The orientation and today’s classes were great. The leaders
are spiritual but still humorous; we laughed a lot. They said that the number
of senior missionaries is increasing just as the number of young missionaries
is increasing. Today we were two of the123 new senior missionaries checking in.
It was so interesting to hear these couples and single sisters introduce
themselves—they come from places all over the world to be trained to go to
places all over the world. One set of missionaries literally was switching
places—a couple from Salt Lake was headed to Samoa while a couple from Samoa
was going to serve in Salt Lake. There was also an amazing variety of specific
assignments. Some, like us, will be Church Education Missionaries while others
were going be working with young single adults, supporting leadership, working
in visitors centers or at the Polynesian Cultural Center, photographing old
records for family history work, etc. etc. One couple who had both been
educators were going to the Fiji Islands to teach classes to certify teachers
so that their schools could be accredited.
It couldn’t be training without a little homework I guess,
but it’s very light for the first day. We’ll do that studying now and then go
to sleep early since we were too excited to sleep very soundly last night.
Great day 1!!!
So exciting you guys! Loved the pictures, that place is WAY nicer than what I had in the Brazil MTC. We had three bunk beds (6 guys) to a room! Keep the updates coming!
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