How we have loved our Mission.  Our hearts are tender as we contemplate leaving all the wonderful people we know and love so much.  We have been blessed to serve with two great Mission Presidents and their wives.  We have learned so much from them.  We have also enjoyed the other wonderful senior couples we have worked along side with in the mission office.  They are so good, and love the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  We are also grateful for the young missionaries who have been so good to us, and who always express their love to us whenever we see them or spend time with them.  We are thankful for the opportunity we have had to teach the truths of the gospel to so many people.  How can we describe our feelings adequately?  Nothing brings greater joy than bringing others to Christ.
We love Him so much, and will always be thankful for the blessing and opportunity of being representatives of Him for this short time.  We know that our lives have been blessed and changed, and we thank our Heavenly Father for His love.

Santa Rosa North Zone

Elder and Sister Simkins at Sacramento Temple

Sister Missionaries!

Relaxing at the temple while missionaries take all of their pictures

Best companion ever!

Angel Moroni

We are happy!

Elder Simkins and the 3 AP"s....greatest missionaries ever!

Elder Vomocil, Elder Mahrt, and Elder Hanson

More Sister Missionaries

Elder Anderson, Elder Simkins, and Elder Walker

We love them!

Elder Hafen who served in our District in Fairfield

Our Santa Rosa Zone

We like pictures!

Beloved President and sister Alba

So many missionaries wanted pictures with us at our last Zone Conferences.

This is Elder Bills

Elder Goynes.... We spent several days with he and

 Elder Barrett in Oregon and became very close to

them both.

Elder Kjar.  We served with him in Fairfield 

in our very first district, and ward

Sister Noot...we've had some good times with her!

Sister Lim

Elder Kent.  We served with him here in the Santa Rosa

 Bennett Valley Ward.  We are his 2nd parents.

Sister Liston.  

She was having a hard time when she first came on her mission.

She was homesick and had some anxiety.  Dad and I talked with her

and dad gave her a blessing.  She is such a great missionary now, and

absolutely loves being a missionary.

Sister Osorio.  She is an adorable spanish missionary

Sister Gubler who is from St. George

Simkins fam

Sister Thomas... served with her in Singles Ward

Elder Edwards...know him well!

Elder Phipps- he has big huge dimples and we have

had fun with him

Now is this a special picture or what?  Sister Anderson is

so fun and crazy...we love her to death.

Sister Kimzey.  She is beautiful, inside and out.

Elder Roe whom with served with in Rio Vista

All Mission Conference Picture

Elder Anderson whom we had gotten really close to.

He just went home today.  We will miss him.

Deborah anxiously awaiting her baptism...isn't she cute?!

Deborah and Elder Simkins

Deborah and her missionaries

Heather and Elder Simkins at the baptism

Elder Simkins and AP's wearing the ties he gave them.

They came to support us at our baptism...we love them dearly.

Elder Mahrt also went home today.  Elder Vomocil will complete 

his mission in two weeks.  They seriously are such great missionaries,

filled with the spirit, and so loving.  

Wednesday the 27th of June, was our final Mission Conference with President and Sister Bunker.  It was such a wonderful day, filled with the spirit.  Great testimonies were shared, beautiful songs were sung, and lot's of love was given.  This mission is a mission filled with love for each other.  The young missionaries even love the senior missionaries, and we love each of them very much.  President and Sister Bunker have been the greatest Mission President and wife we could have asked for.  They have inspired us, taught us, loved us, and testified to us.  We will miss them.

Two of our favorite Elders...Michael McBride (now home) and Elder Goynes

The duct tape queen, Sister Powell

Dad's bud, Elder Kent.  He will play football for BYU when he gets home.

Elder Montandon and Elder Kent

Elder Mahoney and us.  He plays baseball at BYU.  He is a pitcher.

Crazy Hermana Anderson..love her!

Hermana Anderson and Hermana McKay.  Hermana McKay plays the piano and has one the most beautiful voices I have ever heard

Elder Goynes, our road trip to Eugene, Oregon Elder

This is Elder Weisenburger who is good friends of John and 

Barbara Beck.  His dad works for Mattel toys, and his parents just moved to Poland.

He is an awesome missionary

Sister Fenn and Sister Clayton 

Some of the RM's that came to the All-Mission Conference

It was a great farewell for President and Sister Bunker

Elder Skidmore...we love him

Sister Erlebach, Sister Hyde, Sister Noot, and Haley Bunker

All the Mission!

Elder Anderson...he has lost 100 pounds on his mission!

Wonderful Sister missionaries