Amanda's Mission Call
We waited 10 long weeks for Amanda's mission call to come! She turned in her papers on December 16th and her call didn't arrive until February 20th. That is an unusually long time to be waiting. All around her friends and friends of friends were getting calls returned in as little as 1-3 weeks. We were all starting to get discouraged. Due to the new lower missionary age requirement we had been hearing that the MTC was being full to over flowing and we were beginning to worry that she wouldn't head out for her mission until late summer. Not really what she planned on! The last few weeks were especially difficult and I could tell Amanda was beginning to question and wonder if she had made the right decision and why in the world this was taking so long. It was so crazy! In the mean time Amanda and I had planned a trip to Seattle to visit Grandma Martenson and celebrate her 88th birthday! I wanted Amanda to be able to see Grandma before she ...