Mission Call

We received our envelope from Church Headquarters and were so excited. We called all the family and opened the envelope with everyone here with us. We have been called to the Columbus Ohio Mission and will report to the MTC in Provo, Utah, on February 4th. We are really excited and anxious to serve this mission and know it will be a wonderful experience for us and for our family. They all support us in this although it will be a long 18 months to be away from all the activity and events that will be taking place here at home. We love our children and grandchildren so much and know that they will be blessed. We will miss out on some important events such as babies being born, baptizms and school acitivities but we will be with them in spirit. We thank them for their love and support in this mission call for us.

We just returned from a week in Playa del Carmen, south of Cancun, Mexico. It was wonderful! We were able to visit the Mayan ruins at Tulum and Xel Ha and spend a day on Cozumel where we went diving on the coral reef in a submarine, going 108 feet down. We saw some beautiful sights and had a wonderful day. The rest of the time we just soaked up the sun, ate some great papaya and pineapple and rested. We were glad for the vacation but equally glad to return home. Now we just wait for our mission call to come in the mail, hopefully sometime this week!