Every 6 weeks new missionaries come into the mission…the week before that Mary and I prepare the departure packets for those missionaries who will be leaving. Actually Mary does most of the preparing but I have a couple of things to do. They will be given to the missionaries when they have their departure interview with President Anderson.

  

These are the departing folders that we prepare. Then there are the board pictures of the 9 great, above average missionaries who will be departing. We are very close to some of them including Elders Avila, Rippstein, Bishop, and Taylor. My part of the packet is the finisher DVD that includes all of President Anderson’s letters and lots of pictures from their time in the mission.

 

Another of my tasks is to shift the big board that shows all the missionaries and their departure dates. The top row is of course affectionately known as ‘Death Row’ and everyone dreads getting there. We made it this transfer. Elders Burt, Bloom, Free and Wardell came in to get some supplies and had to look and make comments about the board.

 

In the afternoon we went by the temple site to look at the new banners that we had printed. I think they came out great and we hope that they will help in missionary work. There was little done since we were there the last time so I did not take many pictures. However I thought the crows in the bare tree with the temple spire in the background made an interesting picture.