**This Post Written by Mom**
After Jake submitted his papers with President Kent on May 1, our family waited very impatiently for five and a half weeks
for Jake's mission call to come! (We waited so long it almost became
like he was a child again going on a mission on some far distant date
years in the future.) But alas, IT CAME! And when it came, the flurry of
excitement in our house was like nothing I've ever seen! The call was
discovered in the mailbox about 1:30 Thursday afternoon by Portia. She
left it there for Jake to find for himself only a few minutes later.
Although we had been expecting it to arrive that day, it was still
shocking to find it actually in Jake's possession.
Jake
declared 8PM as the appointed hour for opening the call. So what did we
do all afternoon (besides spread the word)? Well, Portia, Hannah, Fynn
and I started baking cookies as fast and furious as possible. We had
quite a system set up and cranked out some serious baking. Meanwhile,
Jake left the house with his friends and went for a drive. A very long
drive.
At 8:00 we had hordes of people in our backyard! Few things are more exciting to witness than a mission call opening! Click
here to watch it for yourself.
The emotion was tangible and palpable. There was crying and laughing. It was magical and the Spirit was strong!
We were so happy to have so many friends and neighbors, plus Grandma and Grandpa there to share Jake's exciting moment!
After
everyone left and things settled down Jake had fun logging into his
account and learning more about the England Birmingham mission - HIS
mission! The next morning, his first stop was the flag store to pick up a
Union Jack and a Wales flag!
But 4 months is a long time to wait!
