Raising Three Little Princesses

Last night JJ’s youngest brother, Ryan flew into Salt Lake from Chattanooga because he had decided to serve a two year mission for the LDS church. Since we only live about 10 minutes away from the Missionary Training Center he was able to stay with us over night and we took him to the MTC early this afternoon. Last night JJ’s brother, Stephen and Stephen’s wife, Kristina picked Ryan up from the airport and we all had some cake and ice cream at our house.

Just like my brother who stayed with us for a day before his mission, Ryan seemed nervous and full of questions. JJ, Stephen and Kristina all answered questions for him since they all served full-time missions.

We saw a lot of nervous young men and women at the MTC today and a lot of crying family members. The one that most touched me was a little girl who was about 5 crying becuase her brother was leaving.

These young people are so far from home and put their school and jobs on hold for 18 months – 2 years to share the gospel with others. They even pay for their missions themselves which is about $10,000.  Missionaries are sent all over the world. Ryan is going on the Samara, Russia mission. My brother will come home from Ecuador this November!

Here is a picture of us dropping him off.

4 Responses to “Goodbye To Our New Missionary”

1. Esmeralda Says:
   March 11th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

   Adam came home sad on Sunday, but Debbie was visibly upset. She was the same when Stephen left. She loves Ryan and all the time he’s spent with her. We’re sad we won’t see him for 2 years, but grateful for his service. Thank you for those pictures. We really enjoyed them.

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2. Angeline Says:
   March 12th, 2009 at 4:19 am

   That’s a wonderful thing that he is doing! God bless him and keep him safe while he is away…

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3. Amber Says:
   March 12th, 2009 at 8:18 am

   Thank you so much for posting the pictures. I am so proud of Ryan!

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4. Melissa’s Place » Missionary Training Center Changes Says:
   June 9th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

   [...] a tradition of accompanying their sons and daughters to the MTC. I went to the MTC to drop off my brother-in-law and you can see that it is a lot of work for the MTC to accomadate all the family and friends so [...]

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