A Monster Transfer, Chick-fil-A, and More
Dearest Family and Friends, Just when we think we cannot fit one more missionary into the mission, 34 arrive and 13 depart. You can do the math. It's tricky to find a place for each missionary to serve and lay his or her head. Every transfer is really two or three transfers, and planning for it takes both of us, our two wonderful Assistants, and all of the dedicated missionaries in the office. When a new missionary arrives, they are assigned a great missionary companion to train them and help them make a successful adjustment to missionary life — someone to show them the ropes. Training typically lasts for the first 12 weeks in the mission field. We currently have 67 missionaries being trained. Some valiant missionaries are training two new missionaries. Zone Leaders and Sister Training leaders, our young missionary leadership, are training as well. Our mission has traditionally been about 40% sisters and 60% elders. Since COVID and the flood of reassigned missionaries,...