Outgoing missionaries
Missionaries who have completed their mission gathered at the mission home for breakfast, training (at the area office), lunch, and final testimony meeting.
front row from the left:
Sister Okada - Japan
Sister Petty - Australia
Sister Taula - Samoa (going home in March -mid-transfer)
Sister Fuimaono - US
Sister Tanuvasa - US
bak row from the left:
President and Sister Walker
Elder Molimoli - Tonga
Elder Teputepu - Tonga
Elder Tahitua - Tonga
Missionaries started arriving at about 7:30am. It was a happy reunion for some missionaries who started together.
After the training at the area office, everyone came back and enjoyed great lunch.
Tongan Elders had to leave at about 2pm to make the flight at 5pm.
Sister Okada's parents came from Japan to pick her up.
Sister Tanuvasa's family came from Hawaii to pick her up.
Due to cyclone Gita passing south of Auckland, it started pouring. Sisters wanted the badges wet (there is a saying that more wet their badges are, their future spouses will be better looking).