Less than a month!

With less than a month to go we thought we should probably get a blog going - we hope to use this blog to share experiences from our mission with family and friends.  We are very excited to go-- the more we learn about the wonderful missionaries and members in Cambodia and Vietnam the  more we can't wait to join them!  

Perhaps a quick recap of the events leading up to this point-- we received a call to preside over the Cambodia Phnom Penh mission from Pres. Henry B. Eyring, on January 10, 2012.  We will enter the MTC on June 23rd for a few days of training, and then fly to Cambodia on June 28th.  We are scheduled to be set apart by Elder L. Tom Perry on June 19th in his office in Salt Lake.  It will be an eventful day as our daughter Shealyn will be set apart as a full-time missionary that evening, to serve in the Virginia Richmond mission.

The past couple of months have been busy as we wind things down here.  Getting shots, language lessons, studying Preach My Gospel, visiting friends, packing up things at home, buying missionary clothes, and probably the most fun-- spending time with grandkids and our children.  A highlight has been going through the temple for the first time with two of daughters in the last few months-- Shealyn and Rachel.

We know that our Heavenly Father lives and loves us, that His Son Jesus Christ is our Savior, and with His help we will do all we can to help love and serve His children in Cambodia and Vietnam.  We are excited to begin!