Goodbyes to some great missionaries

There mission time is over and it's time to return home, but we will always remember with fondness these missionaries who have touched our lives for good.  We pray for you that your lives will be filled with wonderful opportunities.  Choose well the path you take.  We love you.

The Farewell dinner from one end of the table.

The dinner looking down the table.

Elders Leal, Roncal, Garcia, Barra, Harvey and Sandford. Elder Harvey mother on the left.

Our beautiful Hermanas, Guiterrez, Ochoa, Pelton, Richins, Astorga.

Hermana Avila and President with Elder Harvey who has been one of the Assistants for a long time.

Elder Leal, the other Assistant for many months, with Hermana Avila.

Starting with back row: Elder Sandford, Hermanas Guiterrez, Ochoa, Astorga, President Avila, Elder's Barra, Harvey, Roche, Senior Sister & Elder Packer.  Middle row: Hermana's Richins, Pelton, Hermana Avila, Elder Roncal.  Front row: Elder's Burr, Garcia, Leal, Menocal.

The Exchange of missionaries

After serving for two years teaching the Gospel to many people, Elder Lopez Concha prepares to leave for home.  Here he is with President & Sister Avila.


New missionaries, just off the airplane and willing to
dedicate this time in their lives to teaching others the plan of salvation. 


Elder Daniel

and Elder Cisneros
Welcome to Mission Mendoza

ZL & DL Conference Aug. 31, 2011

Zone Leaders & District Leader's Conference Aug. 31, 2011

Some earlier pictures

President and Hermana Avila and Sister and President Lindahl as they exchange the "Baton" for the Mission President.  Four really great people, chosen by the Lord to lead the Mendoza mission.

Back row:  The Avila family, Packers, Elder's Leal, Hoggard, Ivie and Boisado.  Front row: Elder Harvey, Kammerman and Durand.

Left to right: Elder's Cornejo, Monzon, Marin, Torales, Toledo, Sarasua

Elder Tilleman

Elder Barton

Elder Crawford

Hermana's Goddard and Avila, Pres. Avila, Elder's Tilleman, Crawford, & Barton.

A great group of new missionaries.

Fresh from the MTC's and right off the airplane, we are excited for all these new missionaries.

Hermana Dana

Elder Sanchez

Elder Alameda

Elder Foster

Elder Stearns

Elder Ashby

Elder Adrian

Elder Pizarro

Elder Schroeder

Elder Daybell

Elder Taylor

Elder Barton

Elder Wilkins

Elder Riding

Back row: Pres. Avila, Elder's Stearn, Daybell, Taylor, Foster, Wilkens, Ashby, Alameda, Schroeder.  Front row: Elder's Sanchez,
 Robles, Riding, Pizarro, Hna. Avila, Hna. Dana, Elder Adrian.

"Oldies" leaving

Some of our favorite missionaries ready to leave for home after a great dinner with President and Hermana Avila.  We will sure miss them but wish them a wonderful life and thank them for all the hard work they have done over the past two years.

A trip South checking the pensiones

Elder Boisado, missionary in charge of pensiones, Elder Packer and Hermana Packer had to take a trip down to Villa Mercedes and San Luis to check the missionaries living environments, install water filters, install smoke detectors and for Hermana Packer, give tuberculosis test to a missionary who had been exposed to TB.  These are some pictures we took along the way. 

This cute little house is the LDS Church for this area, it's way out in the country and we only have two missionaries living here, Elder Moon and Elder Marquez.  One of the better pench's.

Elder Moon standing by their baptismal font.

A little demonstration of what happens when mail and packages arrive, (slightly staged).  Elder Moncur and Elder Winget.

Left to right: Elder's Boisado, Cristeche, Huntington, Burr, Price and Packer.

Elder Moscoso and Elder Sargent in front of their pench.

Elder's Price and Cristeche watching Elder Boisado check out their kitchen and new water filter.

Zone Conference San Rafael & Alvear Aug. 5, 2011

Enjoying the Lunch

Lunch time for Hermana's too.

Alvear Zone

San Rafael Zone

Presidents Assistant Elder Leal proving there really is snow here.

Zone Conference San Luis & Villa Mercedes Aug. 4, 2011

Lunch time

Assistant Elder Leal giving Power Point Presentation

Villa Mercedes Zone

San Luis Zone