Did you know? Spread the great news!

Did you know we have two OCM Missionaries who have produced CD's? So exciting to see old friends doing well! Rob Cox and Katie Pickett Lawyer each have a CD. You should check them both out. They are both great. What talented people! :) Way to go Katie and Rob. If anyone else knows of others we should give a shout out to here on the OCM blog, please let me know.

Interested in checking out Rob's Music (pictured above)? Check it out here!

Interested in Katie's Music (pictured below)? Check it out here!

A Twist on a Mission 'Reunion'

An impromptu and unique reunion opportunity for former missionaries who served in the Ohio Cleveland Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints will take place on Saturday, June 27 when the Utah Valley Thunder hosts the Wyoming Cavalry in the Thunder’s American Indoor Football Association regular season finale at the David O McKay Center on the campus of Utah Valley University. Kickoff is 7 p.m.

The first 50 OCM alumni will receive two free tickets to the indoor football game. Requests, which need to include the years which the missionary served, can be sent to daytonadan@yahoo.com no later than Wednesday, June 24. Other tickets are available at the McKay Center box office.

A section will be designated for OCM alumni and their family and friends.

The Thunder’s audiocast crew of Dan Ryan and Don Nicol served their missions in Cleveland [at different times, though] and often refer to their mission experience during their call of the games.

``It usually comes down to which Cleveland sport tragedy temporarily hindered our proselyting -- mine was `The Shot ’ and I think Don’s was `The Drive’ and pretty much the Cleveland Browns in general ‘’ Ryan said. ``Both of us serving in the same mission has helped us become a unique broadcast team. We thought it’d be a good idea to end the regular season by taking the reunion aspect to a whole new level.’’

For more information about the reunion, e-mail Ryan at daytonadan@yahoo.com.

Mission Reunion Fun...

The Mission Reunion was a success. We had a good group of people drop by to say hello and visit. I am sorry I was not able to make it until the end of the reunion. Because of work obligations, I did not make it up there until 9:00, so there are not a lot of pictures. Above are the handful of pictures I took of those still around. If any of you took pictures at the reunion, please email them to me at klbarlow78@hotmail.com. That way I can post them for all to see.

Thank you to the Cutlers for setting everything up. Thank you to all of you who brought food to share as well. As many of you know, the Cutlers will soon be moving to Missouri. I will post updates on their big move as I get details. Keep them in your prayers, they need to sell their home here before moving.

I am working with Sister Cutler to compile a consolidated list of all missionary names, email address and home addresses. If you filled out your information on the paper at the reunion, I have that. Please stay tuned... I will post the names of those we do not have any information for. Once the list is up, please let me know if you happen to have any information for those listed.

Again, thank you to all who came. It is always great to see everyone and catch up on how things are going. We have had a handful of people who have had babies, moved or gotten married... stay tuned for a post soon with those updates. :)

MISSION REUNION

Dear OCMers-

President Cutler has arranged for the April 3, 2009 Mission Reunion to be held in the Highland Stake Center.

This church is located 2738 S. Filmore St.(1537 S.) Coming from the South or North traveling on I-15 to the I-80 East exit, Traveling Eastbound on I-80 to the 1300 East exit. Turn Right onto 1300 E. There is lots of construction on I-80, so watch carefully because the next off is 2000 East. and go to 2700 South (1st stop light on 1300 E) Turn Left onto 2700 S. go 2 blocks and look for the Church on the Right. Another option is take the 3300 S. exit off I-15 and go Eastbound to 1300 East turning left. Traveling northbound to 2700 S.(I believe there is a S-turn on 1300 S. before you turn Left onto 2700 S and then look for the Church with 2 blocks.

I know that you can Map quest and hopefully will.

The Reunion will begin at 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM, and again, we would ask for everyone to help with juice or pop and or a dessert or light snack of your choice.

We look forward to seeing all who come and hope for a good turn out as we are moving to Missouri after the Reunion. We don’t want the Reunions to stop and plan to come back for them if we aren’t serving a mission.

Our reason for going back to Missouri is that in Oct, 2008, we had a spiritual experience that has been ratified numerous times to us over these last 4 months, that we are to move and now! We had thought that Utah would be our “retirement home” but it seems there is still work for us to do in Missouri and so we will go back again and do as the Lord directs.

We are so grateful for Kate Barlow and all she has done to ensure the previous reunions were accomplished and we all owe her a heartfelt “Job well done, Kate.”

We hope all will help spread the word quickly and please accept our heartfelt apologies.

We love you all and hope to see as many as possible,
Earl and Hazel Cutler 801-483-2157 or 801-651-8932 or 801-651-8598

April Conference - Reunion Time!!

We will be having a reunion/get together during the April Conference Weekend. I will post an additional post with more details in a couple of weeks. For now, if you have any pictures from the mission, please scan and send them to me. I would like to have a good variety of all the OCM pictures out there for the reunion. Please email any and all pictures you would like to share to me at klbarlow78@hotmail.com. Please say something about OCM Pictures in the subject line so I do not delete it by mistake.

Thanks for all your help! :)
Kate

Elder and Sister Brown are Home...

Elder and Sister Brown are home from their last mission. They had a Kirtland gathering to catch up with everyone. It was fun to see everyone and hear what they are doing. Here are some of the pictures from the get together...

Joni (Parkinson) Stanley and her cute little Drake. He turns 1 tomorrow.

Bonnie (Jones) and her cute little Anne with Joni.

James and Katie Lawyer are expecting their 2nd - alittle boy.

Elder and Sister Brown - looking as good as ever. Joni and her cute family.

Did you serve in Kirtland?

Did you serve in Kirtland? I am trying to put together a list of people who have served there. If you did, please email me at klbarlow78@hotmail.com so I can put together a list. If you know anyone else who did, please list them and their email address as well.
Thanks for your help!