Transfer week, January, 2013

These are our missionaries going home in January!  Like I have said

before, it gets harder and harder to let them go! Front row, Elders 

Bayla, Ignacio, Basco and Diaz. Back row, Elder Navarro, 

President, Me, and Elder Nalesoni.

Elder Navarro repacking...most missionaries do it several times

before they actually leave. :-)

This is a quick picture I took with Elder Basco before we headed 

for the bus to Manila.  They will be attending the temple today

and then most will head home tomorrow.

All four of these elders served as Assistants to the President...

Elders Eyre and Bandiola are the current APs, Elders Diaz and 

Navarro Served together...Elder Eyre took Elder Diaz's place

who went to serve as a zone leader in Lipa Zone. Six weeks

 later, Elder Bandiola took Elder Navarro place who went to

be a trainer.  All four of these missionaries did a great job! We

know that they are future leaders of the Church in their respective 

communities.  We love and appreciate all of them!

Here we are waiting for the bus!  Elders Basco, Navarro, Bayla,

Packer and Sister Packer, Elders Ignacio, Nalesoni, Me and

Elder Diaz.

Here we are with Elder Ignacio...

again, with Elder Bayla...

...and with Elder Nalesoni...

President wanted a picture of Elder Nalesoni with his unique

backpack that was gifted to him!

We were waiting quite a while for the right bus!

The bus is finally here...time for one last picture!

Oops,,,I was wrong...Here's the last picture!  Don't you just love

their happy faces?!  President always says that he wants his 

missionaries to go home feeling good and "happy" about their

missions!  These did just that...they went home happy!  Elders

Ignacio, Nalesoni, Basco, Bayla, Navarro and Diaz.  They are

great!  We will miss them!

This is the next day (Wednesday) at the airport, picking up our 

new foreign missionaries.  Elders Harding (from Utah), Wise 

(from Hawaii), Mack (from Georgia), President, Elders 

Stephenson (from Utah) and Koloa (from California).  We 

have six new local missionaries coming tomorrow morning from 

the Manila MTC.  It was an exceptional cool day for Philippines.

Here are the foreign missionaries going to greet the new local

missionaries just pulling up on the bus!

This picture turned out a little blurry, but want to show the 

missionaries helping each other across the street with their luggage.

Having breakfast with the new batch of missionaries.Sister Packer,

Elder Delos Santos (Office elder), Elder Bandiola (AP), Villador,

Eyre (AP), Yost (Office elder), Harding and the back of 

Elder Packer's head.

Here is the other table with President, Elders Torio, Pulido, 

Pelayo, Valdez, Stephenson, Mack, Wise, Koloa and Bugarin.

Here is the new missionaries practicing a song they are singing for

Transfer meeting.

"Cheers to Elder Delos Santos, who is getting transferred out of

the office.  He will be a new Zone Leader Lopez Zone.

Elder Knight and Elder Delos Santos are the Zone Leaders in the

Lopez Zone.  We are going to miss Elder Delos Santos in the

office. He did a very efficient job in all his office responsibilities.

He was great dealing with all the landlords of the many apartments

in the whole mission!  Besides all that, he is a kind, cheerful young

man who loves to serve others! Elder Knight was very ill that day!

I hope he gets better soon!

This is Elder Polatis!  He is a very happy young man!  He is one

of our new trainers!  It wasn't that long ago that he was training! 

That tells you he has done very well if he can train already!

Elder Alinsoot and Elder Cello are new companions.  I think they

are very pleased.

Elder Mac Millen and Elder Ah Wong have been companions, 

until now.  Elder Mac Millen is a new Zone Leader...with Elder

Nance in Lucena Zone.

Elders Ah Wong, Knight and Cello are hanging around while

their companions are getting reimbursements, mail and supplies 

in the office...

We took this batch picture when they came back for their training

checkup, which was four or five weeks later! :-)  From left to

right...Elders Bugarin, Valdez, Pelayo, Pulido, Villiador, 

President, Me, Elders Koloa, Wise, Mack, Comamao, 

Harding and Stephenson.  Another wonderful batch of 

new missionaries!