SEASONS

SPRING...

Our tree is covered with blossoms, and beautiful flowers are blooming everywhere...

And best of all...

The new baby lambs...

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On a sadder note...

The Byers are leaving us... ...heading home to Oregon. Wonderful people, who...like our other Senior couples...use this SEASON of their lives to make such an important contribution! We will miss them so much...

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And the SEASON for MISSION FOOTBALL is here again...

The three southern zones played in Cardiff...

Sisters of the Cheltenham and Merthyr Zones...

CHELTENHAM

Zone

In PINK because they lost last time...

(There may be a reason for this!!! )

(What sport are we playing?)


CARDIFF
Zone
AND...the WINNER for the South end of the Mission...

MERTHYR TYDFIL


Meanwhile, on a field up in COVENTRY...

another tournament is taking place.

A group of missionaries from the UK...

A picture of all of our German missionaries who serve in the Northern half of the Mission...

(only Elder Magpantay and Elder Heller were missing...)

The Sisters of Coventry, Lichfield, Birmingham, and Leicester...

LEICESTER
Zone

LICHFIELD

Zone

COVENTRY

Zone

NOTTINGHAM
Zone

And the WINNER of the northern zones...

BIRMINGHAM!!!

HAPPY SPRING FROM THE ENGLAND BIRMINGHAM MISSION...

CATCHING UP

MARCH

We had our own version of March Madness in the EBM. At Interviews, the AP's tried to stir up competition between the districts...

They whispered to the opposing district leaders things such as "Elder Olsen said you couldn't give away a Book of Mormon if it had twenty quid strapped to it"...or "Elder Spence said you couldn't stop 90 year old lady on crutches!"

"I don't know...that's just what I heard!"

TRANSFERS

Here are the missionaries who left us last week...

Elder Brandenberg (The Netherlands), Elder Burri (Switzerland), Elder D'Ottavio (Italy), Elder Wark (Scotland), Elder Koyle (Idaho), Elder Nimer (Utah), Elder Rudd (Utah), Elder Grover (Washington), Sister King (Utah), Sister Zechmann (Austria)

Elder Wark passes the keys of the Assistants to Elder Blackwood.

Elder Langner (below) was part of this group, but had to leave a week earlier to get home for his brother's wedding.

Our brand new Elders and Sister...the biggest group we've ever had come in!!!

Front row: Elder Price (England), Elder Salmans (Utah), Elder Durfee (Oregon), Sister Kottambagahagedara (Sri Lanka), Elder Stoddard (Idaho), Elder Steed (Utah), Elder Hinkle (Arizona), Elder Howe (Arizona), Elder Cauffman (Wyoming)

Back row: Elder Knecht (Utah), Elder Lindstrom (Utah), Elder Ercanbrack (Utah), Elder Beus (Utah), Elder Brewer (New Mexico) , Elder Habicht (Germany), Elder Mathews (Arizona), Elder Haider (Utah), Elder Prestwich (Oregon).

(Hope I got them right...its hard to see those faces!!!)

Being introduced to everyone.

Elder Hill trying to find a buyer for his bike.

Another special event this month was having Todd's family come for a visit. This picture of them was taken from on top the Cardiff Castle.

I was especially happy to have them here on the morning of transfers. Todd made pancakes for all the the greenies. Everyone agreed, they were the best pancakes ever. Max and Cassidy are really growing up. Since we missed their 12th birthday in February, and Max's ordination to the Priesthood, he and Chuck passed the sacrament together in our Wylde Green Ward on Sunday.