This last week, we were so excited to welcome 21 missionaries to the Tennessee Knoxville Mission! In this group are 16 missionaries assigned to the Tennessee Knoxville Mission, three sisters who join us after serving six months at church history missions, three waiting for visas to the Peru Lima North Mission, one waiting for a visa to the Brazil Santos Mission, and one waiting for a visa to the Uganda Kampala Mission. We are grateful to have each one as Tennessee Knoxville Missionaries!
We were missing Sister Katelyn Spencer as she was sick and couldn’t travel from the New York and Pennsylvania Historic Sites Mission on transfer day. We will look forward to getting a picture with her at zone conference in two weeks.
We feel the most important decision with each transfer is who should be the trainers for these new missionaries. A trainer is the most important leadership role of the mission because the trainers get these new missionaries started in the right way, they help them understand the culture and expectations, and they help these new missionaries adjust to missionary life…which is a really big adjustment.
We are very grateful for each of these new missionaries, and we are especially grateful for their trainers. Amazing experiences and incredible growth await each of them!
Barlows in TKM 