moir, Sister Rohlfing, Elder Rohlfing, Elder Miague, Elder Dickson, Elder Chen,

Elder De La Cruz, Elder Wilson, Elder Wilkins and Elder Dietze.

 

Early the next morning we were in the City at the Teaching Center for interviews.  

President Parker with 2 great missionaries-Elder Li and Elder Miller.  New

Companions serving in the City Zone.

 

Also serving in the City Zone-Sister Brough and Sister Mason. Wonderful Sister

Missionaries teaching in Rundle Mall and serving as Mobile Gospel Display Sisters. 

They are very busy!!

 

And here they go taking the Mobile Gospel Displays to an event!

 

Sister Brough may be new, but she's got this down!!

 

While her new companion has her interview with President Parker, Sister Yan is

Learning all she can about using the Mobile Gospel Displays to share the Gospel. 

 

Sister Caesar shows Sister Yan how to take down the Displays. 

 

 

Beautiful, happy Sisters!

Arrivers Dinner

 

After a long day of orientation, its time for the Arrivers Dinner at the Firle Chapel.

Sisters and Trainers await to see who will be companions.

 

Elders waiting to see who they will be training-and waiting for dinner:)

 

The wonderful Sister Barns who is our new Mission nurse!  We are so happy to

Have her in our mission family.  Here she is getting aquainted with Sister Jorrakhe

who is a new trainer.

 

We are thankful for Sister Rohlfings musical talents and her willingness to

accompany as we sing our mission hymn-Hark All Ye Nations! We are also

Very thankful that Sister Wilson is here to be the new glue for the office!

 

 

Sister Zobrist doing what she does best!  Cooking up a delicious feast for us all.

 

President Gilligan is probably explaining how to look very sharp as a missionary!  

 

A little nervous and very much tired after being up about 40 hours. Love these

Missionaries.

 

Sister Jorrakhe and Sister Washburn-will they be new companions????

 

President Parker with his Assistants, Elder Wilkins who will conduct our meeting 

Tonight and Elder Dietze who shares a tender and powerful testimony. Love these

Great leaders.

 

Sister Lu sharing her wonderful testimony after finding out she will be serving

In Darwin with Sister Rougeau and Sister Purvis. 

New Missionaries

 

Sister Lu

 

Sister Yan

 

Sister Washburn

 

Sister Moir

 

Elder De La Cruz

 

Elder Miague

 

Elder and Sister Wilson from Richfield, Utah who arrived since last Transfer. Man,

Are we ever grateful you are here.  You are an answer to our prayers!  We love you!

 

Its a beautiful day in Adelaide to welcome new missionaries. Lets go hasten the work!

 

New Missionaries!

 

This was a wonderful sight to see as three new Sister Missionaries arrived in the 

Australia Adelaide Mission. We still get giddy anticipating new missionaries.  Never

gets old!!

 

We are so very excited to receive 2 Mandarin speaking sisters to this mission.  This is

Sister Lu from Taiwan. She is amazing!!  We welcome you to the best mission ever

And can't wait for the miracles to begin. We love you.

 

And this is Sister Yan from China. She is incredible!  We are so excited to have her 

Here to serve with us.  Welcome Sister Yan.  We are blessed to have you here.  You are

An answer to our prayers. We love you.

 

Introducing Sister Washburn from Bountiful, Utah!  She is fabulous!  We are so grateful

You have answered the call to serve. Great blessings are ahead for you and your family.

Welcome Sister Washburn. We love you.

 

All the way from the MTC in Provo, Utah and still smiling.  What a great day!!

 

Another flight coming in with two wonderful Elders!  This is Elder DeLa Cruz from 

The city of San Fernando in the Philippines. He is awesome!!  Welcome Elder 

De La Cruz!  Welcome to the mission of miracles:) We love you.

 

Next this is Elder Miague from the city of Pandan in the Philippines. He is prepared

And will see miracles!  How thankful we are to have you here and ready to serve.

We love you Elder Miague!

 

Blessed!

 

And introducing Sister Moir from Smiths Lake, in New South Wales, Australia. 

She is energized and ready to go!  Welcome Sister Moir. Grateful you are here

And ready to work. We love you.

Four more missionaries were scheduled to arrive today from the MTC in Provo, Utah

But did not receive their visas in time.  We will anxiously wait for them to arrive!