Called to Serve Phoenix: Moms & Dad's- They have Arrived!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Moms & Dad's- They have Arrived!

Arriving at the mission home and feeling the Heat of Arizona are:
Elder Posada, Pryor, Bruening, Catlett, Carlson, Giles,
Hampton, Keele, Martin, Nelson, Troxler,
& Sisters Bunnell, Pilimai, Keelin, & Belnap

Following the leader through the airport

Elder Catlett soaking it all in

We get a lot of looks at the airport when 16 missionaries trail down the escalator, retrieve their luggage and pile it into the trailer and then pack into the mission van. I guess it is not something you see everyday. It is truly a sight to behold and we are proud to welcome them into the number one mission.

Waiting for everyone to get their luggage.

Arriving at the mission home and feeling the HEAT of 107 degrees.

A hungry crew of missionaries

2 comments:

tonyab said...: Thank you for the call, President Beck! That was so awesome. And the pictures are comforting!! The blog is GREAT!!! We'll be following it closely the next 18 months! :-); July 13, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Stephanie said...: oh my goodness, there's my brother, Elder Martin, the best missionary EVER! I'm so glad you have this blog! Thank you!; July 15, 2010 at 11:00 PM

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OUR MISSION CALL

In November of 2007 President Monson, the prophet, seer and revelator of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, called us to serve as Mission Presidents in the Phoenix Arizona Mission. It was a very humbling experience as we accepted the call. Feeling inadequate for the responsibility that was ahead of us, we prayed for strength to prepare for the work. We would be going to the Phoenix Arizona Mission on July 1, 2008, to begin our three year mission to oversee the physical and spiritual well being of about 202 missionaries in the area. Our purpose was to "Invite others to come unto Christ and help them to receive the restored gospel on the earth". Our mission would include quite a large area to preside over. We would go south to Phoenix, north to Flagstaff, and to the Utah border in Page and east across the Navajo Nation to Chinle and to Crystal in New Mexico. It would be very difficult to leave our family and friends for a three year service, but there would be no question that this was what the Lord wanted us to do, and we felt confident that we could do it with his help. We also knew that where much is given, much is expected, and we had been given much.

"We will go where you want us to go dear Lord, we'll be what you want us to be!"