November Newbies...more power for us!...

An early morning airport run on November 1

netted us 5 powerful new missionaries

After arriving in Cali, the new missionaries go directly to 

the immigration office to get their visas registered and apply for their Colombian Cedula.

Then they go to the office where they:

1.  Have their first interview with President Prince

2.  Write a quick note home to tell their parents they arrived

and

3.  Fill out a survey of information we like to know about them.

Then they arrive at the mission home for lunch...

and for some photos

Our November 2013 Group

Elders Peñafiel, Pezo, Rodriguez, Montalvo, and Tobar

We then go up the mountain 

where they can get a good look at the city of Cali.

Elders Rodgriguez, Montalvo, Tobar, Peñafiel, and Pezo

They are always in the Lord´s hands!

We return to the office where they rest, have fun with the assistants,

have a pizza dinner, and the go out to work with some of our 

missionaries in areas close by.  

They arrive to their beds EXHAUSTED after having left the MTC at 3:30am!

The training day starts off with a 

good breakfast

followed by HOURS of training

(I always wonder how much they remember!)

then at about 12:30 they get ready to meet their first companion

 Our trainers...waiting to go inside

Elders S. Walker, Henostroza, Musselman, Fuentealba, Jolley

 eyes closed...door opening...

 sneaking up behind their companions...

Welcome to the mission!

Our newest companionships...

 Elders Fuentealba and Montalvo

 Elders Jolley and Tobar

 Elders Musselman and Pezo

 Elders Peñafiel and Henostroza

Elders Rodriguez and S. Walker

and then LUNCH...

by now you must realize I don´t let them go out to the field hungry!

and brownies with ice cream!

AND

more training...

and then OFF to the mission field.

These new missionaries bring a POWER with them.

This is the first group that we received that has only had an 8 day MTC stay.

Changing of the guard

(or new assistant)

Elder Menendez (right) has been serving as assistant for almost 7 months.

This transfer he will go back out to the field and continue to 

baptize, lead, inspire, and help the people of Colombia.

Elder LaBar (center) is joining the office as our new assistant.

He will be companions with Elder Welling (left) who continues on as assistant.

Elders Welling and LaBar

Assistants to the President

President Prince with his assistants

How grateful we are for these powerful missionaries!