Our Mission Call "has been issued"

WOW! I can't believe how fast things are progressing for us. We received a call from our (shouldn't say this, but DARLING, Stake President) this morning and he said that our call "had been issued" and we should expect it Thursday or Friday. I said "already???" It has only been 2 weeks since our papers were submitted and it usually takes 5 - 6 weeks for senior couples to receive their call. President Keller stated that he had never seen a senior couples call come this quickly. I don't know what to make of that....I'm quite nervous. Maybe we won't have too long to pack............that is okay by me. I'm really ready to go!!! It seemed like we would never get everything taken care of so we could go and now we could be out of here soon! It's a given I won't sleep much for the next three nights.

GETTING ANXIOUS FOR THE CALL!!

Two weeks and counting since we hit "submit". ??? weeks to go until we get our call. We are doing some shopping for things we know we will need regardless of where we go. Wayne got a new suit, two ties, and some new shoes at The Kater Shop in Logan yesterday. I got some new stuff a couple of weeks ago. To me, that is going to be one of the hardest things to do - buying new clothes. I know that sounds crazy but clothes shopping is not very high on my list of desirable things to do!

We are doing things at home to get ready to leave, also;(1) financial things such as getting all of our bills to arrive "paperless" on our computer, and (2) cleaning out freezers from lots of old stuff. Wayne is daily feeding Kelly's dog, Dakota, out of our freezers. Needless to say, that hound loves his grandpa!

Yes, we are getting excited (AND NERVOUS!) and we are getting ready to get this "show on the road!"

FINALLY SUBMITTED OUR PAPERS!

Serving an LDS mission has been in our plans for many years. Now that we have no kids at home, and no cows either, it is time to get out of here.

We hit "submit" on our computer on Friday February 24th, thanks to our daughter Kelly's expert computer help. Carolyn got very emotional.....I really didn't think this would ever happen! We had our interview with Bishop Cook on Sunday February 26th at 2:30 and then our interview with our Stake President, President Keller, Sunday evening at 7:00. The rest is history. We are now in the "waiting" process for the call to arrive. Carolyn doesn't have a lot of patience for this type of thing so it could be a very L-O-N-G few weeks! We are excited to get on our way!!!

Photos: Hitting "Submit" on the computer, and "WE DID IT!"