My little sister K received her mission call last night. We went out to Mom and Dad's to watch her open it. She is going to the
She leaves October 31st. She will be speaking Tagalog. Congratulations Kami!!!! You're going to be awesome.
K will be the 6th missionary my parents have sent out. I have had 3 brothers and 2 other sisters serve mission for our church. S served in the Portland, Oregon Mission, B served in the England London South Mission, D served in the Brazil Porto Alegre South Mission, D served in the Philippines Baguio Mission and V served in the Russia Samara Mission. It's hard to have them gone for so long but I'm proud of each of them and their decisions to serve. Someday soon I will be sending my own children on missions. Honestly, I hope I'm as strong as my parents have been.
Here are some pictures from last night. Enjoy!
Talking to S, B, D, M, L, and V! 
7 comments:
That is so cool~ I served in the same mission as your brother, though probably not at the same time (it's been over 20 years for me...grin). I'm way excited for your sister, although I hear the Philippines is a real hard mission...she'll do great!
Did you know Pete Abilla's family is from the Philippines. I think Pete taught a Filipino language at the MTC when they were at BYU. Very, very cool!
BTW, does it ever freak you out to think of having your kids gone at the same time? If Emma chose to serve a mission and my boys both went at 19, they'd all 3 over lap for 6 months. I am not kidding. My house will be as empty as my wallet.
Good thing I'll have these two little ones around.
My parents had the first 3 out at the same time for a couple of months and the the younger 2 were out for a year at the same time. It's crazy when they are all close together in age. I haven't figured it out with my kids yet. My older boys could easily overlap and then Henry's at the end alone. As for the girls, we'll see what happens. I never would have believed three of my sisters would serve missions.
Yea Kami. I wondered why I could hear Debbie so clearly. For a minute I thought she was there, but after looking at the pictures, I can see why. (BTW that is me on Mom's phone :))
P.S. It was six months of 3 missionaries. The rest of us were over worked and under fed, just to keep them out! :) Ha! Ha! But we loved every minute of it. Good work family.
hi,
i popped over here from LDS blogroll on candace's blog (i joined it, too)
that is soooo cool about your sister! love the picture at the end with all the phones next to her head so everybody could share in her awesome news.
(i traveled to the phillipians for work years ago and saw some beautiful countryside.)
i am impressed with anyone who answers this kind of call.
i would love to do this someday ... somehow .. when i am old. i have a noMo husband though, so we shall see. we are all in God's hands, so we will be okay.
blessings,
kathleen
Super cool. My little sister served in San Fransisco. I always wish I had gone. My mission in life Motherhood.
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