Jacksonville Mission

March 31, 2013

Elder Greenlaw's mission president posted to the Jacksonville Mission Blog. They included pictures of all the new missionaries that arrived last week, including our son. To see all the pictures, click on the Florida Jacksonville Mission President's Blog link on the right hand side of the blog or go to this link:  http://www.floridajacksonvillemissionnews.blogspot.com/

Here are some highlights from the post.

Welcome to the FJM

If it feels like this transfer came faster than normal...it did.  The MTC is now keeping missionaries for a shorter time so all the missions in the world were adjusted to meet the MTC schedule.  Our transfers this time was a week shorter - 5 weeks.  We were thrilled to welcome this fine group of 9 elders and 9 sisters!  Their training at the MTC was shortened from 3 weeks to 12 days!!  It didn't seem to hamper them.  They were just as prepared as any other group we have received.  Thank you, parents, for preparing your missionary to serve.  It's a life-time of teaching and helping them grow into the incredible missionaries they are.  D&C 138:56 teaches us that these "noble and great ones...received their first lessons in the world of spirits and were prepared to come forth in the due time of the Lord to labor in his vineyard for the salvation of the souls of men."  They have been well prepared long before this moment, before this life! 

Arriving at the airport and meeting their new mission president for the first time. 

President Barry is currently serving as the President of the Jacksonville Florida Mission.

March 26, 2013 - New group of missionaries arriving in Jacksonville Florida. 

Elder Greenlaw is assigned to his new trainer, Elder Jenkins. They will be serving in the Gainesville 2nd Ward in Gainesville, Florida

Now is the time!  This group of 18 new missionaries have been trained and taught at the MTC and now in the Florida Jacksonville Mission. They are ready to go out and start to apply all they know in the real world of non-members and investigators, of less active and active members. They are ready and anxious. They will be trained for 12 weeks in the field with hands on experiences. This 12 week training program is inspired and very effective. In this group of new missionaries and trainers there are 36 missionaries who will be studying and executing the principles of the training. Six weeks ago 46 missionaries started on the 12 week training. That is 82 people who are working on the 12 week training!! We have 162 missionaries in the mission. HALF OF THE MISSION IS IN THE TRAINING PROGRAM! The Lord is truly hastening his work!