Missionaries Leave Feb 2011

Elder and Sister Reed served as our CES couple in Kharkov. As you can see - they were very active and had as much energy and more than those they served!! They were perfect for the young adults and youth. We are missing them already. They were from California but are going to reside now in Colorado Springs, Co.
Elder Dietrich(left) is from Bluffdale, Utah. His last area that he served in was Lugansk with Elder Belyeu(right). We really are going to miss this Elder!!!
Elder Hess is from Alpine, Utah. We appreciate his service and are grateful we had the opportunity to serve with him. Yep his red hair matches his personality!! Lot's of Spirit!
Elder Young(right) is from O Fallon, Ill. He served with Elder Petersen(left) his last transfer in Donetsk Center. We are grateful for his service and know he will do well. We miss you!!
What a great group!! Thanks for all your service and hard work. You are blessed for your service! We miss you all!!

New Missionaries Arrive Jan 2011

Sister Vasiliva is from Kharkov and she is serving a mini-mission as a trainer. She served a mission in Romania. She has been so awesome to help us out from time to time when we are shorthanded! We love and appreciate her so much!!!

Elder Loveridge is from American Fork Utah. He loves horses and he plays the drums. We are so excited to have him serving here in our mission!

Elder Stradling is from Mesa Arizona. He loves music and plays the guitar, harmonica, piano, djembe drum & ukulele. We are so grateful he has come to our mission!

Sister Haymond is from Manti Utah. She is the oldest in her family and she enjoys snowboarding, drawing and reading. It has been a pleasure, this last week, to have her in our home. We are so glad she is here!

Sister Watts is from Sandy, Utah. She is the oldest in her family. She enjoys all sports especially tennis. We have felt her warm sweet spirit this week in our home. We are grateful to have her in our mission.

Sister Ward is from Laguna Hills California. She enjoys kick boxing, cooking and plays the piano. We have been blessed to get to know her this week as she stayed in our home. We are very happy to have her in our mission!

The Assistants, Elder Moon & Elder Hess, our new Elders, Elder Stradling & Elder Loveridge. What great Elders we have!!

The sisters have really brought a wonderful spirit to our home while they stayed here. It will be a great experience to watch them grow and progress.

Elder Thornburg(office), Elder Kofoed(just returned from having surgery in the states) Elder McCallson(office), Elder Loveridge & Elder Stradling. I think we wore the new Elders out this day!

These are beautiful young women to share the gospel here in Ukraine!

And here they all are. This group has a definite special spirit about them. It has been such a blessing to get to know them this week. President Fry and I just kept saying, "what a wonderful feeling there has been with this group." Thank you parents for raising such great young men and women!!!!

Sister Krivulya finishes her Mission

Sister Krivulya returns to the Ekaterinburg mission. We appreciate her service and dedication to the mission. We love and miss her.

December Missionaires go Home

What a great group of missionaries!!! Sister Burke from Georgia, Sister Khilova from Ukraine, Elder Shipp from Arizonia, Elder Tillotson from South Carolina and Elder Hyer from Nevada.

Elder Hyer's family came to pick him up from his mission. His brother Jared(Elder Hyer must be the brother of Jared then, Ha Ha) and his parents. It was wonderful to meet them! (They brought over the mission calendars for us, thank you thank you!)

Sister Burke and Sister Khilova. Two angels sent to us. It was a pleasure to have you in the mission. We love you and miss you!

Elder Shipp, Elder Hyer, Elder Tillotson - great dedicated young men. We love you and miss you too!!

Visiting Petrosky Primary

It was so fun to visit this Primary class in Petrosky. They have one of the more larger Primarys in the mission - about 10-15. They acted out the first Christmas and it was adorable!

The children loved acting this out. It was fun to watch and observe!