Suriname
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| This day it rained really hard |
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The Elders made a sacrifice to get wet and walked across
the road to the store to bring me some water.
(They said that they are used to getting wet, either with sweat because
it is so hot and humid or from the rain..... |
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For an activity this night we watched a movie with all our missionaries!!
So Fun to be with these wonderful people. |
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After the Movie we celebrated a few birthdays
Elder Hollingshead, President Baird & Elder Baldwin |
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Everyone Arriving for Interviews
In the Rain.
Dedicated Missionaries!! |
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Really Wet Sister Missionaries
Sister Lefrandt & Sister Orchard |
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Soooo much water on the road....
It felt like we were driving through a river in spots. |
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President Baird wanted to stop and take a picture of this sign because he's always
using an example of steel when talking about the Lord preparing His Saints in
the countries where we serve. It's hard to watch them struggle and go through trials
but then we realized that those who stay strong through the "tough" times become the
"steel" that the Lord uses to build the foundation for His work. This is "pioneer" stalk...
He used these strong Saints in the early days of the church. Those who endured hardships,
but followed the words of the Lord's prophet and crossed the plains into the Salt Lake
Valley to build up the foundation of His church...Now it has grown and spread (as prophesied)
across the world. There are those foundational Saints in Every place we go and continue
to become "steel" through anything that comes their way. President Baird encourages
all the Saints to become "steel" so that they can withstand the storms of life.
This sign is especially appropriate because it's not just ordinary steel but
steel that can survive a Hurricane. |
Zone Conference
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Back Row: Elder Karssen, Elder Millard, Elder Dillworth, Elder Roberts, Elder Wall, Elder Garcia, Elder Somsen, Elder Holthe, Elder Sampson
Middle Row: Elder Brockbank, Elder Giordoni, Elder Belnap, Elder Laurie, Elder Huntsman, Elder Dickey, Elder Groenendijk, Elder Heimdal, Elder Hollingshead, Elder Holt, Elder Seffker, Elder Baldwin, Elder Wardle, Elder Newton, Elder Frandsen, Elder Vermeeren
Front Row: Sister Didier, Sister Spencer, Sister Schitman, Sister Tulaga, President Baird, Sister Baird, Sister McGuire, Sister Orchard, Sister Lefrandt, Sister Vermeeren
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| Elder Roberts & President Baird |
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| Elder Roberts & Elder Seffker |
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| Elder Hollingshead & Elder Newton |
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| Elder Garcia & Elder Holt |
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| Elder Heimdal & Elder Somson |
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| Sister Tulaga & Sister Baird |
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| Elder Holthe & Elder Dickey |
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| Elder Giordani & Elder Belnap |
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| Elder Wall & Elder Garcia |
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| Elder Laurie & Elder Wardel |
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| Sister Tulaga & Sister Didier |
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| Elder Baldwin & Elder Wall |
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| Elder Karsson & Elder Millard |
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| Sister McGuire & Sister Spencer |
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| Sister Lefrandt & Sister Orchard |
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| Elder Dillworth & Elder Huntsman |
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| Elder Sampson & Elder Groenendijk |
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| Elder Brockbank & Elder Frandsen |
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| Sister Vermeeren & Sarafina |
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A Birthday Card for President Baird
Made by Sister Spencer - She is so talented!! |
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| Elder Brockbank, Elder Belnap, Elder Holt, Elder Groenendijk |
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Sister Baird
Preparing for Zone Conference |
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| Elder Heimdal, Sister Orchard, Sister Lefrandt, Elder Groenendijk, Elder Garcia |
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| Sister Spencer & Sister McGuire |
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| Elder Wall & Elder Belnap |
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| Sister Baird, Elder Frandson, & Elder Wall |
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| Sister Vermeeren & Sister Tulaga |
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| Elder Roberts & President Baird |
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| The food is always a highlight of the Zone Conference! |
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| Sister Vermeeren surrounded by Elders that Love her!! |
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| Birthdays Sister Didier & Elder Wardel |
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Elder Dickey, Elder Groenendijk, Sister Didier, Elder Roberts, Elder Holt, Elder Heimdal, Elder Belnap
Departing Missionaries...(all except Elder Belnap. He is going home next transfer. He came in
with this group but went home for some wrist surgery so got to extend a little) |
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Sarafina, Sister Tulaga, Sister Lefrandt, Sister McGuire, Sister Baird, Sister Spencer,
Sister Didier, Sister Orchard, Sister Vermeeren |
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The sisters wanted the Elders to take the group picture of them...
I thought it was funny to see all the Elders with the cameras so I had
to get a picture of this...lol |
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| A "Sister Selfie" |
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| Elder Sampson & Sister Baird |
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| Elder Garcia, Elder Heimdal, Sister Orchard, Sister Lefrandt, Elder Groenendijk |
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| Sister & Elder Vermeeren |
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| Sister Tulaga, Sister Baird, Elder Dickey |
Cultural Night at the Parimaribo Branch
The Branch hosted a cultural night. There were talents from many different countries. Members of the branch participated and our missionaries performed quite a few numbers. It was a wonderful night of celebration. Suriname is a perfect place to do this because there are so many different cultures living together in the same country.
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| Making Decorations for the cultural night |
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Elder Millard Brought his Seattle Mariners Hat
for his cultural costume and he let me wear it for a bit.
My cultural costume was a Missionary. |
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Sister Tulaga
She did a dance dedicated to her grandmother
who just passed away last week. |
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For one of their group numbers, the missionaries did their
version of an "American Flash Mob"
They started and then asked others to join in.
President Baird and I joined with them....it was fun! |
Baptisms!!!
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| Another Beautiful Friend I met on the Plane!! |
