Two Weeks To Go

This is a most interesting experience! We have been tried and tested thoroughly. Every morning and evening prayer contains a plea to not let "you know who" come into our home or affairs. It makes me wonder what we are to do that is so very important to him that he works overtime on us. Praying for protection really does make a difference in the day and night.

There seems to be a lot of confusion about where we will be, Scotland or Ireland. We received a funny letter from Pres. Griffiths secretary. The good thing is we can still laugh and we have experienced confusion and fear before many times. I responded to her this morning and told her I would stuff my bra with money and please meet us on the 2 of August. We'll see what happens. I still know the Church is true and I also know that Heavenly Father has a sense of humor.

We have accomplished most of what we have to do. We have our fingerprinting appointment today and that will finish all the things we have to do except figure out the money problem once we get to Scotland or Ireland. Our Visa application can be sent tomorrow.

I am limping on a bad tendon from jogging and Mike is slowly walking from a strained back which he has never had before in his whole life. We are a sight. I laugh when I see us move and then I cry from anxiety. We will be fine in time. We have two weeks.

Scotland-Ireland- Here We Come

We were finally able to get together on Friday afternoon as a family and open our call to see where we will serve. The call was to Scotland Edinburgh. We are so thrilled and it brought tears to our eyes. We know that the call includes Ireland because as of July 1, 2010, Ireland will come under the Scotland, Edinburgh mission. The current mission president will go home at that time and will not be replaced. I am sure we will end up in Ireland but able to travel to Scotland for meetings, etc. This is very interesting because when Mike was called to serve in the Irish Mission in 1962, Ireland had just become an official mission of the Church. He served without a mission president while President Stephen R. Covey was coming with his family. The missionaries served from March to July in Ireland without a president. Because of the poor economy and slow converts, they are putting the two missions back together. We will serve under Gary Griffiths. He is from West Jordon, Utah. He was born in Provo, Utah and is about 53 years old. We are finding many connections with him as we go along and are very excited to serve under him. His son served under our good friends, Judd and Pauline Morgan as they served in Winnipeg, Canada. The Relief Society President in our Butler 12th Ward, Mary Margaret Morgan Hansen, that I serve with as first counselor also served in Canada and served with the Griffith's son. We hear only great things about them and they will serve the whole time we are there. We feel so honored and excited to serve the Lord and are trying to get ready both inside and out. We have pages of medical things to get done besides everything else. Here we go!!!!! Jayne




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Mission Call

Dear Friends and Family, Today is April 28, 2010. I have just created this blogspot to record our experiences on our mission. We received our call yesterday, April 27. We received notice from our Bishop, Bishop Terry Thatcher that it was in the mail. We watched Monday and Tuesday and no letter. I called the couples missionary office and talked to a fine gentleman about the timing of the call and he assured me that it would be there on Wednesday as they made the call on Friday, returned the call for the inclusion of a packet and a signiture from the Prophet and then it gets mailed. I promptly got the stomach flu and went down for a day or two as the rest of the family either recovered or came down with it too. What a mess. The call came on Wednesday and we haven't opened it yet as we are waiting to all be together. So much for pictures and all of us being together. I especially want all my grandchildren to be there. I want to be an example for them to emulate. They are so precious to me that I can hardly fathom being away from them for any length of time. Soooo the packet now waits for us.
Jayne