Texas Houston Mission

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

February goal of 40!

The month of February we had a mission baptismal goal of 40, and with faith, diligence, obedience, study, prayer and many miracles, we accomplished our goal. The month was also filled with interviews, stake conferences, 2 zone conferences one of which was a Spanish stake conference. We invited President Call, the stake president of the Spanish stake to share a message. The missionaries loved that the zone conference was all in Spanish which gave them the opportunity to listen and practice their espanol!
We also had 8 week training and faith meets family at the Temple. Even though it was a short month we accomplished many great things!

MLC

Spanish Zone Conference

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Pictures of transfer January 29-30

Hermana Welch, Sister Jensen, Sister Crandall,

Sister Smith and Hermana Anderson

We are blessed to go to the temple and do an endowment

session with all departing missionaries and the

assistants

President Peterson, Elder Corey and

Sister Peterson

Sister Smith

Sister Jensen

Space cow at the Houston airport. We always find

someone nice and willing to take our

picture.

God be with you til we meet again

Arriving missionaries January 30-31

Off the plane and off to baggage claim

Texas bbq dinner

We love to see the Temple!

Anxiously awaiting the arrival of their new

companions

Sister Warr and Sister Schmidt

Sister Saville and Sister Molisi

Hermana Woodward and Hermana Salgado

Sister Bates and Sister Sorensen

Hermana Diaz and Hermana Pennington

Hermana Knudsen and Hermana Mijares

Elder Hardy and Elder Williams

Elder Holland and Elder Olsen

Elder Heugly and Elder Hadley

Gathering their things and off to the cars

Elder Smedley, Elder Williams and

Sister Sorensen

Pictures of transfer week Hafer church building

Hermana Salgado, Sister Sutton and

Hermana Mijares

Tomball zone

Goodbye hug

Hermana Tuia, Hermana Welch and

Hermana Pennington

Sister Cutler, Sister Jensen and

Sister Ah Hong

Elder Burns, President Peterson, Elder Smith

and Elder Haugen

Sister Twitchell and Sister Smith

Houston North Zone

Sister Foote and Sister Alarcon

Mission truck and trailer

Sister Peterson, President Peterson and

Hermana Salgado

Elder Crouch and Elder Wyman (going home)

assistants

Elder Crouch and Elder Smedley

assistants

Transfers-January 28-31, 2019

Our transfer began Monday January 28 with the return of Sister Sutton who had gone home 5 months ago for health reasons. We and she were so excited to have her return. President Peterson and I took her to dinner then over to the mission home to stay over night. We all got up early Tuesday morning and went to the mission office then over to the Hafer church building where missionaries were gathering for transfers. Sister Sutton was assigned to serve with Sister Tseng for a transfer in Katy.
10 missionaries who were going home came to the mission home for lunch and later to the temple. We all returned back to the mission home for dinner and testimonies. Elder Tacher's parents picked him up at 9pm. It was heartwarming to see their reunion after 24 months! Wednesday morning the assistants and the Petersons drove the 9 missionaries to the airport got them all checked in and took our traditional picture with the space cow. We all said our tearful goodbyes. The sisters who went home were our first transfer in the mission. It was such a blessing to watch them grow!

Later that day we welcomed 9 missionaries 6 had been in the Provo MTC and 3 in the Mexico CCM.
After dinner, testimonies, letters written to families and testimonies written for President and Sister Peterson and interviews with President Peterson. The sisters stayed the night in the mission home and the elders at a missionary apartment. Thursday morning was breakfast, training , the temple to take pictures and off to the Hafer church to meet their new companions who will help them adjust and learn more of their call to serve.