To the Friends and Family of President and Sister Young

Fall Arrives in Oregon!

President and Sister Young decided on an impromtu photo shoot to capture the beautiful Fall colors.

Assistants to the President:
Elders Jensen, Knight, Edwards, Sutton

President and Sister Young with Office Staff, L to R:
The Brownes, The Watts, The Fridens

Sorry To See Them Go!

Elders Taylor Cash, Eric Culver, Janz Engen, Michael Fonseca,

Zachary Klinefelter, Riley Parsons, Steven Russon, Kelby Wright and Sister Brittney Stoehr

A group of fine missionaries left us on October 20, after a trip to the Portland Temple, a delicious dinner at the mission home and one last evening together.

A New Group of Missionaries Arrive!

We welcomed several new missionaries to the OEM in October:
12 Elders, 4 Sisters and 3 Couples. Some arrived on Tuesday the 18th and some were earlier arrivals. However, all have now been assigned to their various companions and areas and are already hard at work.

OCTOBER 18

Elder Scott Asay, Elder Nathan Berg, Elder Bryan Burton,

Elder Nathaniel Cole, Elder Marshall Erickson, Elder Forrest Gowan,

Elder Benjamin Hales, Elder Nicholas Henrie, Elder Joel Johnson,

Elder Joseph McIntire, Elder Jordan McMaster, Elder Anthony Mitchell,

Elder Thomas Newell, Elder Jared Reed, Elder Bractn Williams.

Sister Alexandra Cluff, Sister Heather White

Elder & Sister Charles and Dianne Friden

EARLY ARRIVALS

Elder and Sister James and Patricia Wels

Elder and Sister Richard and Connie Creamer

Sister Ainsley Despain from Temple Square

Sister Tiffany Christensen from Nauvoo Visitors' Center

Sisters called to serve in the church's visitor center missions are given the opportunity to spend some time in a proselyting mission. We are thrilled to have them.

The Oregon Grove and August Zone Conference

One of the first new traditions President Young implemented was to take brand new missionaries from the airport directly to a special location in Hendricks Park for a very spiritual experience. He calls this "Oregon's Grove." Accompanied by their trainers who often become life-long friends, they get a sense of this Mission and the Children of God who are seeking to find the true Gospel in this part of the world.

STAND TALL AND STRAIGHT LIKE THIS TREE IN THE OREGON GROVE

AUGUST ZONE CONFERENCES

Zone Conferences were held in three different locations in August. Training centered around teaching the Doctrine of Christ. Missionaries were reminded about the importance of inviting their investigators to pray, attend church and read the Book of Mormon. Their investigators should be invited to accept the ordinance of baptism. President Young stressed the importance of teaching by the spirit and encouraged the missionaries to study in more depth chapter 3 of Preach My Gospel.