Sister Hargadon with her trainers Sisters Tuala and Ioane
Sister Mitsuyama with Trainers Sisters Costa and Tamanivalu
Elder Bast with Trainer Elder Wang
Elder He with Trainer Elder Bean
Elder Walburger with Trainer Elder Meyer
Elder Prows with Trainer Elder Ha
Elder Saban with Trainer Elder Bulusui
Elder Weed with Trainer Elder Caindoy
Elder Nordfelt with Trainer Peacock and Clawson
NEW INTAKES ARE ALWAYS THE BEST WITH a NEW GOLDEN SPIRIT!
Elders Saban and Bulusui
Elders Nordfelt & Clawson, Sisters Aloua,Tamanivalu, and Costa
Sisters Aloua, Doig, Mitsuyama, and Tamanivalu
Elders Smoot, Morris, Walburger & Meyer
Elders Morris, Caindoy and Weed
Elders He, Westbrook, Zhang, Bean, Bast and Wang
Sisters Haragon, Tuala and Ioane
Sisters Tuala, Hargadon,& Ioane & Elder Caindoy
Sisters Lilo & Wait-Cooper Elders Smoot & Cummings
Elders Meyer and Walburger
Elders Prows and Ha
August 16, 2017
LOVE FHE With the CHINESE ZONE! CONGRATULATIONS:)Wing Wednesday with investigator Geoffrey WardEMP ZONE ~ FHE ~ CONGRATULATIONS! Yum BBQ~ Hamburgers and the fixings.
President McSwain & Elder Smoot
Elders Banks, Morris, & President Smibert
Our FHE Feast!
ZONE CONFERENCES~ August 22, 23, & 24, 2017
ZONE CONFERENCE @ Kangaroo Point Chapel ~ Brisbane, Brisbane North, Sunshine, and Cleveland Zones ~ August 22, 2017
Elder Tai and Tewes ~ Sang “Love one Another” ~ it was BEAUTIFUL.
Sisters Tamanivalu, Kolia, Teihoarii, and Butler
Sister Robles, Elders Saban, Nordfelt & Fukofuka
Elder Watts, Sisters Chu, Tamanivalu, and Teihoarii
Elder Smoot ~ Training
Sisters: Faulofo, Costa, Kolia, McCall, Butler, Robles, Sau, and Roberts
Sing for our food! WE are the Lord’s MISSIONARIES!
Sisters Orleans, Ruasu & McSwain
Elder Sharma, President McSwain, Elder and Sister Bell, Sisters Tsai, Lin, Wen, and Tang
Sister Shepherd an crew for our Lunch!
Birthdays! Sisters Liu, Ruasu, and Ding, Elders Choi and Huang
Elder Fukofuka and his pole demo on having a firm foundation for our testimony.
Office Elders teaching about the BofM. Elders Cummings, Morris, & Banks with Elder Smoot
Sisters Alovao, Taamilosaga,& Liu
ZONE CONFERENCE @ Raceview Chapel ~ Ipswich, Ipswich West, Centenary, and Logan Zones August 24, 2017
Sister Anitema, Elders Tenny & Hausia MUSICAL NUMBER ~
Lunch! Sister Ah Wong and helper.
Sisters Anitema, Tuala, Elders Prows, Huang, Bull and Fukofuka
Elders Lal, Miller, Smoot, and Huang
Elders Nemeth, Pierce, Bull, Satander, Cummings and President
TIME OUT FOR WOMEN~GOLD COAST~QUEENSLAND~AUSTRALIA~AUGUST 26, 2017
We were given tickets for all Sisters (almost) those up North were not able to come. I wish I could of gotten pictures of everyone. It was a wonderful day! We were all lifted and our testimonies were strengthened. We are ready to go forward again! And we will never forget this awesome opportunity!!!
Sisters Wait-Cooper, Lilo , Tamanivalu, Fakatava, and Tuala
Sisters Bean, Mathew, and
Sisters Bown, Watts, Mathews, McSwain, Briggs, and Bean
~ ROCK HAMPTON ~ AUGUST 29, 2016 ~ WONDERFUL MISSIONARIES! ~
Sisters Broome, Ezekiel, Elders Etilage, Aspacio, Elder and Sister Tarr
ELDER ETILAGE
SISTERS EZEKIELA & HOIESI
Elders Parry, Etilage, and Tarr ~ Yea for the Book of Mormon
SISTER BROOME
ELDER ASPACIO
ELDER CONTREAS
THE BOOK OF MORMON!!!
