Mission Call

My parents call came on Wed last week! They are so excited! I called all the kids and we came over to mom and dads so they could tell us at the same time where they were going! I got everything out of mom except where they were going before we got there! (When, how long, foreign...) So while the kids were eating dad read his call letter to us. Although he teased us that it was the Ogden UT mission, they are really going to the Manilla, Phillipines Mission. They are going for a period of 23 months as a proselyting mission speaking English. They are very excited even though it is a big city. There are 15 missions in Manilla. Crazy huh?! They leave Aug 23, so we have a little bit of time to help them get ready to go. Brady was at work, but he called me 2 times during the day to ask if he had won. (We all guessed where they were going). Imagine his surprise when I called him back to tell him that he really did win! He got a huge symphony bar. But in order to be fair to eveyone (cause it is hard work guessing according to Noah) we all got a miniature candy bar for our efforts!

We are very excited for them! They will be awesome missionaries! I'm excited that they are in a position to be able to accomplish one of the goals they set for themselves when they got married! Quite an accomplishment! Isabel makes me laugh. Everyday for the past week she would say, maybe today is when gpa and gma will get their letter (mission call). I asked her one day who writes the letter and she said, 'Santa, then President Monson signs it'. Santa knows where everyone lives! She knows now that it is President Monson and his helpers that do it all! She cracks me up!