Let’s Go For A Hike!!!

We finished our Training on Friday, October 19, 2018 and received our Service Assignment and were very happy to be “in processed” at the Church History Library. But the next day was our P- Day and we were so Happy to “switch gears” just a bit AND. . .GO FOR A HIKE!!  Ensign Peak is not too far from our apartment as it is up behind the Utah State Capitol. Elder Mumford likes to take his “walking sticks” and set out on his portion of the hike from the front door of West Temple Apartments. Sister Mumford decided this day to drive to Ensign Peak Trail head and begin her walk there and “meet him at the top. It was a gorgeous Fall day and there were lots of hikers— but most had begun earlier in the day— so they were coming down as I was going up. I met Elder Mumford on top— where the marker is posted. It felt so good to get some exercise!! Some photos of our trek and a little history behind this “sort of  famous Peak”.

Sister and Elder Mumford on top of Ensign Peak— with the Salt Lake Valley below them

Ensign Peak is the summit of a hill just north of downtown Salt Lake City (1.4 miles north of the Salt Lake temple); in fact, Salt Lake City was built exactly south of Ensign Peak. ... On 26 July 1847 Brigham Young and several others climbed to the top which he named "Ensign Peak," as he reported the event in his journal.

Elder and Sister Mumford on Ensign Peak

Elder Ronald E Mumford at the Trailhead to Ensign Peak in Salt Lake City, Utah

The Utah State Capitol “atop the Avenues” in Salt Lake City, Utah

Ensign Peak is likely Utah's most sacred mountain — kind of the state's own version of a Mount Sinai.

At an elevation of 5,414 feet, this mound-shape peak located behind the Utah state Capitol is only about 1,100 feet above the city streets — far lower than most other Wasatch mountain peaks. However, it's probable that no other Utah mountain has a more significant religious/pioneer history.

According to President George A. Smith, first counselor in the First Presidency, Brigham Young had a vision of Joseph Smith and Mount Ensign while in the Nauvoo Temple, prior to leaving the East.

"President Young had a vision of Joseph Smith, who showed him the mountain that we now call Ensign Peak, immediately north of Salt Lake City, and there was an ensign that fell upon that peak, and Joseph said, 'Build under that point where the colors fall and you will prosper and have peace."' (From an address given in the Tabernacle on June 20, 1869.)

President Joseph F. Smith provided a similar description 13 years later: "(Brigham Young) had before seen an ensign descend and light upon the mountain peak, which is now called from that circumstance — 'Ensign Peak' — which was an indication to him that this was the resting place God designed for his people." (From an address given in the Provo Tabernacle on Dec. 3, 1882.)

The Mormon pioneers arrived in Utah on Saturday, July 24, 1847. They spent all of the next day, Sunday, resting and worshiping God. However, on July 26, one of the first tasks attempted was to climb what is now known as Ensign Peak to get a better look at the valley and probably also to see firsthand the mountain in President Young's vision.

Among those pioneers who made that first climb were Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Willard Richards, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, Ezra T. Benson, Albert Carrington and William Clayton. (The party used horses to make the first two-thirds of the climb, then dismounted and went on foot.)

Elder Woodruff was the first to reach the summit and President Young, still ill (and barely able to made it to the top with help), was likely the slowest climber. On top of the peak, President Young said, "Here is a proper place to raise an ensign to the nations." This is a reference to the scriptures where it mentions an "Ensign." (Isa. 5:26, D&C 105:39) These scriptural references are likely the inspiration for the peak's name.

The men then reportedly unfurled an ensign of liberty to the world. What an "ensign" means here is unclear. Perhaps the most common dictionary definition of an ensign is a flag or banner — specifically a national flag. But most historians are quick to point out that despite recurring myths, there's no evidence that a U.S. flag was raised on Ensign Peak at the climax of that first climb. Another definition of ensign is simply a badge or symbol, in accordance with a synonym of the word: insignia.

The pioneers did raise a U.S. flag in the valley below as early as October 1847, a significant act, since Utah was technically still Mexican soil. The U.S. flag was definitely flown on Ensign Peak, complete with a 21-gun salute, on July 24, 1897, from a special flagpole — about six months after Utah was admitted to the union — in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the pioneers' arrival. A similar celebration was held on Ensign Peak, 50 years later in 1947.

Not long after the pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, Ensign Peak (probably the southern area below the peak, not the actual summit) was also used for a brief period as an outdoor temple until the Endowment House was constructed.

