Last Arrivals for 2016!!!!!!!

Tuesday, December 13, 2016, we drove to Arlanda Airport to pick up our new missionaries from the Provo MTC.  This looks like a great group and we are so excited to have them here in Sweden.  Pictured left to right are:  Sister and Elder Clouse, Elder and Sister Anderson, Elder Chugg, Sister Beckstrand, Elder Jensen, Sister Pickett, Elder Dawson, Elder Beveridge, Elder Craun, Elder Hartin, Elder Harper, Elder Wilkinson, Elder Cook, Elder Ashford, Elder Berlin, Elder Nielsen, Elder Hawkins, Elder Johanson, Elder Halterman, and President Beckstrand.

Loading up the luggage, which is all accounted for after a long flight.

Group picture in front of the Stadshus in Stockholm.  Pictured left to right:  President and Sister Beckstrand, Elder Jensen, Elder Johanson, Elder Berlin, Sister Pickett, Elder Dawson, Elder Cook, Elder Hartin, Elder Beveridge, Elder Craun, Elder Wilkinson, Elder Ashford, Elder Harper, Elder Halterman, Elder Nielsen, Elder Chugg, and Elder Hawkins.

 Elder Jensen, Elder Dawson, Sister Pickett, Elder Berlin, Elder Beveridge, Elder Ashford, Elder Harper, Elder Hartin, Elder Johanson, Elder Halterman.  Back Row:  Elder Wilkinson, Elder Cook, and Elder Craun.

 President and Sister Beckstrand with the Office Elders:  Elder Jensen, Elder Chugg, Elder Halterman, Elder Nielsen, Elder Johanson, and Elder Hawkins.

Lunch at the Office "Clubhouse" for the new missionaries, before some instruction and then street contacting in downtown Stockholm.  Clockwise from noon:  Elder Beveridge, Elder Hartin, Sister Pickett, Elder Harper, Elder Dawson, Elder Wilkinson, Elder Cook, and Elder Ashford.

Wednesday, December 14, 2016!!!!

Today is transfer day and time for our new missionaries to find out where they will be serving and who will be their trainers.
Sister Pickett will be trained by Sister Christofferson.

Sister Pickett will be serving in Örebro with Sister Christofferson.

We have one Swedish Sister who joined us yesterday evening, coming in from the Preston MTC in England.  Sister Maria Louise Eriksson from Kristianstad, in the Malmö Stake.  We are so happy to have Sister Eriksson with us as a full-time sister missionary.  Sister Eriksson will be trained by Sister Wagner.

Sister Eriksson will be serving in Umeå with Sister Wagner.  It has been over 20 years since Sister Missionaries were serving in Umeå and we are excited to have these two fine sister missionaries go to Umeå to help the work progress in that part of the Lord's Swedish vineyard.

Elder Wilkinson will be trained by Elder Jamsa.

Elder Wilkinson will be serving in Jönköping with Elder Jamsa.

Elder Berlin will be trained by Elder Dean.

 Elder Berlin will be serving in Visby, the island of Gotland with Elder Dean.

Elder Harper will be trained by Elder Gentry.

 Elder Harper will be serving in Växjö with Elder Gentry.

Elder Craun will be trained by Elder Duke.

 Elder Craun will be serving in Västerås with Elder Duke.

Elder Hartin will be trained by Elder Hyatt.

Elder Hartin will be serving in Malmö with Elder Hyatt.

Elder Dawson will be trained by Elder Blattman.

Elder Dawson will be serving in Linköping with Elder Blattman.

 

Elder Ashford will be trained by Elder Murtonen.

 Elder Ashford will be serving in Helsingborg with Elder Murtonen.

Elder Beveridge will be trained by Elder Benson.

 Elder Beveridge will be serving in Sundsvall with Elder Benson.

Elder Cook will be trained by Elder Williams.

 Elder Cook will be serving in Karlstad with Elder Williams.

Armed as new companionships, it is time for some final instructions.

 We welcome Elder Jensen into the office as our new Assistant.  He will be companions with Elder Johanson.

 We say good-bye to Elder Chugg and Elder Nielsen, as they have served faithfully in the office for the last three transfers.  We will miss them.  Elder Chugg is off to Malmö to serve as a Zone Leader and Elder Nielsen is off to Handen to serve as a District Leader.  Good luck to both of these great missionaries.  We love them!!!!

Well, before they head out for their new destinations, they enjoy a great lunch of traditional Swedish Meatballs.  After lunch, time to get to the train station and catch their trains.