What Does This Mean?

GMT is Greenwich Mean Time (also known as Zulu Time). Greenwich, England is at Longitude 0⁰ 0’ 0” and time in the rest of the world is measured based on time zones where the location of the time zone determines how much time you add or subtract from Greenwich Mean Time. If I remember right we subtract 7 or 6 hours from GMT (depending on whether we are in daylight savings or not). So the time in your message (09:35 GMT) would have been 3:35 PM Mountain Daylight Time (like right before you emailed us).

Shawn Trauntvein

Braden Drop Off

Just given this information about family members and friends at the drop-off site:

 Congratulations on your mission call. Please be aware that as of June, 2009, new missionary day family orientation has been discontinued. New missionaries are now dropped off at the MTC to begin their formal missionary training program.

On your scheduled arrival date several hundred new missionaries will be arriving at the MTC within a very short period of time. Because of the large numbers, only one vehicle per missionary family will be able to enter the MTC grounds to drop you off. This vehicle should contain yourself, your luggage and a few members of your immediate family. Other family members and friends will not be able to drive in, nor walk on to the MTC campus.

As such, it would be most helpful to this intake process if you would have your farewell activities with family and friends prior to your arrival at the MTC. Because the drop off time is very short, you will only have a few brief moments for a quick farewell and there will be no opportunity for picture taking. Thank you for your cooperation in this process.

We are very excited about your future arrival at the Provo Missionary Training Center. We hope that this information will be helpful as you make your final arrival preparations.

From: Shawn Trauntvein

I should have remembered to tell you. My friend John Alius still works there. I went and visited him once during the summer and he said they were working on changes to how missionaries would be dropped off, and that they were planning on discontinuing the farewell meeting. I forgot about those changes, but shouldn’t have.

From: Melanie Bolton

I knew they had discontinued the farewell meeting. I didn't know they didn't allow you to take pictures in the drive-thru area. We'll work it all out.

Braden's Topic

May 3, 2010 9:32:14 PM GMT
Subject: Braden's Topic for this Sunday's Talk
Melanie or Howard,

Will you please pass this along to Braden? PMG stands for Preach My Gospel.

Date	Speaker	Topic	Scripture	PMG	Time
9-May	Hayden Doughty	Through Christ We Can Be Cleansed from Sin	Alma 34:8-9, 14-16	60	5
	Denise Bitters	Faith in Jesus Christ	Alma 32; Alma 36	61	10
	Braden Bolton	Repentance	Alma 34-8-17; D&C 58:42-43; Alam 12:32-35	62	20

Let him know he can call me if he has any questions.

He accepted the assignment on Saturday night. I just needed to get the topics from Bishop.

 Thanks, John T.

Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 12:29 a.m. GMT
Braden's Topic for this Sunday's Talk

Braden received the word that he will be speaking this Sunday, Mother's Day. He told us that he was waiting for the topic. I just received this email from the Ward Exec. Sec. this morning, confirming what Braden had told us yesterday. 
 
Melanie

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 9:40:09 AM GMT

I so wanted to be there. I have learned my lesson, when Benjamin and Michael go on their missions, I will come to the temple endowment session and not plan on coming for the sacrament meeting. I don't know how, at this date, we can get there. I could pay, but it is so close in time. I just feel that a good grandma would figure things out better. We are so proud of Braden for the fine man he has become and want to do all we can to be a support for him.

Love, Mom