Well the 30 day count down has begun, Hope will entering the MTC in just 30 short days! April 10th is the day, that she will be leaving our home and getting a new address for the next 18 months! I am so excited for her and this adventure that she will be on. I know that she will be an awesome missionary.
Last week for Family Home Evening we did a special dinner and lesson for our "soon to be missionary", I prepared her favorite dinner, which is Fetticinne Alfredo, French Bread, and for dessert, she made Lemon Bars, She had no idea that the dinner was a special tribute to her, I tricked her into making the dessert.
The week prior to the FHE, I asked 11 different people to write Hope a letter, to tell her what traits they see in her that would make her a great missionary, and guess what every single person got in their letters back to me, so a special thanks goes out to, Bishop Lyman,Wendy, Danielle, Vikki, Caitlyn, GInessa, Kim, Hayley, MaKayla, Sarah, and Kerri, also each one of her immediate family wrote her a letter too. When I presented her with the Manila envelope that held all of the letters, she became teary eyed, it was such a tender moment. So thank-you everyone that participated in our FHE, it was a hit. I look forward to doing this again in the future with my other children who go on missions.
I just wish that I could upload video, still trying to figure that out!
I am so glad you are doing this. I have been wanting to as well. I just didn't think i could. After reading yours so far it makes me realize I want to remember everything of Allie's mission and not just from emails, letters etc. So i am going to try to do it. If you have any advise for me FB me ok? Thx!
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