A Change of Mission Presidents

        Last Friday, President & Sister Keyes came into the office for some last minute good byes and some final business.  We had bagels & other munchies to eat for them and Elders who came by.  This is Sister Keyes eating as we sat and visited.  President Keyes was finishing interviews in the office.  She has mixed emotions of going home, but also anxious to see her children, grandchildren, and her parents who are still living.  They left for Utah on Saturday.

        This is President & Sister Keyes, our Mission President.  I work as his secretary and he is absolutely a wonderful and spiritual giant.  We will miss them, but have totally enjoyed knowing them both.  This is in the office where we take pictures of the incoming missionaries.  I take the pictures.  So, I have to practice more and take good ones.

        This is our new President Vest and his wife, Sister Vest.  They arrived the same day that President Keyes and his wife left.  They had a few hours to transfer stuff and information.  The mantle has passed and President Vest is also a great man.  I feel so privileged to work under both of them.  The Vests are from Texas.  He has been a CEO of Kimberly Clark and in Mission Presidencies and Temple Presidency before.  They are both ready and anxious to get to work.  His philosophy is: Preach My Gospel, delegation, obedience (the key to personal revelation) and considering every individual as children of God and our brothers and sisters.

        This is one of the missionaries that came in the office that day.  His name is Elder Sanger.  So, I asked him if he was related to a Dan Sanger (Cheryl Nebeker's husband.)  He said, "Yes, he's my uncle."  I said, "well, I'm his aunt."   Then, of course, we had to talk.  Small world!  He's serving here in Missouri.