This is a group shot of all the senior missionaries at the Provo Missionary Training Center who arrived the first week of January 2023 with us. This group of 161 is the largest senior group since COVID hit. Our training here is largely centered on Jesus Christ and how we can spread his love to all the world. There are also 1100 junior missionaries. What a joy is has been to see the beautiful faces of these18 and 19 year old young men and women full of light and love, eager to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Many are also learning a foreign language so they can speak to the people they teach in their own language. What is the incentive for all of us to leave our former lives and beloved family behind and go out into the world at our own expense? We love our Savior Jesus Christ and want to share his love.

Ross and I will be serving in 

the California Oakland/San Francisco Mission as an office couple. 

I will be the mission secretary and Ross will assist the Mission President 

as his executive secretary and as the housing coordinator. 

This means we will be able to get to know and love all the missionaries 

and many of the wonderful people in the Bay area.
I have been looking forward to this day all my life and thank God for this wonderful opportunity.