Our Spectacular Tarr’s!
SISTER RONGTHONG
~ MLC (MISSION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL) ~ August 30, 2017 ~
ALWAYS AN UPLIFTING TIME TO BE WITH THE LEADERS OF THE MISSION. A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO COUNCIL WITH THEM. THEY STRENGTHEN OUR TESTIMONIES ~ ALWAYS!
CAIRNS DISTRICT CONFERENCE WEEKEND. First with the missionaries then A wonderful CONFERENCE with an AREA SEVENTY AND HIS WIFE ~ THE DUDFIELD’S. September 1-4, 2017
Sisters Uili, Day, Shakin and Watene & Elders Sautia, Pugsley, Johnson, Smoot, HoChing, and FukofukaTHE Gardner’s, Luki’s, Housers, and the Dudfields ~ McSwain’s taking the picture!
Sister Day ~ Musical #
Training
Opening Song
Fabulous Leader
Scripture Reading
Elder Johnson and Pugsley ~ Training
Closing Song
Elder HoChing, Sisters Shakin, Watene, Uili, & Day
Companions Sisters Watene and Shakin
Elder Pugsley ~ Zone Leader
Fearsome Elders
Cookies YUM!
Beautiful Flowers
And Love these two too!
Sister Uili was a neighbor to the Dudfields in Melbourne.
Elders Smoot, Johnson, and Pugsley
Love these two!
Beautiful Sisters
Traveling Group/ Bells and E. Smoot
President with Elder Smoot
Traveling Group/Bells w/Elder Fukofuka
Elder and Sister Dudfield
SELFIES! love them!
Beautiful Travel Time to Townsville! Good Company:)
Townsville Zone Conference ~ Sept. 5, 2017 ~ then back home again.
Townsville and Mt Isa Missionaries, Elders Nuttall, Gumisong,Martin, Tenny, Rossi, and Feng, Sisters Rhodes & Sykes
STL’s Sister Rhodes and Sykes w/Sister McSwain
Missionaries in Townsville and Mt Isa ~ the best! Love them all:)
Selfie! W/ Beans and Clydes
Our wonderful Beans! We love you and never want you to leave! Best Wishes.
New Golden ~ our beautiful Sister Shan
Sister Shan and her companions. All attending Language School.
Arriving back home and we have our last night with the Beans! How we will miss them. Then the next morning we get a GOLDEN. Our Beautiful Sister Shan from Tahiti. She joins her companions in the English Language School. Sister Liu and Tehoari. Sept. 5-6.
GOLDEN ORIENTATION ~ REAL PLAYS ~ G-QING ~ DOOR KNOCKING ~ TEACHING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS ~ LOVING IT!!
Elders: He, Walburger, Saban, Bast, Nordfelt, Weed, Prows, and Lal Sisters: Hargadon, Mitsuyama, and Doig Seniors: Clydes, Briggs, Sister Bown and Mathews, and McSwains
GOLDENS AND THEIR TRAINERS
Sister Costa and Mitsuyama
Sister Tuala and Hargadon
Sister Aloua and Doig
Sister Bast and Wang
Elders Banks, Cummings, and Morris
Elders Lal and King
Elder Ha and Prows
Elder Peacock, Nordfelt, and Clawson
Elder Weed and Caindoy
Elder Saban, Panelo, & Bulisui
Elder Meyer and Walburger
Elder Bean and He
Sister Mathews, Sister and Elder Briggs
Sister and Elder Clyde
Elder Fukofuka and Smoot
President and Sister McSwain
CLOSING SONG ~ “I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES!” Going forth with the Flame of FAITH like a Golden. WE CAN DO THIS! WE DO HARD, GOOD, THINGS!
EMP ZONE FHE ~ CONGRATULATIONS MISSIONARIES FOR MEETING YOUR GOALS! WHAT A FUN NIGHT.
President and Elder Smoot flipping the burgers.
Buffet of FOOD!
EMP Zone ~ love you all!
Convincing Elder Bell to like the Utes!
