Dear families of missionaries in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission,
We are thrilled to have welcomed your missionary to our mission! We received 14 new missionaries so it has been a very exciting and a very busy time!
After they all arrived on Monday we took them to the mission home for dinner, interviews with President Cotterell, a testimony meeting and dessert. After that everyone was ready for bed. All stayed here in the mission home, Sisters upstairs, Elders in the basement.
After breakfast on Tuesday morning, all of the missionaries were taken to the mission office to meet the office staff and to be oriented in some of the things they need to know to be a missionary. From there everyone traveled to the Apex Stake Center (the stake center right next to the Raleigh temple) to meet their trainers. This is a wonderful experience for them to meet the missionary who has been specially picked to train them and to set the course for them to have a successful mission. Everyone had pictures taken with President Cotterell and I, and then with their trainer. They had some practice role-playing and finally I served them lunch.
The transfer meeting began at 1:30. At this meeting all of the missionaries in the mission who are being transferred come to find out where they are going. They then leave for their new areas. Many of our new missionaries asked me what they would be doing when they got to their area on Tuesday night. I assured them that they would get right to work with either teaching appointments or contacting.
It is a pleasure to serve with your missionary. We felt a strength from each one of them and look forward to getting to know them individually, working and learning with them.
These are the missionaries, their companions and the area they are assigned to:
Elder Armacost is serving with Elder Owens from Orem, UT in Durham
Elder Bartlett is serving with Elder Nielson from St. George, UT in Zebulon
Elder Dalton is serving with Elder Scott from Rochester, MN in Goldsboro
Elder Forsey is serving with Elder Brown from Mesa, AZ in Raleigh
Sister Gallego is serving with Sister Dodge from Highland Village, TX in Durham
Elder Garrard is serving with Elder Weichers from Apple Valley, CA in Knightdale
Elder Jaros is serving with Elder Crowley from Midvale, UT in Greenville
Elder Jenkins is serving with Elder Kopp from Lake Havasu City, AZ in Henderson
Elder Johnson is serving with Elder Tabil from Magna, UT in Fayetteville
Elder Koplin is serving with Elder Maughan from Queen Creek, AZ in Smithfield
Elder Loftin is serving with Elder Worthen from Syracuse, UT in Hope Mills
Sister Matthews is serving with Sister Joseph from Hinckley, UT in Hope Mills
Elder Pace is serving with Elder McKensie from Sandy, UT in Raleigh
Elder Rigamoto is seving with Elder Casper from Basin City, WA in Pembroke
Your missionary will fill in more details in their next email to you. Our preparation days are on Monday. They will look forward to an email from you at that time. They will use the same "myldsmail.net" address that they used in the MTC. Emailing privileges are for immediate family only. Missionaries have a limited time to read and respond to emails. Be aware that most use computers at the public libraries. On holidays those libraries are usually closed so the missionaries wont be able to email until Tuesday of that week. We encourage you to write uplifting and positive letters that will help them to keep focused on the important work they are doing here.
All other mail should come through the US Postal system and be mailed to the mission office using this address:
Missionary’s Full Name (we have several with the same last name)
North Carolina Raleigh Mission
6508 Falls of Neuse
Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27615
The day the mail is received it is forwarded on to your missionary. This can only be done if the mail is sent by First Class, Priority or Express mail. If you choose to use UPS, Federal Express or parcel post mail it cannot be forwarded. Those items will get to your missionary, but they must wait at the office until someone travels to your missionary, which could be 3-6 weeks.
Once again, it is a pleasure serving the Lord in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission with your missionary.
With love,
Sister Cotterell (Mission President's wife)
We are thrilled to have welcomed your missionary to our mission! We received 14 new missionaries so it has been a very exciting and a very busy time!
After they all arrived on Monday we took them to the mission home for dinner, interviews with President Cotterell, a testimony meeting and dessert. After that everyone was ready for bed. All stayed here in the mission home, Sisters upstairs, Elders in the basement.After breakfast on Tuesday morning, all of the missionaries were taken to the mission office to meet the office staff and to be oriented in some of the things they need to know to be a missionary. From there everyone traveled to the Apex Stake Center (the stake center right next to the Raleigh temple) to meet their trainers. This is a wonderful experience for them to meet the missionary who has been specially picked to train them and to set the course for them to have a successful mission. Everyone had pictures taken with President Cotterell and I, and then with their trainer. They had some practice role-playing and finally I served them lunch.
The transfer meeting began at 1:30. At this meeting all of the missionaries in the mission who are being transferred come to find out where they are going. They then leave for their new areas. Many of our new missionaries asked me what they would be doing when they got to their area on Tuesday night. I assured them that they would get right to work with either teaching appointments or contacting.
It is a pleasure to serve with your missionary. We felt a strength from each one of them and look forward to getting to know them individually, working and learning with them.
These are the missionaries, their companions and the area they are assigned to:
Elder Armacost is serving with Elder Owens from Orem, UT in Durham
Elder Bartlett is serving with Elder Nielson from St. George, UT in Zebulon
Elder Dalton is serving with Elder Scott from Rochester, MN in Goldsboro
Elder Forsey is serving with Elder Brown from Mesa, AZ in Raleigh
Sister Gallego is serving with Sister Dodge from Highland Village, TX in Durham
Elder Garrard is serving with Elder Weichers from Apple Valley, CA in Knightdale
Elder Jaros is serving with Elder Crowley from Midvale, UT in Greenville
Elder Jenkins is serving with Elder Kopp from Lake Havasu City, AZ in Henderson
Elder Johnson is serving with Elder Tabil from Magna, UT in Fayetteville
Elder Koplin is serving with Elder Maughan from Queen Creek, AZ in Smithfield
Elder Loftin is serving with Elder Worthen from Syracuse, UT in Hope Mills
Sister Matthews is serving with Sister Joseph from Hinckley, UT in Hope Mills
Elder Pace is serving with Elder McKensie from Sandy, UT in Raleigh
Elder Rigamoto is seving with Elder Casper from Basin City, WA in Pembroke
Your missionary will fill in more details in their next email to you. Our preparation days are on Monday. They will look forward to an email from you at that time. They will use the same "myldsmail.net" address that they used in the MTC. Emailing privileges are for immediate family only. Missionaries have a limited time to read and respond to emails. Be aware that most use computers at the public libraries. On holidays those libraries are usually closed so the missionaries wont be able to email until Tuesday of that week. We encourage you to write uplifting and positive letters that will help them to keep focused on the important work they are doing here.
All other mail should come through the US Postal system and be mailed to the mission office using this address:
Missionary’s Full Name (we have several with the same last name)
North Carolina Raleigh Mission
6508 Falls of Neuse
Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27615
The day the mail is received it is forwarded on to your missionary. This can only be done if the mail is sent by First Class, Priority or Express mail. If you choose to use UPS, Federal Express or parcel post mail it cannot be forwarded. Those items will get to your missionary, but they must wait at the office until someone travels to your missionary, which could be 3-6 weeks.
Once again, it is a pleasure serving the Lord in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission with your missionary.
With love,
Sister Cotterell (Mission President's wife)
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