New Missionaries July 5

July 5 all new missionaries were at the mission home for breakfast, some training then off to see the Houston Temple.  We then all drove over to the church for more training and to meet their new companions who would begin a 12 week training.  Everyone was excited to meet  We then enjoyed a lunch and opportunity to get to know one another, then more training and off to their new areas!

Hermana Blockston and  Pennington

Hermana Gutierrez and Vance

Sister Smith and Hanson

Hermana Williams and Rawlins

Hermana Swanson and Ferguson

Sister Kay and Johnson

Hermana Millett and Mijares

Sister Magnesen and Farr

Sister Owen and Egelund

Sister Fleming and Woodward

Sister Leavitt and Crandall

Hermana Elliot and Neal

Elder Hadley and Pedersen

Elder Williams and Hodges

Elder Housley and Allred

Elder Christensen and Burns

Elder Wilding training on cars and bikes

training by Sister Wilding 

Sister Hill training on finances

Elder Hill training about apartments

Time to go

New Missionaries arrive from Provo and Mexico July 4

July 4. 16 missionaries arrived including our largest number of sister missionaries-12! We had a Texas bbq, testimony meeting and interviews with President Peterson  and were treated to several hours of loud neighborhood fireworks celebrating our nations independence.

July 3-4 missionaries returning home

July 3-4, 20 missionaries who had completed their mission all attended the Houston temple, came to the mission home for dinner and testimony meeting.  The sister missionaries stayed the night at the mission home and the elders went to an elders apartment!  All returned the next morning for breakfast and onto the airport to fly home.

Houston Temple

Dinner

Temple

God be with you til we meet again

Breakfast help

Texas shaped waffles are delicious

We Love Our Senior Missionaries

Toward the end of June we attended a dinner at President and Sister Broadbent's with all the senior missionaries.  We enjoyed a delicious dinner and a program which included a solo by Sister Hill and testimonies from the Robinsons, Wildings and the Perkins all who will be returning home within the next 2 months. We are blessed to have a lot of senior missionaries in the Texas Houston Mission!

Porque Yo Creo

 Every other month we have a fireside titled "Why I Believe", this month we held it at the Spanish Stake center and all Spanish speaking missionaries were invited.  The fireside was well attended, 3 converts spoke and shared their testimony, all the music was in espanol, everything was in espanol!  President and Sister Peterson both spoke.  It was a great evening and all were edified.

Hermanas Gamez,  Mijares and Morales

President Peterson, Elders Conley and Laparra

Eders Hunt and Wyman

Hermanas Anderson and Welch, Elders Pineda and Gubler

Elder Taylor and Elder Hamberger

Our Spanish missionaries all together

Faith Meets Families at the Houston Temple

Faith Meets Families June 22
We are back to having this the 4th Friday of each month, between the one in May and the extra one in June, over 80 converts attended the temple, we heard many bear testimony of their experience and many smiles and tears were shared.

Elder Castleberry speaks with everyone before going in the temple

Excitement and smiles

coming out of the Temple

Sister Morales and Sister Gamez

Elder Post and Elder Hulet

Yolanda with Sister Morey and Sister Farr

Paul