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My Parents Received Their Mission Call!!

Last Wednesday night I got a call from my mom, Carol, telling me that she and my dad, Richard, received a piece of very important mail from the Church! Luckily, most of my family that was in town was able to gather together later that evening to watch my parents open their call. Those who weren't there physically were on the phone or webcam with us so they could be in on this important moment. It was so exciting!
Anxiously my parents opened their calls (they each had their own) which read, "You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are called to the Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mission. Your primary assignment is to labor with Welfare Services in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as country director. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18 months. You should report to the Missionary Training Center at Provo, Utah on Monday, 20 July 2009." That one was my dad's, and my mom's read the same, except her assignment is "assistant to the country director."
Wow! What a shock!! Before they opened their call, my dad kept saying that he wanted a high adventure mission so he could really feel like he was on a mission. Um, I think he got it! As soon as they opened it, of course everyone went wild! My dad hurried and pulled out his globe, because frankly, we knew Mongolia was no where near us, but none of us knew exactly where it was. We do now! It's sandwiched between Russia and China. We quickly found out a lot of information about Mongolia--Ulaanbaatar is the coldest capital city in the world, 30% of Mongolians are nomads, 6% of Mongolians are Christian, there are about 6,000 members of the Church in Mongolia, etc.

I'm so excited for and proud of my parents. They are already the best missionaries and they haven't even left. I'll miss them TERRIBLY, but I'm excited to support them in their sacrifice to serve the Lord.

My mom's already started a mission blog, so please check it out at
makingmemoriesinmongolia.blogspot.com

Happy supporters!