Her Mission

From Virginia to Seattle

The Washington Seattle Mission covers Seattle and surrounding communities. Sister Paukstys will teach and serve primarily in French.

By air

≈ 2,330 miles

≈ 5.5 hour flight

By car

≈ 2,750 miles

≈ 40 hours of driving

Approximate distances from Northern Virginia.

Her mission leaders

The Seattle Mission presidency

President Kirk Gadberry and Sister Cindy Gadberry

Mission leaders since July 2026

President Kirk & Sister Cindy Gadberry

President Gadberry is from St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a business degree at BYU and spent more than 30 years in the automotive industry in Illinois. As a young man he served in the Korea Taejon Mission, which shaped his love for missionary work.

Sister Gadberry grew up in Brigham City, Utah, and earned a degree in Elementary Education. She raised their four sons while working as a substitute teacher, and has served as both a Branch and Stake Young Women President.

Four sonsServed in KoreaFrom Missouri & Utah

First Counselor

President Marlowe & Sister Kristen Dayley

Served in the Rome Italy Mission
Seven years in the mission presidency
Lives in Issaquah · four children

Raised in a military family, he went to high school in Alabama and Italy, graduated from Utah State, did research at Harvard Business School and earned an MBA at UCLA. He came to the Puget Sound area with Microsoft in 2003 and now teaches marketing in the MBA program at UW Bothell. He loves helping missionaries grow in confidence and faith.

Second Counselor

President Russell & Sister Pam Millard

Served in the Seoul Korea Mission
In the mission presidency since Nov 2025
Five children · 10 grandchildren

A Seattle-area native and Kentridge High School graduate, he earned a civil engineering degree at BYU, where he met Pam. He works with his family in real estate investment, and has served as a seminary and institute teacher, bishop and stake presidency counselor. He's convinced the Lord sends His best missionaries to this area.

Missionaries and members, together

A primary focus for President and Sister Gadberry is the partnership between missionaries and members. They teach that when the two work together, the Lord opens doors and prepares hearts in remarkable ways.

Small miracles in the mission

Experiences the mission presidency has shared with families.

A prompting in the rain

Missionaries felt prompted to visit a Bellevue park during a heavy rainstorm. Only two people were there. One was a woman who had recently moved to the area and quietly drifted from church. When they shared that God had led them to her, she was deeply touched, and a few days later she reached out, wanting to come back.

“Finally!”

After a long day of finding, missionaries knocked on one last door. As they walked away, a woman ran after them in tears calling “Finally!” She had been reading the Book of Mormon for nearly a year, hoping to meet the missionaries.

“The Lord is preparing people everywhere.”