Wednesday, September 1, 2010

The Arrival Letter

Our missionary was called to the California Carlsbad Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Last week he arrived in his mission after spending eight weeks learning Spanish in the MTC in Provo. Today we received an arrival letter from his mission president.

The letter included assurances that our missionary made it safely to the mission, instructions on sending packages and mail to our missionary, reminders about appropriate use of his email priviledges, information about his prep days, their commitment to the spiritual and physical well being of the missionaries in their care and their thanks for preparing our son to serve. Also included in the envelope were a colored map of the mission so we can follow his transfers and a picture of our missionary with his mission president and the mission president's wife.

Getting the letter was like drinking hot chocolate after an afternoon spent in the snow-very warm and reassuring. It was also a sweet, unexpected surprise like finding money in your pocket the day before payday. Do you know what I mean?

We are so grateful to those who sacrifice to serve with our missionary, and it was nice to know that they feel the same way about us.

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