missions

On September 15th, Grace hit her one year mark of being a missionary. ONE WHOLE YEAR!! In fact, almost 13 months now! (But who’s counting?…ha!) In some ways it feels like she’s been gone forever and ever, and in some ways (thanks to FaceTime each week) it feels like we’ve…

(Missionary Monday on a Thursday :)) My favorite sister missionary had a birthday over the weekend. Just look at that little light-glowing girl over in Austin! I haven’t done an update on her in a while. So let me tell you what she’s up to, because she is HALF WAY…

It’s so funny to think about how much anticipation we built up to talk to Max while he was out there on his mission. We based so much around those two calls we got per YEAR: the internet connections, the timing, how to set up the screen so everyone could…

…That’s where my missionary is. Sending out lots of prayers for people in Texas! Here are some pictures from her letter last week before things got so much worse…back when they were just in awe of all that ice covering everything: Loved seeing her all cozy in her apartment. But…

Welp, Grace has gone from her home MTC (missionary training center) days here at home to Austin, Texas, where she is on a steep learning curve but happy as can be. It is so strange to have her gone but it’s so good to know she is tucked safely into…

Isn’t life just filled right up with ends and beginnings? Over and over again? Hopefully we learn from all of them. As I type, Grace is flying through the air en route to Austin. We left for the airport at 5:15 this morning, had to turn around to get our…

Gosh life is coming at us fast these days! Things keep getting in the way of life slowing down but that’s ok. I loved this quote I heard in a meeting the other day: “Christ came not only to comfort the afflicted, but to afflict the comfortable.” What do you…

Welp, so far this little “home Missionary Training Center” isn’t so bad! There were lots of good questions about how this all works in my last post (back HERE), so I figured I better do a post about it now that we’re a week in. Grace was originally supposed to…

It’s strange how life morphs gradually into new phases. And after you’re there, sometimes it’s hard to even remember how it was before. Before that toddler could walk. Before the elementary school kids headed out the door and there are no more toddlers hanging on your legs. Before those children…

Well, we are finally here. Tonight is the night my girl gets set apart as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That means she gets a special blessing to officially begin her work as a missionary. She will begin to wear her name tag as…