My parents are so excited...they're going on a mission. We've been talking about it for about a year now. They put they're papers in and we've all been anxiously awaiting to see where they would go. They are going for 12 months so we knew it would most likely be somewhere in the United States, but where!?! All of us put in a guess. The grandkids were the cutest as to where they would guess. Abby wanted them to go somewhere where there were a lot of horses...she picked Idaho. Eliza wanted them to go somewhere near her so they could visit...she picked Los Angeles. Others just pointed to random places on the map.
Here is a picture of some of the grandkids holding the map with the places marked that everyone picked.
So we all gathered and watched them open it...
They have been called to serve as Office Specialists in the California Arcadia mission! We were so shocked. Of all the places in the entire United States, they get called to serve in the mission where they and we all grew up. For those of you not familiar with the area let me show you what I mean.
It's about a 20 minute drive from Arcadia to our house (La Canada) we all grew up in.
Well come to find out, my parents knew there was going to be an opening there and through a friend down there, told the mission president they would love to go there and the mission president requested them. So my parents were still pretty surprised because although they knew about it, they didn't know that anything had really gone through.
So Eliza won our little contest as she guessed the closest, Los Angeles! My sister Christy is more then a little excited and plans to take some trips up there on their p-days to visit. As we usually all make it to California about once a year, we may just all get to see them at some point on their mission.
I am so excited and proud of my parents for making this decision. I'm sure it's not easy to give up their nice house, surrounded by friends, family and lots of grandkids and leave. I know they will do a great job and will love serving and being surrounded by all the missionaries. I can't wait to hear all their stories and things they will be doing.
I love you Mom and Dad!
2 comments:
That is so exciting for them, so when do they leave?
That's awesome! That's the mission I grew up in, and Cathy Widdison. Your parents are awesome for going where they are called. I'm sure they'll be awesome!
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