Jessica Receives her Mission Call

Wow!  Oh My goodness!  This is real.  This is happening.  My sweet little girl is all grown up and ready to serve a mission for the Lord.

Today around 5:00 pm (our time) 3:00 pm (her time) Jessica received her mission call.  It came in a large white envelope.  She called to say that everyone was coming to her apartment at 8:00 her time, 10:00 pm our time.  We would have to wait 5 hours to find out where so will be spending 18 months of her life and when she will start.

Jessica is back at BYU Provo for this winter semester which will end around April 25.  She said she'd be available any time after that… when will they send her.

So, tonight at 10:00 pm we SKYPE Jessica - all of her friends are over - Annie, Amanda, Jenny, Stephanie … her cousins Shannyn and Nick, and Alex … and even more I don't know.  She opens the envelope and reads.

Dear Sister Lowe,

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Phillippines Olongapo Mission. 

You should report to the Provo MTC on Wednesday, May 8th 2013. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Tagalog language. 

Oh my gosh - Jessica is going to the Phillipines.

Her mission is just north of Jake's Mission in Cebu Phillipines.  

Wow!!!!!!!!!