Safely Home

Elder and Sister Stamps were slated to go from Tampa to Atlanta and then to Portland. With Atlanta being iced in, many of us were concerned. We were able to confirm that flights were being delayed, but we had no contact with the missionaries themselves - until a text came just after 1pm indicating that they would be on a different flight. It turns out that they'd been rerouted so they flew to LA from Tampa, bypassing Atlanta entirely. They arrived safely in Portland around 3:30, welcomed by two sons, two daughters-in-law and three grandchildren.

All accompanied them to the stake center, where another son was able to join the group, where the missionaries each shared an experience that was meaningful to them prior to being officially released.

Welcome home! Here's a picture from the airport (apologies for the back lighting). I have a video as well that I'll post when I can.

Going to Florida!

Elder and Sister Stamps are escorting an Elder home to Florida and are on the last leg of that journey. They'll get to spend the night there and rest up from their long flight last night before making their way to Oregon tomorrow.

First layover complete, en route to the States!

In the air!

At the airport!!!!

Elder and Sister Stamps are at the airport in Manila to begin their trek home. Safe travels!

~62 hours...

Elder and Sister Stamps' travel plans have changed slightly. Instead of arriving in Portland on Friday, January 31st, they'll be arriving almost a full day earlier. As such, they will shortly begin their trek home.

Here is a picture from Facebook of them during their recent family reunion.

Family Reunion

From Elder Stamps:


We have been out of town. We took a vacation here this last week. We went to Baguio with Rose's sisters and brothers. We spent a week there. The family had a reunion. Many people came from out of town. It was fun. We met family members and their kids that we didn't know. 
On Sunday we went to church.  On Monday we went to Banaue to see the rice terraces. It was a long 3 day trip. We took a steep hike to a remote village called Batad. We had 2 vans full of family. The last long day returning to Baguio over 8 mountain passes with a twisting road was so long. We got back at 11 pm.


Today we finished some souvenir shopping and came back to Mangatarem. We are finishing some packing and sorting. We fly on the 31st. We are set to speak on the 9th in Sacrament.


Life is not boring. We are well. 

From the webmaster:

I found a few pictures of Elder and Sister Stamps on the blog that their mission president's wife maintains. These are from a 2-day conference for all the senior couples in the mission.