The morning of September 1, 2011 we received a phone call from the Missionary department in Salt Lake City, Utah. Elder Adams inquired if we had received our mission call. We indicated that we had not. We were instructed to contact Elder Adams as soon as we did. After saying good bye to Elder Adams we looked at each other and began guessing what that was all about. Where were we going and what were we going to be called to do? The mail came that afternoon and there was no envelope from Salt Lake.
Friday September 2 was going to be a fun day. We were going to go to the Portland Children Museum by the zoo with Jenni, Rylie, and Owen. Admission was free from 4:00 to 8:00. Earlier Rylie attended a birthday party at Chucky Cheese Pizza. In order to get to the museum on time Googie and I were to pick her up from the party and Jenni would meet us at our house with Owen. When we arrived home with Rylie the mail had just been delivered. Rylie and I went to the mailbox. I had Rylie unlock the box. The box being at her eye level she looked inside and said, "you got your calling". Sure enough the familiar large white envelope that Kyle, Jon and Jay had received extending to them their calls was in the mailbox. This time it was addressed to Elder and Sister Meier. Rylie handed the envelope to me and we returned to the house to share the news with Googie. The long awaited moment had finally come. The envelope was thick....what did that mean? We had briefly discussed with Jay the possibility of using Skype to share "the moment" with all the family scattered between Washington, Utah, and Colorado. Now that the time had arrived the logistics of making this happen seemed daunting. We decided to let the envelope remain closed until we got home from the museum.We called everyone to let them know we had the envelope and would contact them later. Home again after a fun time at the museum we had Jenni record us opening our mission call. We hope you enjoy this mouth opening moment.
We have been assigned to labor in the Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission. Our primary assignment is to labor in the Phnom Penh Cambodia Employment Resource Center as welfare specialists and assist with member and leader support. We will serve for a period of 18 months.
We are to report to the MTC in Provo between 10 and 11 in the morning on Monday February 27. We will be trained on Preach My Gospel our first week there. The following week we will learn about our welfare assignment. We have our flight schedule. We will land in Phnom Penh March 12.
Our inquisitive minds led us to ldsjobs.org where we searched for the employment resource center in Cambodia. To our surprise there is a picture of the building we speculate we will be serving at. You may wish to check it out!
We also have utilized google earth to view satellite photos of Phnom Penh. Technology is amazing.
Many have asked what our children think of this news. Here is what some of them placed on their face book sites and comments from their friends.
Our son J- My parents were just called to serve in the Phnom Phen Cambodia Mission for the LDS Church. I'm not sure I could have thought up a more foreign place for them to go.
Comments on his face book from friends:
Mallory Platt...oh my goodness! one of my dearest friends is in that mission right now and she is loving it! congrats to your parents!
David Oakes- Fun
Cyndi Taylor- That is awesome. What an adventure!
Jenny Michaux Sasser- Awsome! We have friends from there and a friend that served there! So cool!
Jereme Conley- That's pretty crazy.
Our son Kyle- My parents are going to be leaving on a service mission to Phnom Phen Cambodia in February. They will be there for 18 months. I'm excited that they will be in South East Asia. I served as a missionary in Thailand for 2 years. I'm sure we will have a lot to talk about together when they get back...only in English because I speak Thai and Laotian not Cambodia ( Khmer).
Comments on his face book from friends-
Stephanie Young Grimstead- That is so cool!
Leigh Summers Grimstead- Wow! I am very happy for your parents. Wish them luck and tell them we will keep them in our prayers.
Our daughter Jenni- Go back to the video to hear her response. She is also excited for us.
Our son Jon- He was very surprised since we were pushing the thought of a states mission. He also thought it was great and would be quite the adventure for us.
We have been assigned to labor in the Cambodia Phnom Penh Mission. Our primary assignment is to labor in the Phnom Penh Cambodia Employment Resource Center as welfare specialists and assist with member and leader support. We will serve for a period of 18 months.
We are to report to the MTC in Provo between 10 and 11 in the morning on Monday February 27. We will be trained on Preach My Gospel our first week there. The following week we will learn about our welfare assignment. We have our flight schedule. We will land in Phnom Penh March 12.
Our inquisitive minds led us to ldsjobs.org where we searched for the employment resource center in Cambodia. To our surprise there is a picture of the building we speculate we will be serving at. You may wish to check it out!
We also have utilized google earth to view satellite photos of Phnom Penh. Technology is amazing.
Many have asked what our children think of this news. Here is what some of them placed on their face book sites and comments from their friends.
Our son J- My parents were just called to serve in the Phnom Phen Cambodia Mission for the LDS Church. I'm not sure I could have thought up a more foreign place for them to go.
Comments on his face book from friends:
Mallory Platt...oh my goodness! one of my dearest friends is in that mission right now and she is loving it! congrats to your parents!
David Oakes- Fun
Cyndi Taylor- That is awesome. What an adventure!
Jenny Michaux Sasser- Awsome! We have friends from there and a friend that served there! So cool!
Jereme Conley- That's pretty crazy.
Our son Kyle- My parents are going to be leaving on a service mission to Phnom Phen Cambodia in February. They will be there for 18 months. I'm excited that they will be in South East Asia. I served as a missionary in Thailand for 2 years. I'm sure we will have a lot to talk about together when they get back...only in English because I speak Thai and Laotian not Cambodia ( Khmer).
Comments on his face book from friends-
Stephanie Young Grimstead- That is so cool!
Leigh Summers Grimstead- Wow! I am very happy for your parents. Wish them luck and tell them we will keep them in our prayers.
Our daughter Jenni- Go back to the video to hear her response. She is also excited for us.
Our son Jon- He was very surprised since we were pushing the thought of a states mission. He also thought it was great and would be quite the adventure for us.
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