19-20 February 2018 Transfers

19-20 February 2018 Transfers 

19 February 2018 
Mission Home

Elder Nielsen, Elder Dionisiu, and Elder Pulley came to the mission home to weigh their luggage, have their departing interviews, making memory pages, playing one last game of ping pong, eating dinner and having our evening departing meeting before sleeping at the mission home. Elder Pulley, who was serving with Elder Cox as a zone leader in Swaziland, is returning to his assigned mission in Madagascar. Our last two Madagascar Elders serving in Swaziland will return to Madagascar on the next transfer 3 April 2018.

Elder Nielsen is having his departing interview with President Leavitt

Departing dinner

We had three additional Elders stop by for a time.

Elder Pulley

Elder Nielsen

Elder Dionisiu

At our departing meeting Monday evening.

February 20, 2018 Taking Elder Pulley and Elder Dionisiu to the airport early Tuesday morning by our office elders, Elder Pratt and Elder Marsden.

President Leavitt, Sister Leavitt, and Elder Nielsen left at 6:30 am to go to the MTC to pick up six of our seven new missionaries. The office elders dropped off Elders Pulley to fly to Madagascar to finish his mission and Elder Dionisiu to fly home. They picked up Elder Dmitri who flew in from Brazil. (Note: Elder Dionisiu missed his flight so the office elders went back to the airport and picked him up. He stayed with our assistants, Elder Powell and Elder Curriden (new-taking Elder Wolfgramm's place) until he flew home on Thursday morning.) 

Sister & Elder Bester, new Joburg MTC President and Companion in January 2018

Elder Nielsen, Elder Kisembo, Elder Bete, Elder Gcwabe, Elder Flood, Elder Sande

Breakfast (Sister Leavitt's cinnamon rolls) and the APs' orientation
(the rest of orientation with office staff is in the mission office)

Sister Boyer

Elder Boyer, Elder and Sister Wagner watching the APs' orientation with the new Elders during breakfast

Elder Curriden and Elder Powell starting orientation

The rest of the transfer takes place:

Our former assistants, now serving as ZLs,
Elder Cox in Swaziland and Elder Wolfgramm in Soweto
--stand together once more for a picture!

Elder Curriden got Elder Gibbs back with a love package opened in front of the missionaries!

Someone drew this for Elder Van Thiel Berghuijs

20 February 2018 Matching new Elders with their trainers:

After the meeting, pictures with President and Sister Leavitt and trainer to email home to new Elders' family and church leaders.

Elder Gcwabe and Elder Boshoff, trainer

Elder Daniels, trainer, and Elder Dmitri

Elder Kisembo and Elder Eriksen, trainer

Elder Bete and Elder Witts, trainer

Elder Flood and Elder Burlaka, trainer

Elder Rash, trainer, and Elder Nielsen

Elder Adamson, trainer, and Elder Sande

It has been a very good day!