We said goodbye to a group of wonderful elders in early December. Later in the month we sent home our January departures so that they could be home for Christmas. It's bad enough to have one departure every six weeks, but having two in December just about did me in!
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<><> | The departing fireside gives our missionaries a time to reconnect with past companions and friends in the mission. | <>Goofing off with friends in the mission!
This batch consisted of Elder Poloai from Australia, Elder Arabia and Elder Estanislao from the Philippines and Elder Nielsen from Oregon and Elder Farley from California (Actually E. Farley came with the January departing batch but because of his school schedule he needed a few extra weeks to prepare before heading to Hawaii for his schooling). Every one of these elders had served in leadership roles in our mission. They were loved and revered by all of us and will be sorely missed!
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From left to right Elder Arabia, Elder Farley, Elder Poloai, Elder Nielsen and Elder Estanislao
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| We held our departure fireside and this group of members traveled all the way from Burgos. Much of this group of elders had served there in Burgos and loved the members there. It was wonderful that they would come to hear these elders final testimonies! |
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There was lots of wonderful musical numbers organized by our departing missionaries. Here Elder Poloai played the guitar while Elder Ziegler and Elder Valdez sang along.
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