Life As I Know It : I got my Mission call!!!! :)

SO! I FINALLY GOT MY CALL!!!

And all I can say is that I am so happy and excited and I cannot wait!!!! :)

So you guys! I have been called to serve in the Argentina Neuquen Mission! (ps that last e has an accent over it... I am just not computer savvy enough to figure out how to do that! my bad!)

I cannot even tell you how excited I am. It does kinda feel like a dream though... After five long weeks after sending my papers in for my call to finally have it and KNOW where I am going is pretty well crazy! ha It does not feel quite real yet! ha

So I got to admit, I knew all day long on Friday the 5th that my papers were at home. I just knew that this time they will actually be there. Work was busy! Thankful;y! ha So I didn't have too much time on my hands, but when I got home and pulled into my driveway I saw my call sitting in the mail box and my heart was beating outta my chest! In fact, I got out of my car and slowly approached my mail box. My nieghbors might have thought I looked like I was trying to catch a lizard or something with the way I was moving! But really I just couldn't believe it. I saw that it was thin, I quickly grabbed it... yep. It was thin... My hear sank little. I know I said I would love to go anywhere, but to be honest, I really wanted to go out of states! ha So because it was thin I thought I was going state side. And then I carried it in the house and started freaking out! I was a nervous wreck! I set my call down and was too scared to touch it! I was terrified for a moment there... mostly nervous though. Very nervous.

I needed to calm down so I started searching around and I found this quote,

"Whatever our calling, regardless of our fears or anxieties, let us pray and then go and do, remembering the words of the Master, even the Lord Jesus Christ, who promised, "I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."

-Pres. Thomas S Monson

Let me tell you! That calmed me so much and I was ready to accept wherever the Lord had need of me to go. So then I had to get rid of my jitters and as all my roommates know I clean like a crazy woman when I am nervous or angry or really excited! So yes, I cleaned my room the bathroom, the kitchen, and I even started wiping down the walls! Oh and I made brownies! Yes, I cook as well when I feel nervous! Finally it was time to go to my brother Ryan's! My friends Dena, Kelsey, Kristin, and Mikayla all joined me in going to my brothers for the opening of my call.

We got the google hangout all set up so that Lance, Brittany, Derek, Mary, and Cory could join up and see me open it! My parents along with josh and erin were also supposed to be a part of this, but they were in the car traveling and would not be back until 9:30. I said, "I told you guys I was opening it at 9! You should have made plans to be back in time! I am opening it now, you will just have to hear it!" Does that make me a mean daughter and sister???

So I began to read my call... I almost started to tear up at "you have been called to serve" but I was too excited so I read on... I wanted to look down and see where I was going, but my nerves kept me from looking down and then I read it ARGENTINA NEUQUEN MISSION!!! I was so excited! And you know what?! It would not have mattered if I went to California or Nebraska or Canada, or Tonga! I have been called to serve!!! And it would have mattered not where I go or what language I would speak. But since it is in Argentina, you know I got to say that this is the best place to get called. I mean it is in South America, where I wanted to serve, and I will be speaking Spanish! So yes! It is perfect! Plus my brother Lance served in Argentina, my Uncle did, and my good ol' Gma Sue did as well. I am sure Grandma Suzie is talking up a storm right now in heaven about how her first granddaughter that has been called to serve is going to Argentina where to the country that she served in! ha

I had no clue that I would serve in Argentina... to be honest it never crossed my mind! I kinda knew I would be spanish speaking, but you can do that state side and I even thought maybe I would go to Puerto Rico at one point, but not Argentina! Ha But now that I have recieved the call I know that it is right and the place the Lord wants me to be!

I report to the Provo MTC on November 20th!!!

So yeah!! That is that! I am so excited to go... now I am just gonna show you pictures of what I have been up to the last while here.... going in chronological order now :)

FAMILY VACATION AT LAKE HAVASU FOR A WEEK!!! ... NOTE: i was really bad at remembering to bring my camera on the boat. And I am only going to share a few pics with you.