Delayed One Week

Kira's flight was cancelled today (4/19) due to the recent activity from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano. She is now scheduled to fly to Germany on April 26.

Missionary Plaque

I went to church tonight for the last time for Wednesday night's institute. When I left I saw this hanging on the wall. Guess it's official now.

I don't know

My Best friend is forcing me to write something. I'm leaving in 3 days and could be doing more useful. So here's my list of everything I need to do before Friday morning
1) Starting to pack. This one is very important. I'm not quite sure what will happen if I don't do this, maybe I'll just show up to the MTC with a big plastic tub, which is what all of my mission stuff is currently living in.
2) Watching the list of movies I swore I was going to see before I left. The list keeps getting longer and I never seem to get around to watching them.
3) Finishing the 3 different books I'm in the middle of reading. I've been a terrible reader recently, I haven't done much pleasure reading since Christmas.
4) Writing letters to all the people that I cannot contact through facebook, who I want to speak to before I leave.
5) Finishing the last few errands I need to run (banks, printing photos, buying supplies etc.)
6) Practicing my German which has been sadly deteriorating since December when I was last taking classes.
7) Watching the missionary instructional film the church asked me to watch 2 weeks ago.
8) Practicing Hymns because I know that I'll end up playing the piano in some meeting and my accompanying has not been of use recently.
9) Exercising. This has been a problem. I wanted to get into the habit before I left, but somehow I substituted eating all the cookies that we're made for my missionary farewell. Because that'll help me get into shape...
10) Finishing the blanket I made specifically to take with me on my mission. I started this quilt about a month ago and it's all put together all that's left is tying hundreds of little knots and removing all the pins. I'm trying desperately to finish this.

However no. I am blogging silly things. Because I am a loving friend.

Called to Serve

Many of you know that I have volunteered for a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for 18 months. Today I received my Mission call Giving me all the information about where I am going to be serving. I'll be going to the Missionary Training Center in Provo on the 31st of March for training and then I'll be serving the rest of the time In Frankfurt Germany and the area around the city. For those of you who would like to write me, my future address will be forthcoming and I'll make sure to post it. I'll also have a friend writing a blog with stories and pictures that I send home. I'm incredibly thrilled to have this time in Germany and be able to grow in so many different ways.




As you can tell by the picture I was very surprised. I didn't expect to be using my German skills and certainly did not expect to be sent to the same mission as a good friend. However I know with a surety that this is the absolute perfect mission for me to go to. I'm ecstatic about the chance to spend 18 months in Germany.