On Wednesday I got a call from My Bestie Jen and she had some real excitement going on at her house! As I read the blog post about it I am tearing up, it was such a sweet experience. I am getting a missionary ready too and I realized I am busy and neglecting my blog/journal for my posterity and missing out on recording the experience, excitement and frustration of getting my missionary ready. Whoops!
Mostly, I nag. I had to nag him to look at suits. We bought some at a great sale - buy 1 and get 2 free - of course the first suit was $800 but when you do the math it's not to bad. Problem is only one pair of pants and no way to order more. I thought about this. I dreamed about a 2nd pair of pants. And then nagged him in to going to Pomeroys, the missionary store here in Mesa. Unfortunately, one of his buddies recently returned from a NY mission warned him against Pomeroys. So, although they had suits designed for bike riding, two pairs of pants and free alterations (savings of $60 per suit) he was not convinced. He wanted to talk to his friend - which in guy time takes at least a week. Finally, we went with the Pomeroys suits and bought him his overcoat. What an accomplishment. The best part is Dallin is funding his missionary preparation. He is working very hard at Pizza Hut to save as much money as his can for when he returns but is buying most of his mission stuff.
I have picked up most of the incidentals here and there like towels, socks, white shirts and he got nice long johns for his birthday. But I had to nag again to go and buy shoes.
Actually, the shopping trips are awesome! I get to spend the day with my son, just he and I or sometimes Ken comes. We laugh and talk. I will miss him for the two years he is serving but I am so very pleased that he is willing to serve the Lord. I feel the Spirit around our family as we are preparing and I am happy. I am looking forward to hearing of his experiences and seeing him preparing is something I can't quite describe.
We are shopping again today - He is going through the temple on Thursday evening. Another big step with great blessings.
I noticed that several of the comments on Jen's blog had questions about missions and probably Mormons too, so if you click on the temple link it takes you to a good site about Mormons.
2 comments:
This is such an exciting time for the whole family. It is brining back some great memories.
Of course, I missed my sons like crazy. But it was a good kind of missing.
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Wow, you seem to be enjoying the journey. I can't imagine. I hope I will be able to snap myself out of my worrywart state enough to enjoy the journey when our time comes.
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