Training Ends. . . We GO FORTH TO SERVE. . .

Finally— we came to the end of our 2nd week of Training!! It was exciting to know that after we had been interviewed as a couple by each member of the Mission Presidency and their wives— that this Presidency would then come together as a group and after having a prayer and asking for GUIDANCE and INSPIRATION, they would share notes and feelings and with that inspiration they received, they would make RECOMMENDATIONS as to our place of Service.We had our “culminating Training— GO FORTH TO  SERVE” Friday morning where we received our area of service assignments. Let me just say, Pres Fenn, Our Mission Pres, is dynamic!! And has so much to do and so many to shepherd. He is a Book of Mormon scholar and has already taught me so much about that book and WHY I need to study it WAYMORE than I have!! His wife is Sara McConkie Fenn—youngest daughter of Elder Bruce R McConkie. She is a LOVE!! But between the  Senior Couple Missionaries and Single Sisters, the 100+ young Elders and the Service Missionaries who live at home and come to serve somewhere in this Mission 2-3x week—they have oodles to take care of. So I don’t think we’ll have too much one-on-one with them. (But—we have already been blessed to meet with him 3 times at the front of our Mission—and 1 of those was a one-in-one as he interviewed us about what we have liked as we  have been going through our Training). Well, he conducted the Friday morning meeting and took the time to have us stand— Couple by Couple and then single Sister by Sister and announced where we would be serving and had our Zone leader stand so we could identify him and his wife and after the meeting we could find them at the “Honey Butter Social” and get to know a little about our new assignment.  Well—we have been assigned to the CHURCH HISTORY LIBRARY—Collections Floor and our Zone Leader is our next-door neighbor (#407) and the very first person we met the day we moved in!! We have just returned from dinner in their apartment and LOVE them both already!! After 2 days of Training next week—we know our first assignment will be to go to work on Oral Histories from Samoa (in English luckily) and not sure what all that will entail!! But it sounds like a fascinating place to serve!! There is a link to the Church History Library site. If it works—find the video “The Story Lives Here” and watch it (15 min—worth every second) and see why I loved that place the minute I walked through the door the 3rd day of our Training here.  So—we are excited to “Go Forth to Serve”

The Church History Library as taken from across the street on the corner of South Temple and Main Street In Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah

 

This is “OUR” Building

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Elder Johnson and Sister Johnson are the first persons we met the day we moved in!! We have just returned from dinner in their apartment and LOVE them both already!! After 2 days of Training next week—we know our first assignment will be to go to work on Oral Histories from Samoa (in English luckily) and not sure what all that will entail!! But it sounds like a fascinating place to serve!! There is a link to the Church History Library site. If it works—find the video “The Story Lives Here” and watch it (15 min—worth every second) and see why I loved that place the minute I walked through the door the 3rd day of our Training here.  So—we are excited to “Go Forth to Serve”

In front of local media, and After 15 years of planning, four years of construction and a million artifacts moved, Elder Marlin K. Jensen fromThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints placed the last historical item on the shelf in the new Church History Library.  There are many facets of Church History that are housed in that place. .” Elder David O.  McKay’s world tour took him 55,000 miles to such countries as Australia, France, England, Italy, Switzerland, Samoa, Palestine, India and Egypt to survey the Church’s missions. One photograph captured a moment in Egypt with Elder McKay and his traveling companion, Hugh J. Cannon, both sitting on camels in front of the famous Sphinx. Elder Jensen was joined by President McKay’s grandson, Alan Ashton, when the journal was placed in one of the many vaults of the Church History Library.

Some “history” about the many reasons for the Church to go to great lengths to “Preserve Its History”:
With the encouragement of his son-in-law, Joseph J. Daynes Jr., Church President Wilford Woodruff, in March 1897, spoke into a phonograph and recorded his Otestimony. His words, preserved as a three-inch wax cylinder wrapped in cotton batting and stored in a cardboard tube, are only one of the unique artifacts contained in the historical special collections

HERE WE ARE WITH OUR WONDERFUL “NEW TRAINERS AND ZONE LEADER—

Elder and Sister Johnson (they are also our “Neighbors in #407)

From the “ALOHA DINNER” Saying Hello to the New Missionaries . . . And Good By to those who are RETURNING H OME

Our  excellent Training Leaders—from Oregon , Elder and Sister Hill. 

of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Special collections inventories both document and illustrate the history of the Church.

