New Companions, New Areas, New Opportunities...

To the missionaries of the Great Texas Houston Mission,

I have attended a few district meetings and love that your are focusing your area reports around your goal for setting baptismal dates this month. Great miracles are happening because we are focused on our purpose.

With the recent transfers, there is an opportunity to review your outlines with your new companions and take the best from both to create new outlines together. Then practice them. Daily. If we do our part and prepare, the Lord will entrust us with those who He has prepared. Part of being prepared is role playing. Many of you have said that since we have created outlines, you have had better unity in your teaching than ever before.

Other important ways we can be prepared that we don't often consider are found in Ch 13 of PMG. Learning these additional ways can invite revelation and direct our work in meaningful ways.

As we are going into interviews over the next few weeks, I would like you to study Ch 13 of PMG as a companionship and look for the ways our detailed preparation can help us accomplish our purpose of building up the church in our respective areas.

We love you and look forward to a year of great miracles!

President and Sister Mortensen

Temple Trip with departing missionaries

Sister Butterfield reunites with her parents

Sister Heyborne is the first to depart

Off through security

It is so hard to see them go...

Its been an honor to serve with these missionaries. We will sure miss them!

APs Elder Abadillo and Elder Halterman with Pres Mortensen

Brand new missionaries straight from the MTC. Nothing better. They will be great!

A little training at the church 

Writing letters home at the mission home

Elder and Sister Edwards, our french toast makers. Yum!

Trainers in a meeting

With such a small group of incoming missionaries, they all choose their own pew :)

The next several pictures are of the new missionaries with their trainers/companions