The Missionaries Leave

A mission is a wonderful thing! Both me and my husband were able to serve missions of our own back in the day. Cortney's brother and my nephew recently left to go serve the Lord on a 2 year mission. They both left the same day to the same mission.

Elder C

Monday night we were able to go up to the C house to have dinner and spend some time with Elder C before he left.  He is going to be a great missionary! 

Tuesday night, we were able to be at the T house when Elder T was set apart as a missionary by the Stake President. It was neat to be there for that!

Wednesday morning, Elder T packed up his things and we headed down to the MTC.

The last picture in front of the house! 

On the way...

We stopped for some fine-dining before going to the temple to take pictures...

 At the temple taking pictures before the drop-off at the MTC...

 They have a pretty cool process for dropping off missionaries now. I'm glad we don't have to sit through a meeting anymore! We drive up to the curb and they have missionaries that come and help the missionary go where he needs to go. It was pretty cool!

Saying goodbye...

 Off on his own...

 We will miss these missionaries dearly! I think it's fantastic they are sacrificing two years of their life to do the work of the Lord! I'm so excited for them!

To calm our emotions, we stopped at Cabela's on the way home. Cortney had never been before.

The maiden voyage... 

Then we stopped at Dairy Queen to eat some food on the way home. What a day!