“Archived records are one of a kind, not like published records.  Archival records are unique and, therefore, irreplaceable,” explains Matthew Heiss, archivist in the Church History Department, though Heiss emphasizes that  nearly every record  is preserved on microfilm so the content will always be available.

Such valued items tell the stories of Church members and events. “Without the collections in the archives, we would have a very limited recorded history,” Heiss said.

. “We would be like a people with amnesia, but because we have records, we have a memory.”And what we have here gives a sense of belonging to each member of the Church,” adds Bill Slaughter, supervisor of reference and consultation at the Church History Library. “We are a private special collection for the use of the Church and for others studying about the Church.”

Included in the vast collection of historical items are “ official documents of the Church, books, pamphlets, audiovisual productions, diaries, correspondence, photographs, art and artifacts,” says Sarah Sorenson, collections development specialist at the Church History Library.

The minute book of the Cape Coast Branch in Ghana, for example, contains an account of the 1978 baptisms for numerous people who had made a previous, but not yet official commitment to the Church.  An oral history recorded by Heiss with Yuri and Ludmila Terebenin describes their conversion to the Church while vacationing in Hungary in 1989.When they returned home to Leningrad, they were the only Latter-day Saints in that large Soviet city. Shortly thereafter, however, missionaries arrived in Leningrad. The Terebinins had prepared some of their friends to hear the gospel, and
 on 11 February 1990, the first branch in Russia was organized in their apartment. Other records provide anecdotal and statistical information about the Church organization in 
locations worldwide.

A broad collection of photographs illustrates various periods and events in the history of the Church. An unusual example, dated 1866, depicts a wagon company arriving in Coalville, Utah, that year.Every edition, every translation, every revision or retranslation of the Book of Mormon lines the shelves in another section of the library. Several unique copies of the scriptures include a volume signed by Joseph Smith and another signed by one of the Book’s three witnesses, David Whitmer. OiBound 
volumes of patriarchal blessings, a collection near four million strong, recorded in stakes throughout the Church, fills another spot in the library. Such records go back to the first blessings offered in the 1830s and 1840s, but also include the 1857 book of hand-written blessings given by Isaac Morley, the first patriarch in the Salt Lake Valley.

Many other documents cover the early history of the Church and the State of Utah.  An entry in Brigham Young’s 1845 journal underscores the emphasis Church leaders placed on preserving the history of the Church.   “I called on Elder Willard Richards and found him engaged on the History,” Young wrote.

Working drawings of the 1840s Nauvoo Temple can be found in another section of the archives. “The nail holes in each of the corners evidence that this particular drawing
 may have been posted someplace near the construction site,” explains archivist Heiss. “There are measures and scale markers on the sides and drawings that would have been used by those building the temple.” A facsimile of the drawings is exhibited in the Church History Museum.

Selection criteria for inclusion the archives collections are based on historical significance of the item, the origin of the record, potential use of the item and its physical condition, according to collections specialist  Sorenson. 

With nearly 50 miles of archive storage space and the convenience of a self-standing library in the newly constructed facility, the special collections inventory will be even more accessible to Church and public use.

“It’s our task,” Slaughter concluded, “to collect vital information, properly preserve it and then provide public access and customer service to the library. We preserve and share the treasures of the Mormon experience, more than just the official word, but documentation of the gospel impact in the everyday lives of its members and 
associates.”

There is so much to learn—but we know we have wonderful people ready to help us “GET STARTED!!

TRAINING- - - and more Training. . .WHEN do we start SERVING??

We had lots of exposure to the Computer and were trained so well on so many aspects of FAMILY
 SEARCH that I had always “wondered” about but not investigated to find out “how” to get somethings done. This Mission fills its Training Zone with very capable and talented people—whom we had opportunity to be taught AND reviewed by daily!! We even physically walked over to the Family History Library and the Church History Library and had the “Tour” of each of those facilities. FASCINATING!! Awe Inspiring! Amazing the RESOURCES the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints has to offer and freely lets ANYONE in the World come in and utilize!!
Inside the Family History Library — there are 6 or 7 Zones where people are needed and we got to see “in a nutshell” what things can be accomplished. One of the most “exciting” is called “The Discovery Zone. 
     Here you enter and find a room full of large screens and “helpers” wko are there to instruct you about how to use the portable IPads to first, take your picture, then second, walk around to the different colored screens to find out some KNOWN and LITTLE KNOWN facts about you and/or your ancestors!! 

