Public Affairs

Prior to entering the Mission Field Sister Beckstead and I recently completed a week of training with five other Public Affairs Missionaries. Will and Elizabeth Cottam (Frankfurt), Doug and Marie Hadley (Accra), Walter and Karen Orlowski (Frankfurt), Timothy and Carmen Titus (Los Angeles) and Rick and Marci Romney (DRC Kinshasa). All of whom we grew to love and appreciate as we all prepared for our specific assignments.

The Public Affairs Department had  a full agenda including multiple presentations by Area Managers and Directors from the Church’s Public Affairs Department. Subjects from Social Media to Personal Security were covered in the four days of training.  The concept of “you may feel like you’re getting a drink out of a firehose” was indeed accurate when relayed to us. None the less we are all much better prepared now to enter the field and complete our assignments.

Thanks to all of those involved and to the new friends we now have.