Most of them don’t know what they are suppose to do:)
EMP ZONE FHE ~ CONGRATULATIONS MISSIONARIES FOR MEETING YOUR GOALS! WHAT A FUN NIGHT!!! September 11, 2017
Yates, Pitmans, Housers and Osbornes
Bolands, Sister Walker, McSwain , Bells
Elder Walker, Tarrs, Sister Fulton, Rotas
Watts, Sister Briggs, Faumui, Tilyard, Bown
Senior Conference ~ September 14-16, 2017 ~ THANK YOU ELDER & SISTER CLYDE!
Marianne, Lydia, Debbie, Sheila, and Mom
Aubri, Halle, and Grandma
Jo McSwain Funeral
Pallbearers for Jo McSwain
Family
Family @ Funeral
Pallbearers @ Josephine Ethel Davis McSwain Funeral Grandsons
Dave and Sheila W/Joee
Vonnie W/ Kacen
Joee, Saylor, and Lottie
Lunch @ Funeral my FAMILY!
ABBY AND GRANDMA:)
Grandma Jo passed away on September 14, 2017 ~ 3 days after her 65 year Wedding Anniversary. I was able to make it home for the funeral, on Sept. 19, 2017.
Michael, Halle, and Leo
Michael scaring Leo but Halle not at all!
Isaac with Nash who went with him happily around several times and then was done!
Isaac and Cruz
Dad scaring Trey with Melissa
Michael and that big scary head again ( Ashli this time)
And again, Trey doesn’t want anything to do with it! Malachi?
Look who came to see me ~ first names! Parker, Bre, Jade, Natasha, and Lilly
Chi putting the HEAD on Trey this time!
Jonah! stepped on glass! ouch!
Taylor vacuuming up the glass:)
Mandi the Doctor!
Michael and Bailey with baby Kacen
They made Pumpkin books for Grandpa ~ they are all his pumpkins!
Busy working on the Pumpkin photo books for Papa
okay we are done! Trevor and Lis ~ love you!
Our FAMILY is the best. Gathered and spent time with me as much as possible. It was so fun and wonderful to see everyone ~ even if it was only for a few days. LOVE THE MCSWAIN CREW! They are AWESOME 🙂
Ashli and Leo
Isaac, Halle, and Allie
Grandkids getting their special gift from Aunt Ash
Trey got glowing Ears!!
Our little organizer ~ she has all of their attention! She must be a pre-school teacher!
Hanging out- the best
Chris and Misti, Taylor and Aubri
Grandma and the grandkids
Our Six beautiful kids.
All six kids! Love you all;)
Children with half of the spouses. The Best!
Grandma getting the low down on Moana the movie ~ with little Moana watching with us!
Grandma and Brigham
Grandma and Faith
Joy, Kacen and Brig
Grandma and Joy
Grandma and Abby
Grandma and Brynley
Mum and Misti
Mandi and Mum
Mum and Ashli
Trevor and Mu
Mum, Aubri, and Cruz
Michael, Bailie, and Mum@airport
Youngest and almost oldest grandkids!
SO CUTE
EVEN CUTER
AW ~ Kacen and Joy:)
OUR LAST GOOD-BYES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. IT WAS A WONDERFUL VISIT. A BLESSING TO BE THERE FOR A BIT! HEAPS OF GRATITUDE. Sept. 23, 2017
Elders Vea and Clawson, Sisters Nardo, Alovoa, and Halasima
Sisters Halasima, Nardo, and Alovoa
Elders Clawson, Via and Fukofuka
Elders Cummings, Morris and Smoot
Departing Missionaries
DEPARTING MISSIONARIES! SMALL POWERFUL GROUP. WE WILL MISS EACH OF YOU! SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2017
Early morning departure ~ Sister Halasima and Elder Vea
Going home to Tonga
Miss you!
~Bye~
Powerful Sister Nardo! W/ her investigator Geoffrey and Sister Alovoa
The group! bye Sister Nardo
Home to the Philippines
~Bye~
Happy Reunion!
Elder Clawson and Mom
Hello DAD!
Group Hug!
Where are they?
Good Missionary! Proud parents
Last one! Sister Alovoa ~ off to Samoa!
END OF ANOTHER GREAT TRANSFER! We LOVE our MISSIONARIES and will MISS you! September 26, 2017