Below are some things that I found so interesting:

These are actually from our MTC “Technology 101” Training OR  “ Dumbing Down” what’s available on our Cell Phones or “Smart Phones” to make some of what we do. . . a little EASIER!!! (And IT DOES!!)

   

This is some of the Information that I found as I went from screen to screen on this wonderful floor of the Family History Library.

The year Carol Diane Goff Mumford’s  Mother,  L UELLA  Grace Newbold Goff  was born, 1910– there were this many others in the US who also had the name of Luella,

Now there is a Maggie Luella (Katie Marie and Sefton Wilde’s first child) in our family. Maggie, you need to come to the Family History Library and “DISCOVER” how many Luella’s there were the year you were born.  (This is on the Discovery Floor

The year—1909– when Emery IELO Goff (Carol Diane  Goff Mumford’s Dad was born) there were only 2 other people in the United States with that name. . . ONLY 2!!!  So I sent Lissa  Mumford  a text  with this picture of Ielo’s name—so she could show it to   Pierson IELO Mumford ( Bryce and Lissa’s oldest child) who is named after his GGrandpa Ielo Goff. He was so excited!! Now we are planning to get him up from Provo, Utah so he can go into DISCOVERY and with his picture onan IPad, he can find out how “rare” his name is today (or at least in the year   Oof  2009 when Pierce was born.  

The prices of everyday items in 1951—the year Carol Diane Goff Mumford was born 

    

  

  

 

 

 

Pres Fenn came into our Training Zone one day and taught us from the Book of Mormon. Like I have said— he IS DYNAMIC and this Mission is so blessed to have him.!. 

7:30 AM— Our First Mission Devotional—in the JSMB on Temple Square

The new Utah Salt Lake City Headquarters Mission officially became the 422nd mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Jan. 1st 2016

Elder Craig C. Christensen of the presidency of the Seventy announced the change to missionaries in a special meeting in December in Salt Lake City.“The Family and Church History Headquarters Mission has evolved over time to be a very unique mission. It has also experienced remarkable growth. This new mission will allow these wonderful missionaries to further the work in many meaningful ways,” said Elder Christensen.

Missionaries in the Family and Church History Headquarters Mission do more than family history work. They serve with the Temple Department, military relations,
security, building maintenance and other areas.

While the largest mission of the church in terms of the number of missionaries (1,200 missionaries), it’s one of the smallest geographically, second only to the Temple Square Mission. It’s comprised of service missionaries, full-time missionaries, senior couples and single sister missionaries.
That is just a few facts about this Mission that EVERYONE we meet tells us we are going to LOVE!!

Monday morning, Oct 8, 2018–dawned crisp and clear!! I had been awake since about 4:30 am—could not sleep as I contemplated what this day held in store for me—for us!! We have actually
 started our Mission!! It is so different from our NY Manhattan Temple Mission— can’t even begin to compare them. So I won’t—I’ll just be grateful I get to experience BOTH!

Utah Salt Lake City Church Headquarters Mission Jerry Duane Fenn Jr., 61, and Sara Jill McConkie Fenn, six children, Ensign Peak Ward, Salt Lake Stake: Utah Salt Lake City Headquarters Mission, succeeding President Warren G. Tate and Sister Suzanne J. Tate.

Brother Fenn serves as a high councilor. He presided over the Illinois Chicago and Chicago West Missions and is a former stake presidency counselor, bishop, and missionary in the California Oakland Mission. Retired attorney. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah,

Our “first “ Mission picture with Pres Jerry D Fenn and Sister Sara McConkie Fenn

(Sister Fenn is Elder Bruce R McConkie’s youngest daughter)  Pres Fenn LOVES the Book of Mormon and teaches powerful lessons from it!! 

This photo was taken our 1st day in the USLCCHMission with our Mission Pres and his wife

L to R: Elder and Sister Mumford with Sister Sara Fenn and Pres Jerry D Fenn

Pres and Sister Fenn have been serving for 13 month and I guess since this Mission has so many Missionaries—the Call for them to serve is 2 years instead of 3–like most Mission Presidents. So I guess we will be serving under a new President half-way through our Mission.

Our Apartment with a “pleasant surprise” waiting for us when we returned home on  Thursday, Oct 11, 2018. The day before had been a Rainy, Rainy day— and since we walk to our Mission Headquarters (JSMB) we had to share this tiny blue umbrella we found in our things—and Elder Mumford’s left side was pretty wet when we arrived that morning. Someone was watching us—maybe even “smiling” at the sight of us scurrying through the rain to get to where we needed to be— hopefully in one piece!! Well— there it was— a brand new umbrella with this note

 

All anonymously done!!  We so appreciate it!!

