Tuesday, July 7, 2009

I Hope They CALL Me On A Mission


It is OFFICIAL. After many phone calls and interviews and even lunch at the Church Office Building, Elder Wickman called today to extend the call! Jim will be serving as associate legal counsel to the Eastern Europe Area located in Moscow Russia. Susan will be serving with him under the direction of the Area Presidency. We will leave the first part of December. Our calll is for 18 months. We will not be going to the MTC and we will not be wearing name tags. We understand that the winters are very cold (highs are in the 20's) and the nights are extremely long, but the summers are in the 60's maybe 70's and the sun will only disappear for a while at midnight. We are very excited to be going to a new place. Jim is learning the cyrillic alphabet and Susan is wondering about a Russian fur hat...coat...boots...long underware...(just think in layers).

We are so happy that we can be together and serve a mission.

7 comments:

Michelle said...

I like the post mom. It was FUN to ReAd.

Kae said...

I love it! The question is now..when will the next post be...

Winn Family said...

YAY YAY YAY!!! That's soooooo awesome! Congrats!!!! (see, lots and lots of exclamation marks---I'm super excited for you guys!)

Jaime said...

We are so excited for you guys. That picture of you is really good, such a stunning couple:-)
I cant' wait to hear about all of your experiences in Russia.

Kae said...

Grandma and grandpa, that is so cool you guys are going on a mission . Especally sence you guys are going in Moscow .

Sincerally
Annie

Chris said...

Yay for you guys! What an incredible mission! Congratulations and bravo for being willing to serve the Lord! We'll miss you and hope you'll keep the blog updated as to what you're up to in Russia!

Bryson Family said...

CONGRATULATIONS! Wow, I realize how out of the loop I am when I suddenly learn that you two are headed to RUSSIA in just a few months! That is so exciting!!!