EBM FOOTBALLERS

Our semi annual football tournament was September 27th...what a fun day!

At the north end of the Mission...we had:



TEAM NOTTINGHAM





 


TEAM COVENTRY

 


TEAM  LEICESTER

 



TEAM BIRMINGHAM











AND THE WINNER---TEAM LICHFIELD!!!

And in the south, we had...

TEAM MERTHYR TYDFIL





TEAM CHELTENHAM





And the winner....TEAM CARDIFF
(But we're missing two of the star players...Elder Ruesch and Elder Garroway...where are you???)




 





The beautiful Sisters of the EBM...



One 'naughty' Elder...(I don't know who is the naughtiest...Elder Williams with his 'tattoo', or Elder Rapana for his artwork!!!

AND...the one and only casualty!  (Its dangerous sitting on those sidelines...)











SEPTEMBER TRANSFERS...ALREADY!!!!

The 'dearly departed'...Elder Amuah ( England), Elder Gerber (Utah), Elder Beatson (Canada), Elder McNichol (Australia), Elder Stevenson (Scotland), Elder Ezard (England). 

We had a wonderful evening with them before they left...they each bore incredible testimonies in our closing fireside.  We are anxious to see what is in store for them as they begin a new adventure...

OUR NEW MISSIONARIES

Sister Perera (Sri Lanka), Elder Gama (Swaziland), Elder Collins (South Carolina), Elder Tibbitts (Idaho--my 2nd cousin once removed?), Elder Jean (Hawaii), Elder Jacquish (North Carolina), Elder Grudzien (South Carolina), Elder Mansfiels (Utah).

WELCOME...WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE!!!

We were also pleased to welcome Elder and Sister Henry from Utah.  They are working diligently to help strengthen  the wards here in our mission...

TRAINING

We've had a SUPER busy month.  Along with our usual schedule, we were also sent some new training from SLC...training that supports Preach My Gospel, and is designed to help the missionaries teach with the Spirit, and teach people, not lessons!  It was well received, and gave some exciting ways to refine our teaching.  We've met with several groups of missionaries so far, and eventually will present the training to all of them.  Next May, the missionaries in the MTC will receive begin to receive this training, then when they arrive, we'll all be on the same page. 

This training also gave us a reason to have all of the sisters come in together.  They don't very often get a chance to be in one place and share ideas and experiences...as well as friendship and testimonies.  It was wonderful to spend a few days with them.  Left to right:  Sister Strein, Layton, Pope, Kottambagahagedara, Babbage, Perera, McKelvie, Nadsady, Bioleome, Van Eeden, Clark, Morgan, and Nemec.  They come from the US and the UK...also from the Netherlands, Croatia, Germany,and our two sisters from Sri Lanka.                                                                

JULY 28TH TRANSFERS

On the 28th of July, twelve of our faithful Elders returned home...WITH HONOR!!!

Left to right:  Elder Bedford (Utah and Australia), Elder Hull (England), Elder Duckworth (Utah), Elder Hooper (Utah), Elder Heller (Germany), Elder Clawson (Utah), Elder Sasser (Kentucky), Elder Kennett (Canada), Elder Davidson (Utah), Elder Perry (Utah), Elder Richter (Germany), Elder Jette (Canada).

The "Passing of the Keys"....Assistant Jette to Assistant Stevenson

We love all of these Elders so much, and wish them well in all of their new adventures!!!  (At least one of them is already engaged....I'm not saying who!)

Just a few short hours later...we received this great group...

Front Row:  Elder McGregor (Utah), Elder Roberts (Utah), Elder Olsen (Washington), Elder Leavitt (Idaho), Elder Pulsipher (Utah), and Elder Sowell (Utah)

Back Row:  Elder Taylor (Utah), Elder Elgan (Utah), Elder Keddington (Utah), Elder Merrell (Pennsylvania),  Elder Zundel (Utah), Elder Mecham (Utah), Elder Hulet (Pennsylvania)

They all came ready and excited to go to work!!!  We're so happy to have them.

New Training Curriculum

We've received wonderful new training materials from SLC....helping us to refine our teaching, mainly by listening to the Spirit and by teaching people, not lessons.  The Elders who have received this training so far are very excited to implement it.  We did one session in Cardiff, and another in Sutton Coldfield.

Participants from northern half of mission...

Participants from southern half of mission...

We're so excited to see how these new methods bless our mission!

OTHER VIEWS

While President Ogden does interviews with each individual missionary, the Assistants to the President and I enjoy spending time with the other missionaries.  They receive training, share ideas, socialize, and EAT!!!

We've just finished interviews for this transfer.  I love the opportunity of getting to know all of the missionaries better.

THE LAST MONTH OF OUR FIRST YEAR

For our interview meetings this transfer,

Elder Jette and Elder Stevenson demonstrated for the missionaries the GOOD (and not so good!), the BETTER, and the BEST way to conduct
themselves at dinner appointments.

They are always interesting, informative...and amusing!

The Elders in the Nottingham 

Zone wanted pictures of their 
Districts.  All cameras were 
set on auto, and ready to 
GO...                                                   

The picture to the left is the Derby District, and the one below is the Lincoln District... 

These Elders are not only diligent and hard working... but they're a lot of fun as well! 

TRANSFERS

On June 16th we had Transfers.  We said goodbye to 9 Elders, and 2 Sisters.  We had a wonderful meeting with them their last night here.  Heard beautiful testimonies, and regretfully said goodbye. What a great group!!!

Elder Hickman (Arizona), Elder McKay (Utah), Elder Hutchinson (Idaho), Elder Olsen (Utah), Elder Newbury (Utah), Elder Wood (Utah), Elder Atchley (Iowa), Elder Mackay (Utah), Elder Pearce (UK), Sister Kawakami (Utah), Sister Costagliola (Italy).

OUR GREENIES

This time of year (summer), we

seem to get large groups in...and they're mainly from the U.S.  I guess that has to do with the University schedule in the States. 

Elder Jenkins (Idaho), Elder Lowry (Canada), Elder Baxter (Louisiana), Elder Christiansen (Utah), Elder Walton (California), Elder Clark (Idaho), Elder Garroway (Scotland), Elder Tonga (New Zealand), Elder Pavan (Canada), Elder Von Brughan (South Africa), Elder Morrissey (Idaho), Elder Hanks (Utah), Elder Siegel (Utah), Elder Wright (Arizona), and Elder Yaskell (Alaska).

We've already seen great things from these Elders!!!