On December 17th, we welcomed 25 new missionaries to the Tennessee Knoxville Mission. We also welcomed Elder and Sister Wray to our mission office and are so grateful for their willingness to serve.
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Our welcoming committee was pretty small compared to the 25 new missionaries arriving that day.
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The first thing we do with new missionaries is talk with them about our missionary purpose. We review 3 Nephi 11 and the message the Savior shared when he appeared to the people in America. The first thing He does is announces himself as Jesus Christ who the prophets testified would come, and has them come and see and feel that they might know without any doubt that He is their Savior. He then gives them power to baptize. He teaches them the appropriate way to baptize. And then he teaches them his doctrine and that we must be baptized to return back to God. There is no other way. And this is our missionary purpose.
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We then assign these new missionaries to their trainers. These will be some of the most important and impactful relationships they will have on their mission! After that we take pictures and then they head out the University of Tennessee campus to find people to teach.
| New Missionary | Trainer | Area |
| Elder Johnson | Elder Allred | Dayton |
| Elder Bowers | Elder Eggleston | Sparta |
| Elder Larsen | Elder Jarman | Jamestown |
| Elder Peterson | Elder Bartholomew | Melton Lake |
| Elder Grover | Elder Cox | Lakeway |
| Elder Llewelyn | Elder Jarocki | Hendersonville SP |
| Elder Briggs | Elder Larsen | Asheville SP |
| Elder Smith | Elder Fritze | Franklin SP |
| Elder Heiner | Elder Phillips/Elder Pack | Dalton SP |
| Elder Heath | Elder Gunther | Dalton SP3 |
| Elder Koyle | Elder Carley/Elder Martin | West Hills SP |
| Elder Dunn | Elder Robbins | West Hills SP2 |
| Elder Green | Elder Lindsay | Sevierville SP2 |
| Elder Whiteley-Ross | Elder Luce | Cleveland SP |
| Sister Heward | Sister Rush/Sister Lancaster | Greeneville |
| Sister Talker | Sister Iongi/Sister Wall | Weaverville |
| Sister Mulford | Sister Mackay | Chatt Valley |
| Sister Claridge | Sister Bundy/Sister Knight | Hixson |
| Sister Workman | Sister Covington | Cleveland 2nd |
| Sister Walker | Sister Bowler/Sister Haws | Cookeville 1st |
| Sister Butler | Sister Flynn/Sister Hancock | Pleasant Ridge |
| Sister Hall | Sister Christenson/Sister Larsen | Dalton SP2 |
| Sister Huff | Sister Zogg | Lebanon 2nd SP2 |
| Sister Dorr | Sister Brunner | Johnson City SP |
| Sister Waite | Sister Ingebrigtsen | Lakeway SP |
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Amazing! 25 new missionaries + 33 trainers = 58 missionaries involved in training. If you add in last transfer (21 new missionaries + 24 trainers = 45 missionaries involved in training), right now in the TKM we have 46 new missionaries + 57 trainers = 103 missionaries currently involved in training! That’s over half of the mission!
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We know these missionaries will do great things in the TKM!
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