The other couples we are serving with are: The Davis' - from Sydney Australia. They are on a proselyting mission just like us. Interestingly enough - their daughter & family are living in London and are very good friends of Shannon & Scott Ashton - Chad Monroe's (our son-in-law) sister.
The Florence's - from Alberta Canada - Lethbridge, I think. They are on a mission where they go and digitized old parish & cemetary records for the Family History Dept. Not sure I could do what they do - sit in an 8x10 room all day long taking pictures of old records, but they love it.
The Giles - they are office missionaries. He used to be the Mission Pres. in Haiti when they had the big uprising, & so they had to evacuate all the missionaries & they finished running the mission from the Dominican Republic! They are from Midway, UT
The Levitres - also office missionaries. They are from Bountiful. Elder Levitre used to sing in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He is in charge of all the cars... and in THIS mission, that is quite an undertaking! If the winter, and the snow, and all the salt they put on the roads doesn't kill the cars, then the spring thaw bringing huge potholes will !
The Nobles are the CES missionaries here. They teach institute here and are over the 2 young single adult wards - one in French and one in English. They are from Arizona - I think either Snowflake or Show Low.
The Thibauts - They are the couple running the Center for Young Adults in Quebec City. (yes, the ones who are doing what we were originally called to do). They are from just outside of Montreal - Longueuil - where the Temple is. They were called as Stake Missionaries to be in charge of the Center when the previous couple became ill and had to go home. They have an apt. in Quebec City & run the center M-F - then go home on weekends to their own home in Longueuil. After seeing the center and how they interact with those young people (and hearing the absolute perfect french they speak) we truly feel they are the right people to be serving there.
And, of course, our fearless leaders - President & Sister Nelson - from Mount Olympus Stake in Salt Lake City... but who lived many years in Chicago before that. They have been serving here for about 14 months. Sister Cannon is holding up her I-phone, because she is known as the mission photographer. She is usually the one taking the pictures at any get-together.
With incredible people like this to work with, who wouldn't love this mission?
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Sounds like you are working with such wonderful couples. We have been thinking about you a lot as we have, on two occasions, been able to hear from returned senior missionary couples. They both served Humanitarian missions. One couple served in Jordan and the other served in Moldova. Amazing! Keep up the great work!
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