Elder Rife Safe Arrival

15 September 2014

Mr. & Mrs. Steve W. Rife

1732 N. 1050 W.

Provo, UT 84604

USA

Dear Brother & Sister Rife,

It is with pleasure we welcome your son, Elder Tyler Steven Rife, to the England Leeds

Mission. We find him prepared and committed to serve the Lord and to share the

message of the Restored Gospel.

Your son's first companion is Elder Ferguson who was prayerfully selected to ensure the

best introduction to missionary work for Elder Rife. They will be serving in the Leeds 5

Area in the Leeds B Zone. We are confident their relationship will be a mutual blessing.

Weekly encouragement from home will certainly help inspire Elder Rife's missionary effort.

We encourage you to write him once a week with your letters uplifting in spirit. Please let

other family and friends know how important it is to write positive, encouraging letters that

support missionary work. Your son's permanent address is now:

Elder Tyler Steven Rife

England Leeds Mission

Lister House, Lister Hill

Horsforth

Leeds LS18 5AZ

England

You can send letters and packages to your son's flat address, but make sure you

remember transfers happen every six weeks. Families and friends are asked to not visit

or call their missionaries in the field. Such calls and visits will undermine the effectiveness

of missionaries and their companions. Please feel free to call the mission president in the

event of an emergency at home. Missionaries are not to call home without the president's

permission.

Any anxiety of the missionary about finances will hinder the work. Please do not send

excess funds, too much money can be as detrimental as not enough. Personal, practical

and inexpensive gifts from home for birthdays or Christmas are permitted but adding

money to their personal funds is more cost effective. However, because missionaries

move frequently, and space is very limited; large, heavy or unnecessary items are

discouraged. Your missionary is limited to two bags and a briefcase. The best gifts are

consumables, such as ties, socks, small personal items, and goodies.

I want you to know that Sister Pilkington and I consider it a privilege to serve with your son

and promise to help all we can, and strive to direct his efforts in the Lord's way. We are

available at all times, and Elder Rife's physical, emotional and spiritual welfare is of utmost

importance to us.

Sincerely yours,

Graham Pilkington

President

Tyler with his mission president and his wife 

President and Sister Pilkington

 Elder Rife and Elder Fergurson

Not sure if this is their whole group in the England Leeds Mission or if it is like Kynsie's mission....

if could have been just the group of new incoming missionaries!

(A question I'll have to ask Tyler when he gets home, I guess!)