Jared's Mission Call

In January, Jared told us that he had decided to serve a mission.  He said he wasn't going to tell anyone else until he had received his call.  We have been very good at keeping the secret, even though it was hard.  Only a few people besides just our immediate family knew, not aunts and uncles or even Grandma Purcell.  The papers were sent to Salt Lake on Feb. 24th. We waited, and waited and waited and it finally showed up in the mail on Monday, March 28th.  Well, Jared couldn't come home from Twin Falls until Saturday!  I had to hide it so I wasn't too tempted to open it!  Finally, after General Priesthood Meeting on Saturday night we all gathered for the grand opening!  Cindy was on Celia's video call, and Courtney was on speaker phone because she was in Utah.  


Drum roll please.....Jared will be serving in the Missouri, St. Louis Mission!  He enters the MTC on May 25th!  We are so proud of you Jared.  We admire your courage and your willingness to serve the Lord!