Our mail carrier so kindly delivered it that morning--instead of the usual after 5 p.m. delivery--so that we could get down to Provo in good time to hand it over to our son. He got his first glimpse of it in the parking lot of Olive Garden where the family met up for dinner.
Sarah was on call that day to be ready to jump in her car and drive on up from Cedar City when she heard that the envelope had arrived.
Ben made arrangements with his college friends to meet up in the lobby of his dorm building at 6:45 p.m. for the official opening of the letter.
Glen got busy calling Jacob and Abe on both his cell phones so that they could be a part of their brother's mission call as well.
With both brothers and their families listening in on the phones in Glen's outstretched arms, and Dallas ready with the video camera, and family and friends all around, the time finally had come for Benjamin to open and read his mission call.
He has been called to the Singapore Mission. He will learn the Indonesian language and will report to the MTC on July 1st.
He spent some time talking to his brothers and their families about the call. He was pretty excited that his hope to serve in a faraway country and learn a different kind of language had just become a reality.
After his friends left, the family took a few minutes to soak in the news.
Then we decided to go to YoZone to celebrate!! YUM!!!
That's where our son took a few minutes to write his acceptance letter to The First Presidency.
He's very eager, willing and anxious to serve. He'll be a wonderful missionary and we are so proud of him and love him to pieces!!
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Congrats, little brother!
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