Well, Brother Memory called again on Tuesday! He said he
had lunch with you. We were just sitting around the living room at the
time waiting for time to leave for the airport with Drew.
He left!!! When we got to the airport, we walked up to the
airline desk and right away, the guy there asked “where are you headed,
elder?”! He was a member and he knows the Bell family (Aaron is a
classmate of Lainey’s)! He spoke almost exclusively in Spanish to Drew.
I was able to understand most of it. It was great fun! When all was
done, he didn’t charge Drew for his two pieces of luggage (don’t know if he was
supposed to…?) and he asked if we all wanted special passes to go to the gate
with Drew to wait for the plane! So, of course we said yes! We had
Lainey, Dad, myself and Chad with us. He gave us standby boarding
passes and we all walked through security and out to the gate. That gave
us an extra hour with Drew! Of course, Drew made us leave before they
began to board. I’m thinking he wanted to gather his emotions before he
got going. It was pretty emotional. I wasn’t even crying until he
started it!!
I got an email from him today. He’s there and all of the
missionaries from the MTC that met him there are part of one of the
“experimental” groups. They only learned missionary things and
discussions at the Provo MTC for a couple of weeks. Now they are going to
learn their language at the Guatemala MTC. So, Drew said he’s doing a lot
of translation!
Oh, I’ll just forward his email to you so you can see for
yourself.
So. I’m sitting here at home. Annie is gone for the
day. Lainey is at school and won’t be home until after practice at 6 and
she also has Womens’ tonight. Dad is on a plane between Chicago and
DC. Brad is on a plane to Ft. Bragg for selection to PsyOps. I’m
alone and lonely!! Wow. Did I really want this day to come? I
sure have plenty to do. Lots and lots of rooms to sift, sort and
store. But that would mean you all are really gone! I’m not sure
I’m ready to admit that yet.
Well the good part of sending Drew off is that it won’t be a
full two years before I get one of you back. Only about 21.5! But who’s
counting?
I love you! I hope you are having some fun and that you
are working hard! I know you’ll make a difference in people’s lives!
I’ll probably write again before next week, but not if there’s
nothing to write about! Nothing’s going on here anymore!
Mom
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