To the Friends and Family of President and Sister Young

Time to say "Goodbye"!

Our departing missionaries at the Portland Temple with President and Sister Young: Elders James Christensoen, Conor Cox, Andrew Nelson, Ryan Plumb, Taylor Stephenson, Jerry Thompson, Courtney White, & Spencer Wiggerman along with our departing senior couples, Elder and Sister Blackburn and Blake.

Our Newest Missionaries Arrive!

Meet our newest missionaries:Sister Asenaca Ramasima and Elders Jeffrey Aragon, Keaton Briggs, Connor Cox, MacKendy Damia, William Earnshaw, Alex French, Steven Gabbitas, Zacharia Haines, Austin Hendricksen, Darren Hill, Chit Pan Kwok, Jeremy Larsen, Samuel Martin, Dallin Mulliner, Mason Palmer, Jordan Phair, Wladimir Ribeiro, Kent Taylor, and Samuel Young

Our trainers greet them with lots of Love!

Our New Trainers!

Our wonderful batch of new Trainers: Elders Drew Adams, Scott Asay, Casey Black, Grant Bradham, Bryan Burton, Ethan Collins, Jacob Covey, Alex Gosar, Jordan Hall, Will Henrie, Clinton Johnson, Al Larsen, Tyler Melicharek, Samuel Norton, Cory Olivera, Ofa Taumoelau, Trent Wardrop, Jacob Wells, & Benjamin Woestman, and Sister Sarah Hansen

The Orchestration of Transfer Day!

AP's Howard, Clark & Peterson lead the Transfer Charge!

Elders Hatton, Carlson, Gowen & Thomas loading one of the trailers

The OEM receives two more Senior Couples

Elder & Sister Caldwell from Kaysville, Utah assigned to Camp Alpine

Sept. 5th - 11th Tour of Zone in the Mission

President & Sister Young tour the entire OEM Mission with visits to each Zone:
Wed., Sept. 5th - Eugene & Willamette Zones
Thurs., Sept. 6th - Cascade & Klamath Falls Zones
Fri., Sept. 7th - Temple & Grants Pass Zones
Mon., Sept. 10th - Pacific & Roseburg Zones
Tues., Sept 11th - Corvallis & Capital Zones

Zone Leader Council

President & Sister Young with AP's Howard & Clark and Zone Leaders: Elders Brian, Charleson, E. Collins Cooper, Covey, DiPiero, Fiatoa, Hackett, Hamblin, Jennings, C. Johnson, Lyon, McKenzie, Olivera, Peterson, Stephenson, Taylor, Thomas, K. Thompson & Wiggerman

Senior Couple Missionary Conference

Our wonderful Senior Couple Missionaries

Elder & Sister Armstrong serving at Camp Alpine

Elder & Sister Blackburn serving in Turner, Oregon

Elder & Sister Cox serving in Merlin, Oregon

Elder & Sister Jones serving in Bandon, Oregon

Elder & Sister Oliphant serving in the OEM office

Elder & Sister Terry serving in Burns, Oregon

Elder & Sister Wels serving in the OEM office

Elder & Sister Wyman serving in La Pine, Oregon

Keep it in the Family!

Elder Snyder serves in the same mission as did his 10 year older brotherTim.

Preach My Gospel Specialized Training

They love and are grateful for special training!

Role Play is the BEST teacher!

The fabulous Office Car Inspectors; President Watts, Elder Wels, and Elder Oliphant

Good Friends Come to Visit!

President Young with Audrey and Doug Neilsen
at the top of 2,055 ft.Spencer Butte

We sit at the feet of an Apostle!

Apostle Neil L. Anderson
A Special Mission-wide Conference was held in Eugene.
212 Missionaries, including 14 Senior Couple Missionaries,
from the Oregon Eugene Mission were in attendance
to hear the words of an Apostle.

Bishop Gary E. Stevenson
Called to be the Presiding Bishop of the Church
at the April 2012 General Conference

Zone Conference with Elder Stephen E. Snow

Elder Snow teaches our missionaries

Cascade Zone

Grants Pass and Klamath Falls Zones

Temple Zone

Our Departing Missionaries

We say goodbye to: Elders Ryan Alderman, Lance Chappell, Taylor Christonson, Guy Foster, Devin Fristrup, Derik Grayson, Bradley Hill, Jason Hoopes, Devin Jackman, Treyden Johnson, Daniel Maxfield, Haydn Nelson, Sione Pututau,Ian Staker, Robert Sutton, Abel Whatcott, and Sister Many Reed.

We say so long also to our "Visa Waiters" who are now off to their assignments in Argentina. They are: Suzanne Lind, Quinton Young, Alexander Wild, Kevin Larson, & Rhett Soelberg

Welcome New Missionaries

Our newest missionaries with President and Sister Young in Hendricks Park:
Elders David Bertagnolli, Joseph Burns, Grant Hague, Timothy Jenkins, Yoshiya Kawamura, David Michelsen, Garret Nelson, Samuel Norton, Spencer Richards, and Drake Turner.

Our awaiting trainers: Michael Anderson, Nathan Anderson, Dylan Andes, Michael Baumgarten, Brendan Ewell, Juan Gomez, Jordan Hall, John Sheen, Ofa Taumoelau, and Bractn Williams.

New Trainer Training

President and Sister Young take our fabulous new trainers out for a morning run before the training begins. Our new trainers are: Elders Dylan Andes, Nathan Anderson, Jordan Hall, Juan Gomez, Ofa Taumoelau, Bractn Williams, Brendan Ewell, John Sheen, Michael Baumgarten, Michael Anderson.

President and Sister Young get a new mission car

They drove the maxium allowable miles for a mission car in just 13 months! That's a lot of conferences, specialized training and interviews around the Mission!

July 31, 2012 - Zone Leader Council

President Young taught our Zone Leaders, who in turn will teach their missionaries, to spiritually prepare for the visit of an Apostle.

July 23-27, 2012 Specialized Training

Corvallis Zone
President Young's training includes lots of practicing through role playing. Missionaries rotated to different stations to role play commitments and lessons.

Cascade and Bend Zones

Grants Pass, Temple, and Klamath Falls Zones

July 17, 2012 - District Leader Training

President Young taught our District Leaders how to become powerful teachers by teaching short powerful lessons by the Spirit. He also taught them how to identify those shadows in their lives that keep them from reaching their potential. With the light of Christ we can see things more clearly.

Zone Leader Council

Our exceptional Zone Leaders with our A.P.'s and President and Sister Young

Eagle Point 4th of July Parade

Sisters White, McDonald,Reed & Rose along with Elders Fristrup, J. Reed, Hales and Davis participated in the Eagle Point parade carrying the MORMON.ORG banner. Sister Reed is dressed at the Book of Mormon!

July 2, 2012 - MIRACLE MONDAY!

Since the 4th of July came in the middle of the week, President Young switched P-Day from Monday to Wednesday. After a special mission-wide day of fasting and prayer on Sunday, Monday would be a day of Miracles! Here is just a small example.....

"We placed three Book of Mormons and got two new investigators and strengthened our testimonies that the Lord is preparing people to receive the restored Gospel."