Our Mission Office

Elder Ohuegbe has been training me on the responsibilities of the office secretary. There is quite a bit to do to prepare for incoming and departing missionaries every six weeks. Then there is the transfer sheet that also needs to be done every six weeks, and sometimes more often than that when unplanned transfers happen. He also deals with daily email, regular mail and types all the baptismal records to transmit to SLC. He is very thorough, experienced in the workplace, and I have learned a lot from him.




Elder Ma'u is the Finance Secretary and has been educating Elder Krupp on those responsibilities. It takes a lot of patience for these Elders to train us correctly. Everything must be done correctly. Elder Krupp, of course, has loved learning it all and will do a great job to assist the next Finance
Secretary when Elder Ma'u gets transferred. Elder Ma'u is one of three missionaries in our mission from Tonga. There are a few in the West Mission as well. These valiant missionaries from Tonga will be the last ones to come to Nigeria. A decision was made to no longer send them 2\3 of the way around the world to serve. We love this one and are very blessed to be able to serve with him and Elder Ohuegbe.







These two Elders have a little too much fun working on the books. I can't hardly get Elder Krupp to leave the office. He has been making sure that there is written documentation on all finance procedures so that nothing gets messed up when we no longer have Elder Ma'u around.

Ibadan and Ife Zone Conference

We went to Ibadan with President and Sister Jones on the 1st of December so that we could attend the Zone Conference/Christmas Party with the missionaries that serve up there. Many of them have served down in the Lagos area with us, so it was fun to get to see them all again. December 2nd seems a little early to have a Christmas party, but we are not allowed out on the roads until after Jan. 10 because of security. There are more robberies, police stopping to "check your papers" and expecting some money in return for a quick release. The usual stuff - just lots more of it.
This is the Ibadan zone. The Elders all bought matching ties. They couldn't find enough in a red or green, so they opted for black.
The sisters got matching shirts and wore their suit jackets if they had one. It was probably 95 degrees that day - no jacket for me.

Elder Ohuegbe was our mission secretary, and he is so nice. He was happy to get transferred to Ife and be out of the office. These 4 sisters are in his zone - he was the zone leader. They all bought fabric so they could have matching outfits made. Elder Ohuegbe got called to be the new A.P., and he is back in Lagos. We are all happy to have him back.

That's a lot of Bananas, Hannah!

Brother Bright, our mission driver and Mom were talking on the phone when he was moving missionaries around the mission. He asked her if she needed anything. She told him she could use a few bananas and a Pineapple. He and Elder Iyiewuare showed up with two banana tree branches loaded with bananas and three pineapples. The bananas filled the counter by the microwave and some others are to the left of the kitchen stove. There were more in the sink. She paid Bright $7.33 for over two hundred bananas and three large Pineapples.
Brother Bright, in the red tie, is cutting the bananas from the banana tree branch\stalk. Two of the three Pineapples are on the floor. Elder Iyiewuare is the one closest to the camera. He is from Benin City, in Nigeria. He is serving as Mission Secretary.
Brother Bright working on one stalk of bananas. The dark brown, question mark shaped thingy, to the right, is the other stalk of bananas. Our living room, exercise spa and office is behind Bro. Bright.