Elder Jensen's Mission Homecoming

 On Sunday, August 10th, we headed up to Burley, Idaho, to welcome Elder Amos Jensen home from his mission in Arkansas.  He spent the first three transfers or so in Ft. Smith and we loved being there to watch him change from a new missionary to a powerful one.  It was great to be there and to spend time also with his family.  Having children who were adopted connected us immediately with his parents.

An unexpected bonus was spending time with some of our other young missionaries as well--

Elder Smith, Elder Miller, Elder Jensen and Elder Rojos.

We saw the Burley Temple on our drive to Elder Jensen's home after his awesome talk in Church. So we went back to get pictures..  They will have their open house and dedication this fall.

I texted Sister Collins our group photo from Elder Jensen's house and she sent me two photos of the open house they attended on that same Sunday.  20 missionaries had come home that week from the Arkansas Bentonville Mission and many spoke the same Sunday.

The Collins with more young missionaries we love

And we just heard last night that another set of missionaries from the ABM are getting married--Elder Keller who served with us many transfers is marrying Sister Oaklee Martinez who we didn't know--fun stuff.

It was a fun Sunday to renew connections and remember the joy of missionary service.