Dear Family,
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| Saying Goodbye to Pres. & Sister Mullen |
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| Pres & Sis Mullen visited every missionary being transferred to the new WA Kennewick Mission - 60 missionaries were affected by the changes. |
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| Each missionary filled out their bio for the new mission president |
So being honest.... the baptism fell through but only temporarily. we just have to get his mom's approval--just a small signature... So I expect at least by the end of the month.. We found Reynaldo. He had moved out of his girlfriend's house so he could live the law of chastity, and he is working on getting divorced from his wife in Mexico. (Don't worry, it should go through this month, and he will get baptized.) He doesn't want to get baptized till he is divorced.. Also, my friend Tammy is working on finding a job that won't work her on Sunday so she can go to church and get baptized.. She is a bit scared because of the economy, but she put a job application in last week for a place where I think she has good chances.
We met a family of 5 (all baptismal age) who believe that the Book of Mormon is true and wants to get baptized, and all we have to do is just get them to church. It's a bit hard because that never happens. So we have been praying for rain, and the farmers and like stop it cause it has rained for the past two weeks. It's the will of God, not ours... just so happened that we prayed for it to happen. We were praying for rain on a Sunday, but it rained like all week but Sunday. We just need to try again. (Rain makes it hard to pick fruit- lots of people here pick fruit and then they come to church and get baptized) (Rain also causes the value of hay to drop, depending on how much rain and if the hay has been cut or not.) So the ward hates rain and the Spanish branch likes it...
Well we expect and do see miracles. The Lord has turned the leaf over and things are going like a humming motor here, and I love the work and my companion.. I even got a package today... I have got to love that.
Well the church is true, and I love my God. I will follow God where I feel Him. I am his disciple. I am not hooked to a church; I am hooked to God, and He is with this church. It is truly His church. I do not follow tradition; I follow revelation and a prophet. I love my God for the things He allows me to learn as I get to come closer to him.
Love,
Elder Pinegar
* Nick's mission president and boundaries changed this past week. As part of the new Washington Kennewick mission he has a new president who just arrived July 1, 2013 and new boundaries in his mission including the addition of parts of Oregon.
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| Pres Boys S. Ware & Sis Linda P. Ware - New WA Kennewick Mission President |
President and Sister Ware arrived in the Mission in June 2013. Their home is in Draper, Utah. They are the parents of three children and grandparents to one adorable granddaughter and four handsome
grandsons.
Before being called as a mission president, President Ware worked as Vice President of
Publishing for Deseret Book company in Salt Lake City, Utah. President Ware graduated from
Business School at Brigham Young University. He has served as a president and board member for a
number of organizations in Utah.
President Ware served as Stake President of the Draper Utah Stake as well as a counselor in the
Stake Presidency, Bishop, Stake Executive Secretary, Elder’s Quorum President, Young Men’s President, Gospel Doctrine teacher, and many other callings. From 2010-2012 he served on the General Church Curriculum Resource Committee preparing the new youth curriculum, Come Follow Me. He served as a missionary in the Japan Central Mission, later named the Japan Kobe Mission.
Sister Ware graduated with an Associate Degree from Brigham Young University. She chose to be at
home to raise her children. Later when they were all in school she worked part-time as a secretary in the
office of Draper Elementary School. Sister Ware is greatly loved and admired by her children and
grandchildren.
Sister Ware served as an ordinance worker at both the Draper and Jordan River Temples, as a
Relief Society instructor, Young Women advisor, Primary teacher, and in a Stake Primary Presidency.
Sister Ware, along with her husband, received a wonderful assignment to serve together in the Celestial Room at the Draper Temple Dedication sessions.
Kennewick Mission.
