The Sister and Elder Welcome Party

Petey and I had the privilege of taking Dad and Mom to the MTC tonight. It was quite an experience. Upon arriving at the MTC, we were stopped by security who asked us what we needed. Dad replied "my wives and I are entering the MTC as missionaries". Petey began laughing at the look on the security guards face and when Dad realized his mistake he corrected himself and we were allowed through the gate. We had a good laugh about being polygamist for the next 10 seconds.

Next stop, the front doors. For those of you who have ever experienced the MTC you know the 'drop off' is quite an ordeal. Hoards of people standing around saying goodbye to their missionaries, luggage everywhere and lots of tears. Well, Mom and Dad's good bye was quite anti-climatic. There was not one person in sight. Just the four of us standing on the curb with six pieces of luggage. Petey wondered where the fanfare was and Dad commented that nobody cared about the old fogies. Petey even had to go inside and ask for assistance. The greatest moment of all was uncle Bill (Dad's 91 year old brother), who apparently has a key to the back door of the MTC, came walking up the stairs towards the front doors, to greet them. I knew as we left those two spiritual giants that they were in good hands. The Lord sent them an angel to usher them into their next great adventure in the face of uncle Bill.

Love you Elder and Sister and will miss you so very much.

Hello Petey, Goodbye Elder and Sister Stacey

Of course Petey is home now and had a fabulous trip. He has lasting memories that I am sure will be coming to a home DVD near you soon. More on this later...

Just got finished teaching mom and dad how to Blog. They leave for the MTC tomorrow and need a good way to communicate to us. Mom may get computer literate yet, but she said not to count on it. Worse case scenario, the missionaries can help her out. She has come a long way in this big internet world of ours. The fact that she can send emails is a miracle. Dad is a lot better. We will be sad to have them gone but are so excited for this next adventure. You can already feel the blessings pouring in. The people of Albania are lucky to have them for eighteen months. From here on out I will refer to them as Elder and Sister.