Below are some of the “sights” from my first walk around our “Neighborhood”

 

Along South Temple— the Beehive House and the Lion House 

Many styles of architecture as seen walking around and down Capitol Hill Road

      

 

The 

flowers are so beautiful and yet the Gardeners will start pulling them out—probably this week— getting the grounds ready for the colder season and the holidays.

I’d just like to spend a day or two with the “ gardening crew on Temple Square” and Garner some tips on HOW TO MAKE YOUR GARDENS AS BEAUTIFUL AS CAN BE!!  The flower groupings are AMAZING!! 

  

The view along the sidewalk passing the Beehive House and the Lion House

 

The Salt Lake Temple from my walk coming down Capitol Hill Road 

  

One of my favorite buildings—the North side of  “the COB” or to laymen—

THE CHURCH OFFICE BUILDING 

 

sight from our Training on the 3rd floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial  Building (JSMB) .

Our Training consisted of so many things, as we were exposed to many, if not all 17 “Zones” within this “small area yet vast purpose” of this  Most unique mission in the Church! 

    

 

One more shot of what we saw the first week of our Training 

as we “crossed Temple Square”  on our way to class each morning. By the 2nd week— the weather had turned colder and the grounds were being “readied” for the changing of the seasons and the “decorating of the ‘Square’ for the Christmas “spectacular” it has come to be known!!

Provo MTC—New Friends and New Experiences

D&C 112:19:
19 Wherefore, whithersoever they shall send you, go ye, and I will be with you; and in whatsoever place ye shall proclaim my name an effectual door shall be opened unto you, that they may receive my word.”
Turns out that this scripture became such a comfort to me as I was getting ready to go to the MTC and leave Clifton. . .again.
October 1, 2018–

First day at the MTC in Provo Utah. We stayed last night at Bryce’s in Provo so we could just get up this morning and travel about 3 miles to the MTC. We left Bryce’s at 9:30 AM to go to McDonald’s grab some breakfast and then head to the MTC. As we pulled away from Bryce‘s driveway, a car came up behind us—then beside us—and it was Missy! What a sweet surprise.She showed us the way to McDonald’s and then we went to the MTC. We have been treated so beautifully this whole day. We had sweet sisters who are going to Japan greeters and both Sister and Elders need us and help us get to work with our luggage. This whole district is going to Japan different missions and they leave next week. Elder Mumford got our Sachi on the phone to practice some Japanese with them.She did so beautifully and then they responded so beautifully. I think they are ready to go.

We were in-processing all morning and at 11:30 we met the other senior couples and single sister missionaries. There are a total 128 of us here at this time. Took the time to introduce each other and find out where we are going to serve. There are several Couples and Single Sisters going to SLC Church Headquarters Mission. It is exciting to be with them all. 

Our highlight was to be in a room, waiting for our “District” to be put together and look up and there stands Sister Carolyn Rounds!! We knew she would be here but DID NOT DREAM we would see her SO soon AND that she would be a part of our District of 8 Missionaries!! What a delight! (For those reading this and WONDERING”Who is Carolyn Rounds?”—she is a remarkable Sister from Preston, Idaho—who lost her husband, Pres Blayne Rounds, to brain cancer a few short years ago. Her youngest son, Elder Caleb Rounds, is here at the MTC also—going to Serve in Arizona.  Sister Carolyn decided maybe she should serve while he is gone—so she submitted her papers and has been called on a Humanitarian Mission—to the Adriatic’s—with her Headquarters being Athens, Greece!! So that is just a little about her—she is a delightful  and “tiny yet powerful” woman—heading to help Refugees in Europe!) We have enjoyed being with her this whole day. Oh how I love that dear sister! We ended our day with a family home evening video of David A Bednar’s fireside on the character of Christ. A beautiful message and and a beautiful day. I know I have said beautiful several times that’s how it feels to me. At the end of his message he bore a powerful message and apostolic blessing and said “Heavenly Father knows your face and your name “. That brought tears to my eyes to know that is  surely a truth!,

We are tired but FULL and headed to bed. Thank Thee Lord for sending us here!!

Sister Mumford, Sister Rounds and Elder Mumford (Family Rounds— She’s doing well!!)

The “Classic MTC Picture”  

I have 

 ALWAYS wanted a “typical MTC picture “ in front of “THE BIG MAP”!! Today, was the Day!!

