We indeed love the missionaries in our area. It has been a wonderful experience living in a Branch like we do. We are really spread out, I think our Branch has about 100 square miles or something in it. It has wonderful benefits, but there are hard things too. Having full time Missionaries assigned to our Branch is a HUGE blessing and we appreciate Missionaries so much! We always get to know them well.
Every Wednesday night is our missionary dinner night and boy do the kids look forward to it all week! They love LOVE the missionaries. They have gotten more attached to some than they have others. For instance this is Elder Peterson on the right and he has been so fun to have coming every week into our home for the last 6 months...so LONG! He is just one of our favorites! Taite has an itty bitty, okay maybe not so itty bitty, crush on Elder Peterson. She always sits right next to him and when I say right next to him...I mean right next to him as in almost on him. He is a good sport about it and Taitem was quite upset that this was his last dinner before he was transferred. I just don't know what she is going to do. Thank heavens she is pretty fond of Elder Farmer too!
They always leave us with a lesson and this week part of the object lesson, the kids got to dress up as them! And yes that is a bowl on Ellery's head because I only had one bike helmet handy! Boy did they have fun. We are grateful for all the missionaries that have come to serve in our area and all over the world too! What fine young men and women are serving the Lord so honorably and well. Get to know your missionaries and have them in your home often, they need the support and it is SUCH a blessing for your family!
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Having missionaries in your home is probably one of the best things about living outside of Utah. When we lived in Louisiana, we had the missionaries over for dinner once or twice a month & we loved it! Since we've been back in Utah (almost 6 years now), we've only been able to have them over for dinner once. I miss having missionaries around!
How fun! your little girl is so cute to have a crush on one:) it is so nice of you guys to have them over every tuesday...we will need to have missionaries over looks like fun!
What a neat experience for you and your family! I love the pictures of them in the jackets and "helmets." So cute!
That is so great they come once a week. We never have a chance to have the missionaries come over!
I agree I do miss that. We've had the missionaries over once since moving to Utah, while in Ohio we had them over weekly when we lived in a branch and then less often when we moved to a ward. I think it's so wonderful for the kids to have that example.
Hey! I left a comment here and now it's gone. Didn't you accept it?
Anyway, how nice of the Johnsons to have the missionaries over on a regular bases. You guys are awesome!
I can remember my favorite member home to visit on my mission in Germany. I'm sure Devyn remembers stories of Schwester Mohn. She was a single member with no children of her own, so we missionaries were her kids. She was a yummy cook.
love, Oma
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