Hemet and San Jacinto Zone Conference

We celebrated Pioneer Day at zone conference.  A number 

of missionaries are pioneers in their family as 

converts to the gospel.  

Hemet Zone - July 2015

San Jacinto Zone - July 2015

A pioneer feast:  fried chicken, baked beans, bread

and homemade potato salad... plus a treat the

pioneers would not have had -- ice cream.  

Salt water taffy, another pioneer treat, was part of 

the amazing table decor.   

 Happy Birthday Elder Harmon, Sister Rutherford and Sister Olsen!

While we enjoyed the great decorations and food, 

we also learned together.   

LaSierra and Jurupa Zone Conference

The end of July brought another season of zone conferences.  These

meetings are always a great time to learn from each other.  Everyone looks forward

 to seeing friends serving in other zones.  

LaSierra Zone - July 2015

 (We think Elder Hale may have been signaling for someone to hurry

up and take the picture.  These group shots are right before 

lunch and everyone is anxious to eat!)

Jurupa Zone - July 2015

Birthday missionaries!

Elders Merriman and Calder

Elders Andrus, Zang, Mercado, Hales, Westenskow, Ludke and Gill

at the end of a long day and still smiling!

Sisters Garlitz and Greeff received a referral during the

zone conference!  They have since taught this sister...

and she will be baptized on August 23rd!

 Sisters Sterner and Petersen at Sister Petersen's 

first zone conference.  

 Super heroes all!  

Coming down by the Riverside

Twenty-one new missionaries arrived in the 

California Riverside Mission on July 14, 2015! 

Here, the hermanas from the Mexico City MTC (CCM) arrive.   

In an effort to have the missionaries arrive in the mission less tired we 

tried a new schedule on this transfer.  The plan was that both the Provo 

and Mexico MTC groups would arrive about 4:00 pm instead of 9:00 am 

so they wouldn't have to get up so early.   The group from the Provo MTC 

arrived about 4:00.  Somehow the sisters from Mexico City got scheduled to

arrive at 1:00 pm.  This meant the sisters from Mexico had been up since 

1:00 am (11:00 pm Monday California time!).  Their luggage got did not arrive 

when they did.  By the time they got to the mission home they had 

been awake fifteen and half hours.  We fed them a light lunch then sent 

them up to take naps!  Eventually everyone was gathered together 

for dinner.  After dinner we all gathered for their first mission

field meeting.   

Wednesday morning we headed to the mission office for breakfast, 

training, lunch, and testimony meeting where the new elders and 

sisters met their companions for the first time.  

Afterward there was time for dessert and getting acquainted. 

Here are the new companionships.  

Sister Cramer (r) from McCammon, Idaho

and her companion, Sister Miller

Sister Burris (r) from Castle Rock, Colorado

and her companion, Sister Bjork

Elder Golder (l) from Syracuse, Utah

and his companion, Elder Jensen

Elder Mayo (l) from Mount Pleasant, Utah

and his companion, Elder Griffin

Elder Moss (r) from Riverton, Utah

and his companion, Elder Anderson

Elder Olsen (l) from Jerome, Idaho

and his companion, Elder Tui'one  

Sister Babb (l) from Maple Valley Washington

Her companion is Sister Castrillon (not pictured)

Sister Sager (r) from Salt Lake City, Utah

and her companion, Sister Rutherford (c) 

Elder Stabler (l) from Herriman, Utah

and his companion, Elder Knight

Elder Williams (l) from Kellogg, Iowa

and his companion, Elder Uasike

Elder Calder (l) from Herriman, Utah

and his companion, Elder Merriman

Sister Bradshaw (r) from Versailles, Kentucky

and her trainer, Sister Cultura 

Elder Cornaby (l) from Yukon Oklahoma

with his companion, Elder Camper

Elder Frost (l) from American Fork, Utah

with his companion, Elder Higashi

Sister McCulloch (r) from Bancroft, Idaho

and her companion, Sister Moore

Sister Petersen (l) from Hyrum, Utah

with her companion, Sister Sterner

Elder Moyers (r) from East Wenatchee, Washington

and his companion, Elder Folau

Elder Smith (r) from Thatcher, Arizona

and his companion, Elder Muir

Sister Visick (r) from Logan, Utah

and her companion, Sister Horne

Elder Young (l) from Lapoint, Utah

and his companion, Elder Noyes

Elder Jewkes from Hyde Park, Utah

Somehow the companionship picture has gone 

missing!  Elder Jewkes companion is Elder Manson.

WELCOME TO THE WORK!