The paperwork had been submitted. Now all we had to do was wait. And wait. And wait. Even in this day of internet-sent mission papers, we still had to wait for that large white envelope to arrive in the mail.
We made several trips to the post office to get the mail early to see if today was the day. Nope! But Monday, August 11, 2008 was the red-letter day at our house. It worked out great anyway, that it was a week later than we had hoped. Larry had work to do in Kansas the week before, so we were looking at the prospect of reading the letter to him over the phone. So...everything worked out for the best.
We gathered in the living room anxiously waiting for Lane to open his letter and read the first few lines that would tell him his fate for the next two years.
"Dear Elder Pierce,
You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Nevada Las Vegas West Mission. "
Whoo-hoo! Pretty exciting. Lane reports to the MTC October 1st, so there is not a lot of time to prepare. Luckily, we are mostly prepared anyway. This is our second son to send out on a mission. Lane's older brother Logan just returned in April from serving two years in the Washington DC South Mission.
People who are not members of our church have asked how I could send my son away for two years with no contact but emails and two phone calls a year (Mother's Day and Christmas). There truly is no where I would rather have him be at this time in his life that serving a mission and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with those who have a desire to hear.
We looked forward to hearing about Logan's adventures while on his mission. (Elder Pierce-On a Mission blog) We can't wait to hear what this Elder Pierce will have to say and who he will meet.
And you can be sure that I'll share his adventures with you.
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