Dear Mission Call

Let's just start off with all of the 'signs' I thought I was seeing...

As soon as I decided to go on a mission, I had a dream that I got called to Libya. Yikes.

Then, the day before I got my call, I woke up after dreaming about being called to Paris, France. 

On the way to school, I told Reeve I would like to go anywhere but the midwest. 

I went to school where a foreign girl from work shared a cookie from Ukraine.

I looked at all the visitors on my blog and it seemed like every single one of them was from a foreign country.

My parents told me about the nice white Cedar City man that my Grandpa was convinced was from Samoa

I went to Target to get some hair stuff, and a guy walked in front of me and said "excusez-moi"

On my way home, I listened to the Charlotte Church Pandora station and every song was in a foreign language.

I came home and my Dad was watching a History Channel program about all the states, particularly Kentucky.

I opened up msn.com and the first thing on there was a news article about Paris

That night I watched Biggest Loser where they flew all the contestants to New Zealand.

As I was going to bed, I followed tradition and played one round of Wheel of Fortune on my phone. The answer to the bonus round was Rome, Italy. 

The next morning- the big day, I walked into my Drug Abuse class and this girl was speaking in French.

Then the whole class was about my teacher's study abroad to Ukraine.

Then, I headed home. And I saw you there, sitting on the counter. No one else was home. It would have been so easy just to take a peek and then act surprised. But alas, I knew I couldn't. So instead of open you, I watched an hours worth of other people opening their mission calls on youtube. The rest of the day made me feel sick. I was so anxious and nervous. Then it finally came time to open you up. 

Nebraska Omaha mission.

 I started to laugh. But then I got really excited when I found out I will also be at the Winter Quarters visitors center.

 I leave July 20th (5 days after Harry Potter- I might have seemed more excited about this in the video my family captured, but I assure you, I am more excited for my mission. It's just an added bonus that I will be here for HP).

I couldn't stop laughing after I opened you. I hated the trek the first time I went, and I had to be begged to go the second time. And now I'm getting to learn ALL about it and actually appreciate it. Luckily, I won't have to wear pioneer clothes-believe me, I checked. 

I am so excited and I don't know what I'm going to do for the next three months, because I just want to be out.

But thank you, mission call, for telling me exactly where the Lord wants me. 

Looking forward to the best (and hardest) 18 months of my life,

Martha