I hope they call me on a mission, when I have wrinkles and grey hair!!

Jared's mom and dad finally got their mission call. They turned their papers in about a week or two before conference and were "patiently" waiting to hear back. ( I really look up to them for their patience...Jerry said that if they didn't get their papers this week that they would call up the mission office and tell them where they could stuff their papers; they would just move to South America and volunteer in some Temple visiting center.Yep my friends, that is true patience and humility! Dad cracks me up!) They leave August 16 for the Welfare and Employment Center in Montevideo, Uruguay and will be gone for 18 months. Uruguay is where Jerry served 35 years ago, and so it is special that he now gets to take Betty, his eternal companion back with him for another round of service.

They each got their own letter with a signature from President Monson. At first, they didn't see Mom's letter and so they just read "Elder Heath's" call and wondered where in the world they were going to send Betty. They aren't required to know Spanish but that would be good, Dad obviously knows it from his mission but he has some brushing up to do. Mom has been studying Spanish for a while and does a pretty good job of it. I think they will do such an amazing job while there!

We had the rest of the family on the phone who couldn't make it to their letter opening. Right now they were talking to Heidi, Jared's oldest sibling who lives in Spokane, and to Jared, who was at a track meet three hours away.

I had my mission papers filled out and was ready to go, but Jared gave me another option. I chose Jared, and I am so grateful that I did! I love him very much and could not imagine a better life. However, he did promise me that when we are wrinkled and grey, we will go on a mission together. I look forward to serving some day. Until then, we will enjoy the stages that we are in right now!