The envelope, please!!!

It finally came! J sent in his mission papers on the 2nd of Feb and we've been waiting anxiously for a certain white envelope to be delivered to our door.

It didn't come in the expected way, however.

On the morning of the 14th we got a phone call from our neighbor and home teacher asking us if J had gotten his mission call yet. I told him that we had put the papers in and were just waiting. He said that he had a large white envelope addressed to Elder Welch at his home and was wondering if we would like to come get it. I woke J up and sent him over for it. (we often get our mail mixed up, as their house number is 1156 and ours is 1165.

All the members of the family had picked where they thought J would be going and H had chosen Boise, ID, since she has recently watched The Singles Ward. When J opened the envelope, he started laughing and laughing. We asked him if he was going to Boise, and he said that it was pretty close.

His call is to the Montana, Billings Mission. It covers the entire state of Montana and about half of Wyoming as well. This is quite exciting since most of his family on his father's side is from that part of Wyoming, so it will be like going back to his roots. I admit to wishing that he was going someplace exotic that he will probably never have any other reason to go to, but we're excited about the connections he will have/find in the mission he is called to. He enters the MTC on May 21.