Our MTC Trainer -- Bro. Barney. Also, the Brashers (Lima, Peru), Us BYU-H, Brownells (NY,NY), the Garretts (Germany)

ALOHA!

Our girls and Monique Wilson planned an “Aloha” Party for us the Saturday before we left. It was so much fun. The food and decorations all were centered around a Hawaiian theme. They really did a great job and we had a wonderful turnout.

Our Mission Call

June 30, 2010 -- about 8:30 a.m. All of our family gathered to help us open our Mission Call letter. We let each of our grandsons hold the envelope (before we opened it) and say where they would like to serve a mission. We heard places such as Japan, Brazil, Austrailia, and then 4 year old Jarren said "I want to go to Mickey's at the Condo" For those of you who don't know Mickey, he's my Mother's dog. So right now Jarren doesn't want to venture too far away for his mission.

We were elated and knew we were blessed as we read we were to serve at "BYU-Hawaii." It was a mission we had applied for and prayed for, but knew we weren't the only ones in that position. The shocking part -- we were to report to the MTC in 12 days!! We lived our life from lists as the next 12 days rushed by.

Our daughters, Sunny, McKinzie & Brooke and Monique Wilson hosted an "Aloha Party" for us Saturday night. The food and decorations were delicious and beautiful. They had authentic leis for us and we had lots of visitors that night. Thank you Girls & Visitors!!

After nearly 5 years, Gary was released from his Bishop's calling on Sunday and a couple hours later we were set apart as missionaries. We headed for the MTC Sunday evening.

We entered the MTC on Monday, July 12th. What a great experience. We were in class with a bunch of great people who will be serving all over the world. We were taught from PREACH MY GOSPEL by young return missionaries who did an excellent job. The food at the MTC was delicious and after seeing how happy those 2000 young sisters & elders were, I'm okay to send my grandsons there someday.

Hawaii, here we come!!