Call from SLC

This morning Justin had a 6:30am flight from SLC to Atlanta, where he will have a two-hour layover to connect to Tulsa. Having heard that missionaries can call from the airport, we sent him a calling card, and he used that to call home from a pay phone (yes... they still have those!) this morning. It was really great to hear from him!

It was good to hear his voice, and it sounds like he is doing really well. He loved the MTC and had some great experiences there. He is excited, though, to get out and to start serving, and to start teaching "real people" (as he says it - I guess the people in the MTC aren't real). :-)

Justin said that they got a letter from the Tulsa mission president yesterday, and that they will actually spend a couple of days in the mission home before being assigned to their first areas on Friday. I'm sort of glad he'll still be in the mission home on Thursday, because I believe that's when our Sunday letters will get to the mission home, so he'll get those before he heads out to his first area.

Speaking of letters, we've already established the tradition that each member of our family writes him a letter on Sunday afternoon. Then we put them all together and mail them out in one envelope on Monday. Justin loves getting mail, so please feel free to write to him.

He told us that he took about 60 pics with his digital camera while in the MTC. As soon as he gets settled in his first area, he's going to send us the SD card with the photos on it. I look forward to seeing/posting those!

The new missionaries with President and Sister Seal

The new missionaries with President and Sister Seal and the assistants.