We had a wonderful 14-minute phone call with Abby this morning
from the SLC Airport. She was made the "Team Travel Leader",
responsible for getting all 20 missionaries off the Mission Training Center
(MTC) bus and onto the TRAX light rail to the airport, then getting them
checked in. Thankfully, she knows how to delegate.
She was a mix of emotions on the phone - excited & nervous,
happy & anxious, and after a few minutes on the phone, admitted to being a
little homesick (which is why missionaries aren't allowed to call home once
they arrive in their missions - it's just too hard and it makes them more
homesick). But more importantly, she was upbeat and ready to get to work.
We received a very nice letter from President Sorensen, the
Mission President over the Idaho Nampa Mission, along with a photo of Sister
Aase with Pres. & Sister Sorensen.
I'll share a little from the letter we received:
"After arriving at the mission office and conducting a brief
orientation of the mission, I had the opportunity of interviewing your
daughter, in an effort, to become better acquainted with her and to feel of her
spirit. As a result of this interview, I felt impressed to assign your
daughter, as a companion, to the most obedient, most skilled, and hardest working
missionary in the mission. You can be assured that this companion is one
of our mission’s very best."
One of the things Abby has told us several times during her time
at the Mission Training Center, was that she wanted to work hard - so it looks
like she'll be doing just that!!
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