SAJMers in St. George

Elder Morrill, Elder Lambert, Elder Reid and Elder Broadhead gather at the Homecoming of Garrett Lambert in St. George on Sunday December 17, 2017

Elder and Sister Black and Elder and Sister Card were also in attendance and gathered with this group form their old district in Nelspruit. Other than Elder Gwaka, they were all present!

Homecoming Highlights

Sunday December 17, 2017
We had the pleasure of attending Elder Stevenson's homecoming today. Last week we were with Elder Dane Cowan. I am sad I did not get any photos with him, but hopefully he will send me some I can post here. We also understand that Elder Lambert had his today in St. George. Elder Warnock's homecoming is planned for Dec. 31 at 1 pm in the Suncrest First Ward in Draper. 
Any others- please share homecoming times and dates when you arrive home. We will come to all we can and others can be made aware, so they can participate.

We had a few Elders turn out to welcome Elder Stevenson home.

L-R-Garrett Warnock, Jacob Stevenson, Tanner Wegrowski, Tallen Wardle

 

We were invited to thier lovely home in Highland, Utah afterwards. It was great to see all the love and support Jacob has as he transitions back home. His mom Melissa is truly loved in their neighborhood and is an excited mom to welcome her son home. Thanks for the invite- we loved being present. It is a great way to invite the holiday spirit into our hearts- 

January 15 SAJM Fireside

All returned SAJM missionaries are invited

Upcoming SAJM Fireside

Dunn home
4045 Mt. Olympus Way SLC 84124
Monday January 15, 2018
6 pm Soup and Bread 
7 pm Special SA Speaker
Judy Brummer
Author, Spots
She will share her personal story of growing up in South Africa during Apartheid, joining the church and later translating the Book of Mormon into the African tribal language of Xhosa.
RSVP
Linda 

lpdunn@mac.com

801-702-2211

I'll be home for Christmas

Welcome home to many SAJMer's. This holiday season has many returning. We feel so blessed to have served alongside them and hope to catch up in person or via e-mail or facebook as soon as possible.

Here is a list of those that have come home in November or December:

November

Spencer Avarell

Zachary Benson

Jacob Campbell

Brayden Flack

D'Artagnan Kilgore

Ivan Luweire

Tallen Wardle

Elton Shava

Emmanuel Opolot

Elder Chakanyuka

Dane Cowan

Jack Jorgensen

Joseph Kagimba

Paito Martinho

Kefa Musiiwa

Garrett Warnock

Brian Wiaira

Samuel Bakes

Vincent Ebite

James Jangao

Elder Lambert

Jacob Stevenson

December 1st Dinner invite

Dear SAJMer's,

You are invited to join together for a dinner at our home on Friday December 1st at 6 pm.  Tallen Wardle and Spencer Avarell recently returned and they have RSVP'd that they are coming.
Anyone is welcome to join together and enjoy the first day of December and a great kickoff to the holiday season.

Enjoy the first day of the #light the world campaign
https://www.mormon.org/

The end is here!

This group returned from South Africa in October 2017. We have seen Spencer Avarell, but have plans to connect with the others as soon as possible. We have a December 1st dinner planned that any are invited to-
Please let us know if we can count on you. We would so love to catch up.

A New South African friend

Judy Brummer came to speak to any SAJMer's that were available on a Tuesday afternoon in early October. I have heard lots about Judy before, but finally had the chance to meet her in early September.

Judy has authored a book about her childhood in South Africa entitled SPOTS. I thoroughly enjoyed her book and am looking forward to reading the sequels, which she is working on right now.

Adam Swindlehurst, Tanner Wegrowski, Tanner Todd and Sean Pickup were able to attend. We also had senior couples and other friends join with us that day for a personal opportunity to hear Judy's most personal and poignant story.
I am arranging a time for her to come to our home and share her remarkable story in January. My hope is that more missionaries might be able to attend.

I also had the chance to visit with my dear friend Michele Stitt, while she was visiting her family in Utah. I met Michele in South Africa and will always stay connected to her. She has such great energy and I love spending time together.

We met one day, but made time to connect another day and have lunch. Michele currently lives in Switzerland, but may be moving back to the States before too long with her husbands work. I loved that she was so giving and loving to everyone she came in contact with.