Called to Serve!

SO.... Wednesday..... :) :) :)

ARIZONA TEMPE MISSION!!

Oh my goodness, I am so super excited to serve in Arizona!! When I first read where I was going about a million things ran through my mind! But the biggest thing of all was the knowledge and an overwhelming peaceful confirmation that this is exactly where the Lord wants me to be. And I couldn't be happier!

I leave August 3rd, which is only two months away! I have the list of all the things I need to bring with me, and for some reason a coat isn't on there! ;) Oh my goodness, it's going to be hot. I heard that three months out of the year the AVERAGE temperature in that area is over 100 degrees! WOWZA!!

I'll be the queen of sunscreen out there. It's becoming the new joke that I'll be known to most of the missionaries as "Sister Sunscreen". Haha! But sadly, it'll be so true :)

I've been asked a lot if I'm truly happy with being called so close to home. To be honest, that kinda hurts! Of course I'm happy! Sure it's nothing exotic, and sure I don't get to learn a language, but I know without a doubt that it's the perfect place for me. If I would feel any different about where I'm serving, then I think I would be serving a mission for all the wrong reasons.

The people of the Tempe Arizona mission don't know what's coming! There are the Apache Indians, the Mexican border, a bit of Cali, and some New Mexico all in there.

The Lord never fails to do what's best for us, even if everyone else doesn't understand.

So if you ask me if I'm truly happy and I say yes, it's because I truly, truly am!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!!