We were blessed to have Elder Ochoa of the 70 and his wife Nancy Ochoa come to our mission for a mission tour! They arrived Wednesday evening and went to dinner with President and Sister Peterson and stayed at their home. On the morning of May 16 we arrived at the Spring stake center for our first day with 1/2 the mission. All the missionaries were in the cultural hall standing with their zones and ready to have their picture taken. After they all were personally greeted by Elder and Sister Ochoa and President and Sister Peterson before going into the chapel for training. We enjoyed a musical number by Sister Rogers. Sister Peterson taught about a mighty change of heart and her experience with the building of the Philadelphia temple and Cookie Wednesday, that softened the hearts of the construction workers. President Peterson talked about baptism and the importance of inviting when moved upon by the Holy Ghost. Sister Ochoa talked about scriptures and asked the missionaries to share a favorite scripture of the Atonement. Next Elder Ochoa trained on being better and repentance then asked the missionaries to ask questions which was a great opportunity for us all to learn and help one another. After we ate a great lunch made by the local relief society then back in the chapel to hear 2 missionaries share a 5 minute talk they had prepared with the topic of Faith unto Repentance. All missionaries were asked to prepare and only 2 were chosen. The assistants each shared their testimonies and also President and Sister Peterson. Elder Ochoa ended the meeting after which he interviewed 6 missionaries.
We then took them to the Mission office and a tour of the peanut butter factory which was in production. Elder and Sister Blanch were great tour guides! We came back to the mission home for dinner, conversation and sleep.
Friday May 17 we went to the Cypress building and greeted the other 1/2 half of the mission. We enjoyed a musical number by Hermana Larson, Sister Fleming, Elder Greer and Elder Williams with Sister Glissmeyer on piano.
Elder Ochoa's message Friday to the missionaries was to go over what President Peterson trained on about baptism.
We held MLC after the meeting for 2 hours to talk about what we learned and are going to do. We all committed to follow up.
After the mission tour we took Elder and Sister Ochoa to a hotel where they stayed as they attended the Tomball Stake Conference.
We are so grateful for Elder and Sister Ochoa and their love for us and all they taught us.
