MTC, Humanitarian Training

It was fun to be the ones to get 'dropped off' at the MTC rather than the ones to drop off.  Thanks Steve, Felicia and Kent for the front door service!

Rome Italy is our destination:  Refugees are the focus.  We are ready to serve.  We will be responsible for all of Italy with the exception of Sicily, where another couple (The Scovilles) will be responsible.

Our MTC district.  Instructor Elder Mostert was our student instructor.  From Left:  Ellisons, Lloyds, Herways, Jenkins.  We are the only Humanitarian missionaries in this district.  The others are serving in the office (Sydney Australia), in Nauvoo at the visitor center,  and as self-reliant missionaries in Sydney Australia.

We had our week-end free and popped down to St. George to visit with Seth's family who moved there just 5 days earlier.  We had fun visiting Zion's NP, hiking, and also went with them to their new ward on their first day!

The second week was training specific for Humanitarian Missionaries.  We traveled up to SLC to tour Welfare Square.  We were treated to lunch in the Joseph Smith Memorial 10th floor restaurant.  (The view of the temple from the 10th floor is quite impressive)  It was great hands-on training, especially noteworthy was finally getting a comprehensive list of the Big 13 organizations with whom we will be working with:  Real Medicine Foundation, International Medical Corp, Unicef (children fund), Catholic Relief (CRS), ADRA (7th Day Adventists), United Nations Humanitarian Charitable Relief (UNHCR), Save the Children, Syrian American Medical Society, CARE, World Food Programme (WFP), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Convoy of Hope (Evangelical), American Red Cross.  Our organization of course is LDS Charities.



Next post will be from Italy!!!  We fly out on Thursday, March 2 and arrive on Friday March 3.    We are excited to serve in such a worthy cause.