Welcome to Latvia!

 Dear Parent,

  We were so blessed today to receive the newest group of missionaries to the Baltics.  The plane bringing these 17 missionaries to our mission arrived late last night and they were all safe and healthy.  We met with them all today and now need to process the paperwork to get their Latvian Temporary Residency Permits.  This will allow them to be legal in any of the Baltic countries.  This process takes a couple of weeks minimum.  Also, since they arrived, the missionaries all need to self-isolate (according to Latvian Law) for the next 10 days.  We have got them all into their temporary housing with their new companions.  In mid-March we hope to send them off to their next mission assignments.  For the next two weeks, we will have some orientations, and they will be in touch with their future companions and have daily language studies with the in-field missionaries.  They will begin meeting with members in their areas and even start teaching with their future companions.  

  We hope all is well at home!  Sister Huff and I are so excited to have them, finally, here with us!  We are including a photo we took with them today!

 

Sincerely,

 

President and Sister Huff




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