AUSTRALIA DAY AT TEMPLE SQUARE

January 26, 2015
Elder Moore and Sister Moore are our Temple Square office secretaries.  Since Sister Moore is from Australia, in celebration of Australia Day Elder Moore donned his Aussie clothes and brought his didgeridoo.  He even played it for us and did a fantastic performance!!! Thanks for sharing Moore's.

TRANSFER TIME!!!

January 17, 2015

This morning at 9am all departing sisters and Pres. and Sister Poulsen met in the chapel of the Salt Lake Temple for their chapel meeting to prepare to attend the 10am session.  Later in the day our departing sisters will meet with Pres. Harmon at 4pm.  He will teach them interviewing skills as well as how to prepare a resume.

Departing Sisters: Asay, Barrett, Christensen, Esikia, Gee, Hansen, Hsu, Khaomuangnoi, T.Lau, Nakamatsu, Steenhoek, Taito, Tanjaroentham, Tiritilli, Trusciglio, Tuinukuafe, Vargas, Weidmann, Palmer, Peters, Bonvissuto, Y.Yu, Ang, and Agurcia.

Also at 4:30 today our new sisters arrived from the MTC.  They are excited to be here and we are so excited to have them serve with us on Temple Square.  First thing on the agenda is to have their picture taken for our Transfer Board.

January 19, 2015

Today at 7 am we held Zone transfer meetings and our zone leaders gave new assignments and zones to all the sisters in their zones except those going Outbound to serve in another area of the United States and those departing sisters going home.  After this meeting we all met together for Zone Transfer conference at the chapel in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.  

President and sister Poulsen gave words of encouragement and counsel.  All departing sisters bore their testimony and shared something with us that they learned on their mission.  For our closing song departing sisters were invited to come up to the front of the chapel and we all sang together ''Called to Serve''.  Sister Taito, one of our AP's is departing for home and Sister Jin has been called to serve as our new AP along with Sister Brock.  

Sisters Jin and Brock, our amazing AP's

January 20, 2015

Moving Day today for our sisters - 

Returning Outbound Sisters and their missions are:  Almeida from Georgia Macon mission, Amar from Louisana Baton Rouge, Andre from Wisconsin Milwaukee, Bomgren from New Jersey Morristown, Cano Pashco from Georgia Macon, L.Chen from Nevada Reno, Dimatera from Texas San Antonio, Fiso from Louisana Baton Rouge, Gearheart from Wisconsin Milwaukee, Ho from Idaho Nampa, Jamito from Georgia Macon, Jesse from Arizona Scottsdale, Lampinen from Virginia Richmond, Lopez from New York Utica, Lytle from Virginia Richmond, Mashbat from Montana Billings Melone from California San Diego, Moreno from Nevada Reno, Richmond from Nevada Reno, Saet from Idaho Nampa, Shih from California San Fernando, Spichiger from California San Diego, Tamara from Idaho Nampa, Tsang from Texas San Antonio and Wu from Wisconsin Milwaukee.

Sisters going Outbound this transfer are:  An from Taiwan, Bryuzgina from Russia, Bulaoat from Hawaii, Burgoyne from Pennsylvania, Caramia from Italy, H.Chen from China/Australia, Desjourdy from Canada, Ennis from Oregon, Hernandez from Canada, Huang from China, Campelo from Brazil, Ioane from French Polynesia, C.Lau from Hong Kong, Lee from Hong Kong, Linares from Mexico, Merrill from Idaho, Nguyen from Vietnam, Nogueira from Brazil/Georgia, Oh from South Korea, Radamason from Madagascar, Oliveira from Brazil, Skaggs from California, Timoteo from American Samoa/Washington, Toa from Vanautu and Tuckett from Oklahoma. 

TRANSFER PICTURES

Yea!  No more than 50 pounds

DA Lobby - Is it really time to go?

GOOD-BYE HUGS AND KISSES - HATE TO SEE YOU GO

No, please don't go!!

CHRISTMAS DAY 2014

We awoke to freshly fallen snow this Christmas day!  Our mission met together at 1:00 pm in the North Visitor center for our Christmas Devotional.  We want to thank all the sisters who have contributed time and talents to make this an amazing program.  Through your readings, singing and instrumental presentations we were able to reflect upon the beautiful Christmas story of our Savior Jesus Christ and what it means to each of us in our lives.

Immediately following our Christmas Devotional we went to the South Visitor Center for cookies and milk provided by the generosity of many families throughout the Utah Valley.  Zones then met together to open gifts provided by secret Santa's.

Cookies and Milk or Juice


OPENING CHRISTMAS GIFTS

                                                                     

East 1 Zone  

North 1 Zone

At 5pm this evening our mission enjoyed a Christmas dinner provided by several families from the Highland Stake--a wonderful and most appreciated meal!!!!!

President Poulsen enjoys dinner with the Sisters

SING AND SMILE

At Christmastime on Temple Square you can hear Sister missionaries singing to the visitors on Temple Square.  Anyone is invited to join in.  We had a couple of takers in this picture. 

