Saturday, April 30, 2011

Specialized Training Meeting in Kushiro
Elders Mitsuda and Peterson having a race eating ice cream.
Elders Nishihara and Choi with the District and Mission Presidencies
Elders Huefner, Bigger, Hiltbrand, Ellsworth, Guevarra, Nishihara, Endsley, Choi, Shurtliff, Shiki, Peterson, Taniuchi, Kaneko, Oikawa
Lunch before saying goodbye to Sister Kaneko.
Morning sports final outing for Sister Kaneko and Elder Ogaki.
We hate to say goodbye to our missionaries. Elder Ogaki is returning to Kobe and his parents came to pick him up. Sister Kaneko served in Sapporo for one transfer before she begins her official missionary work in the Fukuoka Mission on May 3rd. We wish we could keep her.
Final dinner for Sister Kaneko and Ogaki
Sisters Conference
Sisters Conference minus six of our sisters
Sisters Luncheon. Clock wise: Sisters Blyle, McCready, Willis, Tanaka, Saito, Semba, Masuda, Kishi, Daniels, Sumikawa, Yoshida, Kaneko, Tehei, Dotson, Matsuki, Muir, Beaven
Sisters Sato, Fuji, Onda, Furukawa, Hori, Etchu, Imoto, Taneda
Sisters Kumagai, Onoue, Niiyama, Maki, Kado, Murase
Sister Daniels always behind the scenes making all of the delicious meals.
Transfer spot with Sisters Yoshida, Niiyama, Muir, Dotson, Kado, Imoto, McCready
Elders Yamatani, McCready, Taylor, Ovard, Kaneshiro, Lay, Benson, Kendall, Andrus, Endo, Ruefenaucht, Newton
Elders Takashima, Kobayashi, Warren, Kobayashi 2, Kawasaki, Kogure, Shinno. Turner, Takei
Elders Shiki, Ruefenaucht, Tamashiro, Kendall, Tuttle, Endo, Lay, Tanaka, butler, Ogaki, Dick, Taniuchi
Elders Page, Kaneko, Ogaki, Clinton, Kendall, Butler, Heufner, Ruefenuacht, Taylor, Kobayashi
Our new missionaries welcome testimony meeting. Sitting: Elders Benson, Oikawa, Page, Kendall. Standing: Sisters Masuda, Willis, Furuta, Shinno
New missionaries with their trainers standing behind: Elders Lay, Mitsuda, Clinton, Butler, Taniuchi, Ackerman, Ovard, Lawry, Kameya, Sisters Saito, Tanaka, Semba.
Morning volleyball with some of our new missionaries and the Kotoni Sisters
Welcome to our newest missionaries: Sisters Willis, Masuda and Elders Page, Kendall, Benson, Fukuta (APs Taniuchi and Ogaki) bending: Elders Shinno, Oikawa
Surprise birthday party for Sister Furukawa: Sisters Etchu, Onda, Furukawa, Hori
The Kotoni Sisters invited us over for a butadon dinner, it was delicious. Sisters Beaven, Sato, Taneda, Onoue

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Sisters enjoying the relaxation massage chairs
The Sisters admiring President Daniels bulls eye
Fierce dart competition between Sisters Semba, Onoue, Kaneko, Taneda, Sato, Saito, Tanaka, Onda
Basketball with Sister Taneda and Elders Lundell and Ovard
Soccer
Sisters Furukawa, Matuski, Onoue, Blyle, Sato, Etchu, Taneda, Beaven
Missionary p-day outing at Round 1
Sisters Blyle, Sumikawa, Onoue, Tanaka, Furukawa, Onda, Kishi, Saito, Taneda, Etchu, Beaven
Elders Tamashiro, Ashimine, Tanaka, Narita, Tomura, Kawahara, Ovard
Our former missionaries, Sister Kawaminami and Furukawa came to visit us. It was fun even if they did try to eat potato chips with a fork
After baptism Indian Food celebration
Sisters Kishi and Sumikawa battling the elements
Sisters Semba and Kaneko's baptism Sister Yo Mu
Slight mishap after early morning sports
Early morning volleyball with Brandon Allen and friends
Elders Ogaki, Takei, Woodrow, Shiki, Yuasa, Butler, Shibata
Dodgeball after Zone Conference
Dodge ball
Hakodate Zone. Front Row: Sisters Bennett, Gingrich, Muir, Yoshida, Matsuki, Etchu. Middle row: Elders Takei, Woodrow, Ruefenaucht, Lay, Yuasa, Kaneko, Sakamoto, Shiki. Back row: Elders Ogaki, Turner, Huefner, Butler, Ackerman, Taniuchi, Shibata, Migita
Role Plays at Zone Conference
All that food for 500 yen
The Muroran Relief Society prepared another feast
Lunch at zone conference
Sisters Bennett, Gingrich, Yoshida, and Muir
Elders Yuasa, Shibara, Migita, Butler, Ruefenaucht, Heufner