Returning Home

This week we said goodbye to 16 faithful, dedicated missionaries, including Sister Smart and Elders Allbee, Anderson, Cooper, Galbraith, Geldmacher, Griffiths, Harris, Manship, Morgan, Ordaz, Rice, Rumsey, Simpson, Unsicker, and Wood.  Each served a great mission and we will miss them!  We are also excited for their continued growth and development at home.  Please find below some pictures of these missionaries' final days in Houston.

Departing missionaries eat lunch, write in journals, and set goals for the future.

Elders Wood, Rice and Manship

Elders Unsicker and last companion Elder Boehmer

Elders Galbraith and Simpson at lunch

Elder Allbee

Elders Geldmacher and Manship

Elders Morgan, Ordaz, Scoresby, Cooper, and White

Departing missionaries with President and Sister Pingree
at the Houston Texas Temple

Elders Anderson, Rumsey, Galbraith, Harris,
and Griffiths (the same MTC district)

Sister Smart helps to prepare breakfast at the mission home

Breakfast at the mission home

Elder Ordaz greets his mother with a hug

The Ordaz family comes to pick up their son

A few departing missionaries at the mission office

Departing missionaries at the airport

Departing missionaries gather for one final picture prior to entering security

Called to Serve

Elders Moreno, Trotter, Rupp and Ordaz at a baptismal service

Elders Wood and Green

Elders Griffith, Foster, Peterson and Haws attend a session
at the Houston Temple with their zone

Elders Cooper and Smith at the mission home

Elders Rupp, Ordaz, McClellan and Asay distrubute literature
at the Sunny Flea Market

Elders Asay and McClellan show a church pamplet to a passerby

Elders Huntingon and Crandall

Elder Huntington talks with a young couple

Jacob and Isaac Pingree arrive to help the missionaries

Sisters Casaday, Pingree and Porter at a baptismal service

P-day activity at the mission home, etc.

Elders Yu and McGhan and friend

Elder Harris, President Pingree and Elder Litton
after interviews

Sisters Bowcut, Howe and Sulski

P-day activity at the mission home
Cypress 2nd District

Elder Tamanalevu

P-day Ping Pong
Elders Reidhead, Sleet and Beers

Elders Scoresby and White
THM Assistants

Fallbrook Deaf Branch 20th Year Celebration

Elders Mackey and Barker

Elder Mackey speaking with branch members and
former missionaries to the branch

Elder Barker and two branch members

Slide show of those baptized into the branch over the last 20 years

Elder Shultz, former missionary and Elder Austin

Farewell to the Stringfellows

Today we said goodbye to Elder and Sister Stringfellow who are returning home after faithful service in the mission office.  Elder Stringfellow managed our car fleet, computers and many other things.  Sister Stringfellow helped with referrals, the mission newsletter and other duties.  They were also terrific missionaries and a good friend to all the missionaries.  We thank them and wish them well as they travel back home to Farmington, Utah!

The Texas Houston Mission Office Staff
Stringfellows, Bowcuts, Howes, Sister Sulski and Pingrees

Elder and Sister Stringfellow

Missionaries at work (and play)

Elder Lewis and Elder Fredrickson
Brenham, TX

Baptismal Service at the Glenloch building
in The Woodlands

Elders Reese, Schultz and Tobchan

P-day at the Kleinwood building in Spring, TX

On Friday evening, a casual dinner at the mission home was held to host the wonderful Stake Presidents and wives of the Texas Houston Mission.  Below is a picture of the Texas Houston Mission Presidency.

President and Sister Chappell, Cue and Pingree