Saturday, June 7, 2008

Mission Call

We got our Mission Call Wednesday the 4th of June. It was a little bit different than what we were inspecting.



We got a call from the MTC in the morning wanting to set up our housing for our time there. Mom told them that we had not got our Call yet. They said that they would call back in the afternoon after our call arrived. We both thought that there was something strange about this.



The call came in the afternoon and we got all the family together for the opening.

Dad opened the Letter. We were all excited Ben said "This is just like Christmas"

Mom read the Call. She said that she did not under stand where we were going.




Dad read it. We are to go to the Salt Lake City Temple Visitors Center Mission. What!!


Ben said "Christmas when you get clothes" We are to enter the MTC on this coming Monday.
What!!



We did not know what to think. Mom tried to put her best face on it.



We called the Mission President to find up what will be expected to do. We are to get an apartment in down town Salt lake Close to the temple. We will be working 6 hours per day. Our "P" day will be Saturday. We can travel up to 100 Miles from Salt Lake City. It is OK to attend Family events as long as they do not interfere with our Mission Service. We will be working at 7 different locations. Temple Square, The Conference Center, The Tabernacle, The Humanitarian Center, The Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Temple Square Visitor Centers and a Special Family History Center in Park City. Their are 180 Sister Missionaries from all over the world who are serving in the Mission. and about 30 Couples.


We are getting more excited to go. The pluses are that we can serve a Mission and still spend time with our family. We will be working with lots of people who are interested about the Church. We do not have to tract. We can learn a lot about down town Salt lake city.
We do not have to sell our car, or travel a long distance from home. We can keep an active look at how Bruce and Tera are taking care of our house. We do not have to worry about keeping our Drivers Licence current or the regrestration on the car. We are planing on dropping by the house to pick up our mail once a week so we do not have to worry about a change of address. We can take a lot more stuff from Home to our Mission.

We also found out that there are two other couples going out with us at the same time, one of the three is the Plamers from Washington State. Yup they are some of or friends that served with us in the Nauvoo Temple Mission. What a small world this is.


We are packing now to enter the MTC this coming Monday. We spent most of the day yesterday buying new stuff that We are going to need on our mission. Mom and Terra had a great time.


P. S. Sunday afternoon is Calab's Birthday Party. Todd is bringing his new "Girl Friend" for all to meet. She is a 33 year old returned missionary who has never been married. She is a Dental Assistant, Just got her degree. Todd is asking all kinds of Questions, like "Do I get to take Her though the Vail. " He said that he asked Her what was her goal in life. She said "To get Married." More to come!!

1 comment:

CJ said...

Well congratulations! You dont know us, we found you blog looking up random things. This is one of the funiest posts we have read. I bet it was a shocker to be sent to temple square! Well good luck! Thanks for sharing! Hope Todd finds love again!