So, it came! I have a call to serve in the Kobe Japan Mission! I report January 26, 2011. I am so excited!
So let's rewind...
I, as many of you know, am one of the lucky few who get to serve early. When my parents got a phone call from Elder Hales' secretary, I started jumping up and down on the couch yelling "I'm going on a mission!!" Yes, it's something I've wanted to do forever, so to be able to go a whole year early is such a blessing! I submitted my papers on September 11th and a week and a half later it's here! There were so many mixed emotions. Mostly I just felt sick... I was so nervous. It had finally come, this thing that I'd been waiting for for years. Mckenzie and Craig are so nice and let us open it at their house. We all got together (including Mom and Dad on Skype) and made guesses on the map. When I opened it, everyone was sitting around but they were talking to Mom, so I quickly scanned the letter and found it, and started to cry. I love Japan. I am so excited to go back and teach, serve and love the people there for a year and a half.... and I know forever after that. I can't wait to really learn the language and to be able to communicate with the people there the way I want to. I love this Gospel so much. I love God and his son, Jesus Christ. I am so excited to be able to serve them and their children. I'm so excited and so blessed! Get ready Kobe, cause I'm comin'!
See how close Kobe and Nagoya are?!