This is our STUDY

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Our day started early this morning as we had to be to breakfast by 7 AM in classes started at 8 AM. Fortunately the cafeteria really not busy this morning to go to breakfast and able to eat pretty leisurely before we headed to class. We started a small group study and assigned a teacher. We have a brother 
and it turns out that his great Uncle was Jerry McCleary, teacher, Coach and Driver’s Ed 
teacher while we were attending Jordan High School so many years ago.  We seem to have a focus on 
teaching and gaining a better understanding of what is the Character of Christ and what do we do to INVITE OTHERS to COME UNTO CHRIST. We have been “paired” with another Senior Couple —Elder 
and Sister Millet— and we have had 2 discussions with them about who they are and what their needs might be in this process of Coming unto Christ. And they too have listened to us (mostly me) as we have shared with them some things we feel they could help us (me) work through in our family. I have 
felt since hearing their story that we were put with them for that reason and also —they have been on a mission to Italy and now 3 years later they are returning there to serve in the Office. 

We also met a new “afternoon” teacher—Brother Joseph Hyrum Pratt—another excellent instructor and humble. 

He took us to view a building with several murals on its walls—beautiful mixture of artistry and photographs. Very thought provoking!! We studied one entitled “Paul” and it was of his “Road to 
Damascus “ experience. It is so very interesting to be in a group of 6 other individuals—seasoned in Gospel study and service. And to hear their comments. Wonderful study!!

Them tonight Elder Mumford and I were privileged to practice and sing with the MTC Choir at our Tuesday evening Devotional— with our visiting General Authority being Elder Joni Koch , of the Seventy., He and his wife shared humble teaching about why we are qualified to be here at the MTC—readying ourselves to GO FORTH TO SERVE.

Wonderful evening. Now—must get some sleep.

 

Our “Morning Teacher” Brother McCleary 

 

With our Afternoon Teacher, Bro Joseph Hyrum Pratt, who is the GGGGrandson  of Parley P Pratt

Elder and Sister Walker—going to Hawaii. She is a Nurse and will help the Mission Pres  with that and Elder W will help with the auto fleet

Elder and Sister Anderson are at Church Headquarters. She is a Nurse and he says he’lll do whatever is needed . They are from Rexburg and know Richard and Elaine Holloway 

Sister Davis— she is a Single Sister, a Nurse and she is headed to the Philippines. 

This was our “Others Couple” that we were paired with to do “one on one “ teaching of the Come Unto Christ  topics and activities from Preach My Gospel 

 Anziano Michael Millet  and Sorella Dixie Millet— who are called to the Italy Rome Mission as an Office Couple (for a 2nd time)!! How blessed is that?! They were such a wonderful couple and we became “Fast Friends”!! They are going to “request” we join them in about 9 months!!__ yeah, right!! But we can always. . . Dream

Murals found in one of the new buildings on the MTC campus. This one is entitled “Paul” as do portrays the event On the Road to Damascus. We spent some time in our afternoon District class, studying and discussing it. Very interesting!! 

 

Another mural— of the Restoration

The beautiful setting of the Provo, Utah Temple amidst the beautiful Fall foliage—as seen from the Mural building.

 

Just a few of the Senior Couple Missionaries we were in the MTC with- We did not get a full GROUP PICTURE—wish we could have.

We met such wonderful people— some going way far away (Europe, Adriatic’s, Brazil, etc but many going to CHQ— Church Headquarters Mission, in Salt Lake— like us. There were ten Single Sisters and about  13 Senior Couple Missionaries in the mix: Many of the Couples are living in our Apartment  complex —The West Temple Apartments and almost all the Single Sisters are in The Garden Apartments, right next door.

And these are the newest Full-Time Church Headquarters Missionaries that started serving on Mo day, Oct 8, 2018. We have been told several times by many different people that ours is the Largest Group of new Utah Salt Lake City Church Headquarters Missionaries to come through. . . Ever!?     

 The rest of the whole MTC group!! 

We are CHECKED IN, MOVED INTO OUR APARTMENT and Today we began our 2-week Training of the many ZONES that comprise the Church Headquarters Mission. 

It is so Good to be here!! 

I really LOVED these 3 pictures of all the Modern-day Prophets as they hung in a “timeline type of row" just outside the MTC classrooms (and they were in order down there) 

 

i guess these are just in REVERSE ORDER here !

We  are so happy and excited to be here!