Note from Family:

Sister Waddoups posted many pictures on the mission blog this morning.  She also reported on the new missionaries as follows:

We received a new group of eight missionaries from the Provo MTC and one sister missionary from northern Italy who is here on a temporary basis until she gets a visa to travel to her actual assignment.  All of the missionaries received their checked luggage, but four of the elders had to check their carry on luggage because the plane was full and they didn’t get those suitcases.  They should be delivered to the office today, but the missionaries have already left for their assigned areas.  They will return to Rome in less than two weeks and can pick them up then.  As we get closer to the busy summer travel season, we have a lot of interesting luggage situations.  This one is actually a minor one and we’re grateful for that.

We’re excited to have the new “greenies” here in Italy.  They bring with them a renewed excitement for missionary work. 

We don’t know if Taylor was one of those four (50/50 chance) who will be without some things for a couple of weeks.  Also, we don’t know where he is assigned, so we’ll have to wait until next Monday, when he can email, to find out all the details.  On April 28th, Elder Bednar, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, will be in Rome to train the missionaries on using their new iPads, so all of the missionaries will once again be in Rome for that, and the four who are missing luggage should be reunited with their suitcases then.

Here are some of the pictures from Sis. Waddoups’ blog. [Read more…]