NATALIE GETS A MISSION CALL

With the change in the ages of proselyting missionaries, there has been an enormous increase in the applications to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  The Church has been deluged with applications and 40% of the early ones were from the gals.

Natalie was the first one to put in her papers and the processing was quick!  Check out this Y tube of her receiving her mission call .  It is such drama that the entire family was present and she opened the envelope to read the call and the destination.

Local lore says that if the postage  on the envelope is large then it is a foreign mission and hers had a lot of postage.  There was a pool of where everyone thought she would go but no one guessed it.  There was a little pressure for me to find out in advance but I did not do it.

So she is going to the Lisbon, Portugal mission and we are all excited for her. Emily will have two missionaries out..Josh is almost finished with his mission and then Natalie starts as well.  Good going everyone!!!!

Well Madeline H.  just submitted her papers as well as she turns 19 soon.  We are excited for our grandchildren to have this opportunity to serve mission. Others are finishing a segment of college and may also go.  It is wonderful to have this experience as it serves as a foundation for life.

I have not written for a while as I was back in the hospital with a leg infection.. The worst thing was that i missed the deer hunt in Texas with Rob but he was able to schedule it for next year.  Also missed the trip to Virginia with the Manwarrings.

Things are popping around here.  John and Kaley come up this week from Florida for a weekend visit.

Also Scott and Suz are looking to a move from Arizona as Scott has taken a job with a company here in Salt Lake.  He starts thursday and they will occupy[y the basement apartment.    There will be a lot of Mexican cooking!  It will be a treat to have more family here with the grandkids.

We love you all,

Mom and Dad