SOUP DINNER

December 14, 2014

Families in the Highland Stake provided a soup and bread dinner for our Sisters.  It was hard to choose from the variety of soups available to us.  Of course, a variety of Christmas cookies were available for dessert.  Along with a wonderful meal young women in the Highland Stake made rice bags for our Sisters comfort.  Their service was greatly appreciated and it was a most enjoyable evening. 

To express their gratitude for the wonderful meal Highland Stake provided the Sisters sang ''Called to Serve'' Temple Square style.



IT'S TRANSFER TIME AGAIN!!

DECEMBER 7, 2014

This morning after Sacrament Meeting our sister missionaries looked forward to attending Music and Spoken Word in the Conference Center.  As usual our departing sisters were recognized and thanked for their service at the end of the program. 

 

Departing for home this transfer are Sisters: Cuevas, Depablos, Hardy, Humble, Jarrett, Malavasi, May, Nakayama, Orfila, Park, Price, Sheratt, Snow, Stufflebean, Tanner, Yang, Yeung, Yu, Kennach, Liao, Ying, Vosaniyaqona, and Stephen.  

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Today at 8am we held zone transfer meetings.  Zone Leaders gave out new assignments including apartment moves and new companionships.  After the zone meetings we met as a mission in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square to receive words of counsel from President and Sister Poulsen.  Sister Yeung, one of our AP’s, will be departing for home so President Poulsen announced that Sister Gretchen Rose Brock will fill that position.  Departing sisters were asked to bear a brief testimony/words of advice.  New Zone leaders called this transfer are:  Sisters Ma, Araujo, Jones, Jin, Christensen, Ueno, Weidmann, Tiritilli, Reed, Cardus, Davis, Tuinukuafe, Vargas, Hirro, Stigsson and Torres.

 

In celebration of exceeding their baptism goal during this transfer period sisters gathered for Pizza and icecream.  For this Transfers (6 week period) we had 159 baptisms!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS SURPRISE

December 4, 2014

Perry Fourth Ward surprised our Temple Square Sister missionaries tonight with a treat of cookies and milk along with a special gift for each sister.  We appreciate their thoughtfulness! The cookies were yummy and it was a fun time.  We ended the evening by receiving a scarf to pin our name tags on so that we are more visible in the evening hours as we serve on Temple Square.

 

He Is the Gift Christmas Initiative 2014

This morning at 7:30am our mission met in Theater 1, South Visitor Center at Temple Square to receive training from Brother Kay of the Missionary Department for ''He Is the Gift'', a Christmas initiative to invite all to come unto Christ.  Temple Square changes magically at Christmas so as missionaries we need to adjust a little in the way we do our missionary work. As part of this initiative we will have a 5 minute video available to all visitors that shows us that the most important gift during the Christmas season is the gift of Heavenly Fathers son, Jesus Christ, to us. Through the video and He Is the Gift pass-a-long cards we are invited to Discover The Gift, Embrace The Gift and then Share The Gift by expressing our feelings and thoughts about Jesus Christ through various social media. There will also be a You Tube promotion for He Is the Gift beginning November 28.  Along I-15 billboards will display ''He Is the Gift'' referring people to go online at christmas.mormon.org for more information.

 

THANKSGIVING

Sisters were asked to write on a feather some thing they were grateful for to help fatten up our turkey. An attitude of gratitude prevails throughout our mission so it didn't take long to fatten this turkey and he continues to grow fatter.  Something our Sisters are particularly grateful for this Thanksgiving is the opportunity to be invited to members homes from the Bountiful Heights Stake.  Temple Square will close from noon to 6pm on Thanksgiving day and during that time Sister companionships will spend Thanksgiving with a family from the wards within this stake.  The Sisters are so excited to be in members homes for Thanksgiving and grateful for this opportunity.  We wish all who visit our site a Happy Thanksgiving and may we all keep this attitude of gratitude throughout the year and throughout our lives.  No matter the circumstances you find yourself in, remember, a grateful heart sits at a continuous feast.

HALLOWEEN MISSION ACTIVITY

Temple Square closed at 5pm on Halloween and our mission gathered in the cafeteria area of the Church Office Building for a Potato Bar dinner.  President Poulsen warmly welcomed everyone and introduced our new senior missionary couple Elder and Sister Burton.  Afterwards we went to the 7pm Endowment Session at the Salt Lake Temple.  All 190+ of our Sister Missionaries looked beautiful dressed in white and it was a special experience to be together in the temple as a mission.

              Sisters enjoying our Halloween Event

                                                         A line begins to form for our Baked Potato Bar & other goodies

DEPARTING MISSIONARIES

Temple Square departing sisters and senior missionary couples sat together today at Music and The Spoken Word in the Tabernacle.  At the end of the program Bro. Lloyd Newell, the announcer for the broadcast, had all our departing missionaries stand and be recognized for their service and to bid all farewell.  The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang ''God Be With You Till We Meet Again''. 

OUTBOUND SISTERS CALLED

October 23, 2014
Announcements were made today of Sisters who will be going Outbound October 29th.  During their Temple Square Mission each sister receives a call from the prophet to serve three months in another state side mission.  This opportunity provides them with another perspective of missionary work outside Temple Square. We will miss our sisters and look forward to their return in January.