Aug 30 and 31 we welcomed 8 new Khmer and Vietnamese missionaries to our mission, and sent them off to the MTC in Manila, Phillipines. They arrived Thursday afternoon, I had temple recommend and final missionary interviews with each of them that afternoon, then we went to the South District Center and had setting aparts for each of the 5 Khmer missionaries and their family members who came. The last two pictures below of them and their families/friends after the setting aparts. That took a couple of hours-- after that we returned with them to the mission home, joined up with the 3 new Vietnamese missionaries who had arrived by bus from Ho Chi Minh City, had dinner with all of them here, and then had a special temple devotional. We taught them about the temple, the endowment, and other things to help them prepare for going through the temple in Manila. After the devotional I set apart the three Vietnamese missionaries (two elders and 1 sister). A long day but a very spiritually rewarding day and wonderful to be with these new missionaries who are so excited to serve. The next morning we woke early, had some fried rice for breakfast with them, and then all piled in the mission van and car with the luggage and headed to the airport. The families and friends of the Khmer missionaries were there waiting to say goodbye to them. I think this is the first time on an airplane for all but one of them. We look forward to welcoming them back in 3 weeks to serve with us!
The same day that we had the new local missionaries arriving at the mission home we had a new elder arrive from the States-- Elder Cannon. He was just transferred to our mission from the Boston MA Cambodian speaking mission, and we are excited to have him join us. He has been serving for 3 weeks in Boston, and was a part of the same group in the MTC that we welcomed here 3 weeks ago. It was a great little reunion for those who had been with him in the MTC... they were excited to have him come here. We are too!
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