MTC President

I was staying with my parents in St. George this summer when the official call came to them to go be the South Africa MTC president. I was thrilled for them these two are made to teach/train/lift missionaries. They get young people. 

Then they were visiting here in San Antonio when they got their setting apart date for January. I called David's mom and asked if she would come babysit for a couple of days while we flew up. So we hopped on an airplane with just Rachel in tow and went to SLC.

This is what he does when I want to take a selfie. He thinks it's hilarious to give me smoosh face and I love him for it.

Three of my favorite girls in the world right here. They ooed and awed over Rachel as she was the only baby around for a couple of days.

The group at the setting apart. Boy did we fill up that room!

Elder Holland was about to leave and I popped up and asked for a picture. So glad I did, even with the poor lighting this was a day to remember.

We felt so blessed to be in the presence of an apostle that day. One of my favorite lines from my Dad's setting apart was, "In this family we go on missions, we accept callings and we move the work forward." It's true and this is the example my parents have always set for us.

I love these two. 2 years is a long time to not see or talk to them regularly. I'm so darn proud of them and feel like I got a tiny glimpse of what it must have been like for them to send us all out on missions. It is a sacrifice for us to give up our parents for two years but we know they are on the Lord's errand so it isn't considered a sacrifice anymore but a blessing. I can't wait to hear the amazing things they get to do and experience in the MTC down south!