And then there were....SIX

Elder and Hermana Tomkinson with six future missionaries
The one holding the papers and the one putting his arm around him are brothers

Anyone who has worked in a dental office knows that you can't fit too many extra people into a day's schedule. (Thanks, Tomi for all those years....I am just beginning to realize what you went through). This morning we got to the dental clinic not knowing if our first patient was going to show up or not. Luckily, he did not.

Our three missionaries working on their papers

As we got to the door we were greeted by three young men who informed us that they were there to get their mission papers done....No problem...usually we take appointments for this...and then we realized that one of them is leaving this next week. He already has his call!! Still...not too bad. About ten minutes later two more future Elders and one Hermana came in...and they are all leaving next week. All of them needed dental work...including one who needs 4 wisdom teeth removed.

These missionaries will be serving in Chile (2 of them), Guatemala and Salvador. They were so much fun and we had a great morning with them. We will get the work done this week...don't want them to go into the field with problems!!

Elder Tomkinson with the Lopez family

We also had another future missionary come in today...Melnor Lopez. His papers are in Salt Lake and he is awaiting his call. He has had three appointments to finish his work. Today his mom came with him and we had a wonderful talk. She was so thoughtful and brought us some lunch because they were a little late and she was worried that we would be hungry. As we talked, we realized what faith and a powerful yet simple testimony she was bearing to us.

Her spouse is not a member, and is refusing to help with any money for the mission. She told us that she knows that the mission is the right thing to do. Her family will be blessed for the service that Elder Lopez will give. I will never forget her beautiful testimony of the plainness of the gospel or the tears in our eyes as we talked.

We love this part of the mission....these future missionaries are such a light to the world!!