Christmas Eve 2011

Music

Food

Friends

What could be better?

Mission Leadership Training December 2011

Mission Leadership includes Assistants, Zone Leaders, District Leaders and Sister Trainers.

Watts Towers

The missionaries all like to get their pictures taken in front of Watts Towers so President Baker took me to see them.   They aren't what I expected.  From missionary pictures I thought they were electrical towers but they are actually a 35 year art project done by one man.  The metal frames are covered with cement and then decorated with various types of mosaic -- seashells, tiles, broken bottles, rocks -- whatever he could find.  the artist climbed each layer as it was built and used no heavy machinery.

Monday's mail in the mission office

Arriving missionaries December 2011

Joining us are (seated) Elder Bergeson from Utah, Sister Muhlestein and Sister Chen (awaiting visas for Taiwan), Sister Bahr from Iowa, Elder Moscoso from Texas, (standing) Elder Lasukau from Utah, Elder Behnke from Minnesota, Elder Finnell from Utah, Elder Reeves from Utah, Elder Van Dyke from Georgia, Elder Dormuth from Canada, Elder Cressman from Utah, Elder Alsop from Utah, Elder Roberts from Oklahoma and Elder Ahn from Korea.

Trainers (front row): Elder Garrett (Roberts), Elder Ogden (Reeves), Sister Hudson (Chen), Sister Nibley (Bahr), Sister Green (Chen), Elder Pack (Alsop), Elder Nelson (Finnell), Elder Cooper (Van Dyke), (back row) Elders Ditton, Reichman, and Casper, Dudragne (Ahn), Harper (Cressman), Hernandez (Lasukau), Hsiao and Salzl (Bergeson),  Francisco (Moscoso),  Ursenbach (Dormuth), and  Carroll (Behnke)

Departing Missionaries December 2011

Megan Hanselman, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Sarah Villanueva, Jordan Haslem, Taylor Simmons, Taylor Jacobberger, Bennett Judd, Casey Shimata, Pride Oryang, Leland Stenquist, Landon Evans and Colin Farris have returned home.

Clean Apartment Awards December 2011

Clean Apartment Award Winners:  Elder Peters, Elder Junot, Elder Mitchell, Sister Flake, Elder Filliaga, Sister Thurston, Elder Gonzalez, and Elder Winterrose.  Winners:  Elders Junot and Peters.

Zone Leader Council December 2011

Seated:  Elders Taylor, Gilbert, Patten, Stenquist, Loli, Graves.  Standing:  Elders Fourr, Jahng, Hill, Wilson, Judd, Ferrin, Watkins, Cottrell, Molinaro, Carter, Jacobberger, Haslem, Matheson, and Hill.

Mission Home Progress November 2011

Turkey Bowl 2011 Day 3

Griffith Zone

Marina Zone

Westwood Zone