On September 18th, we welcomed 16 new missionaries to the Tennessee Knoxville Mission. After challenges the last few transfers with delayed flights, this transfer everyone arrived on time which made for an enjoyable first evening in Tennessee.
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We first went to the mission home to have dinner. Everyone started with very early wake up calls at the MTC for their travel day, so they were grateful to get to the hotel early to get some sleep.
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The next morning, after some initial orientation at the stake center, we went to Fort Dickerson Park in Knoxville to provide some training on the Finding Flow, and then we went to the University of Tennessee campus and Market Square to find people to teach. Everyone had success with passing out Books of Mormon and teaching their first lessons.
We then went back to the stake center where we introduced them to their trainers. They will begin in the following areas:
| New Missionary | trainer | area |
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| Sister Brunner | Sister Faulkner | Grove Park |
| Sister Low | Sister Hall | Asheville |
| Sister Petersen | Sister Erickson | East Ridge |
| Sister Schouten | Sister Holliday | Cleveland |
| Sister Bundy | Sister Critchfield | Ringgold |
| Elder Jack | Elder Porter | Rockwood |
| Elder Gardner | Elder Wagnon | Asheville Central |
| Elder Farnes | Elder Ransom | Athens |
| Elder Miller | Elder Haderlie | Dayton |
| Elder Rigtrup | Elder Wyeth | Hixson 2 |
| Elder Crowther | Elder Phillips | Rocky Face |
| Elder Huss | Elder Porter/Ulm | Cookeville 2nd |
| Elder Harley | Elder Beckstead | Livingston |
| Elder Bergeson | Elder Kwant | Melton Lake |
| Elder Johnson | Elder Andreasen | Gray |
| Elder Carroll | Elder Mecham | Watuaga |
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The departing missionaries made some great welcome poster for the new missionaries. We are grateful each of these missionaries made the decision to serve and we look forward to working side-by-side with them for the next 18 and 24 months!
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