After waiting 17 days past my Stake President's Interview; while watching my friend Caden Karras and others who had put their papers in on the same day as me, get their calls the week before, I was getting pretty nervous! It didn't help that I was jokingly being teased by my friends that My Call was taking longer because calls to the Utah Ogden Mission took longer. But Finally, My Call arrived Saturday morning with the doorbell ringing at 9:20 AM and our mail carrier personally walking my Call up to the door! But my wait wasn't over yet! Some of my friends had also gotten their calls and in order to deconflict opening times with them, I had decided that I would open up my call at 7:00 at night!
After watching my friend Dillon Graham open his call to the Tuscon Arizona Spanish speaking mission, my time was finally drawing near. As my friends and family started to gather at my house, I was surprised to be handed an IPad by my Parents and on the screen was my older brother Taylor who has 3 months left on his mission to the Cusco Peru Mission. His Mission President had given him special permission to Skype home and be apart of the big event in my life.
After talking to Taylor and being given some advice and with many of my friends and family now gathered, the time finally arrive!
