MTC Training

Our MTC training was held virtually, via Zoom from Sept. 6 - Sept. 18. The first week was "Preach My Gospel" training, with Sister Abernathy and Sister Bashford as our teachers. They did an excellent job, and we were inspired!

Our wonderful classmates were Elder Lance and Sister Rosalyn Riddle (New Jersey Morristown), Elder Monte and Sister Jeri Moore and "Oldunger" Todd and "Systir" Rosa Thornley (Iceland Reykjavik). The Thornleys were already in Iceland while we were trained.

The second week was specialized training for our specific assignments- Debbie will be the Mission Secretary and I will be the Mission Vehicle Coordinator and Mission Housing Coordinator. About 10 senior couples joined us in receiving this training from a number of teachers including Sister Kemp, Sister Winward, Sister Killian, Brother Reed Brown, and Brother Justin Brown. Elder Lynn and Sister Cindy Turner will be serving with us in Taichung, and Elder Turner and I were tutored by Elder Greg Cloward in our duties. Elder Cloward is an old hand, having served in Bulgaria and Madagascar. I learned a lot from him!

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