Tiffany is now an official missionary! She was set apart on Tuesday night, April 14, 2009, by President Reusch, Stake President of the Salt Lake Rose Park Stake. We had a short devotional and then President Reusch gave her a really nice blessing.

This is a picture of Tiffany with the Priesthood brethen who helped set her apart for her mission. From left to right: Dennis Hoskins, Bishop Foster (Tiffany's bishop), Tiffany, President Reusch, and President Steenblik (1st Counselor in the Stake Presidency).This is a picture of the rest of the family who came to be with Tiffany when she was set apart. From left to right: Michele Hoskins, Ellen Butler (Tiffany's grandma), Tiffany, Cynthia Hoskins (Tiffany's stepmom), and Alicia Hoskins.

Hermana Hoskins (Sister Hoskins in Spanish) made it to the MTC today. It was raining really hard all the way to Provo, but we made it safely - AND on time! Then just as we got to the MTC it started to snow. While we were in the MTC for the devotional, it started snowing really hard. It snowed so much that we had to clear off our cars to go back home. Tiffany's sisters, Brooke and Alicia were there, along with her Dad, Dennis, and her mom, Michele. It was a really nice devotional and we found out that the missionaries would be having ice cream from the BYU creamery that evening for dessert. I think maybe I should go on a mission... It looked like there were just two other sister missionaries being dropped off today, and about 40 or so elders. I will try to keep this blog updated with news and pictures of Hermana Hoskins's mission.

Here we are at the IHOP Restaurant in Orem. We stopped here to eat breakfast on our way to the MTC. We heard that the new missionaries don't get lunch, so we thought we should have Tiffany fill up for breakfast.

Here we are at the MTC on a cold, snowy day.

Here is Tiffany getting her name tag and her food ticket, along with some instructions.

Look at that big smile - Hermana Hoskins is ready to start preaching.

Hermana Hoskins and her mom.

Hermana Hoskins and her dad.

Hermana Hoskins and two of her sisters, Alicia & Brooke.

Here we all are at the MTC getting ready to go to the devotional before having to say goodbye for 18 months.

Hermana Hoskins would really love to hear from everyone, so here is her address:

Sister Tiffany Ellen Hoskins
MTC Mailbox #195
WA-SEA 0616
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, UT 84604-1793