We have been so blessed to have Dallin Swiss assigned by the Senior Mission Training Center to teach us Russian. We love him already. Dallin served 2 years in the Kiev Ukraine mission and is now a mechanical engineer student at BYU. He and his wife, Maria, were married 10/2009. Dallin is so gifted and yet so humble in his teaching style. We are confident that his tutoring will get us better prepared to speak heart to heart with the wonderful people and officials of Moldova.
We have been called to serve in the Romania Bucharest Mission for 23 months. Our primary assignment will be to labor with Humanitarian/Welfare Services as the Country Directors. We will be working in Moldova, a small country next to Romania. We are to report to the Missionary Training Center at Provo, Utah on Monday April 26,2010. We will fly to Chisinau (kee-she-now),the capitol of Moldova, on May 7, 2010. Jesus Christ taught us to love one another. We will try to be excellent disciples of Christ as we love and serve the people of Moldova. We are VERY excited about our assignment, and ready for the adventure of our lives!
Tom and Toni were married in the Washington DC temple February 25, 1978. They have spent most of their married life in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Tom retired from the FBI and Toni retired from 20 years of selling real estate in Evansville, Indiana. They are parents to 5 grown children and 9 grandchildren. Their beloved Shi-Tzsu dog , Maxx, is being loved and cared for by the Silas Smith family while they serve their mission. Tom served a 2 year mission in Austrailia and is excited to now serve a mission with his eternal companion, Toni, in the eastern europe country of Moldova.