So, we all congregated in Keala's room to put our guesses of Austin's mission call on the World Map.
(Austin gave us one stateside guess and one foreign guess.)
Gran'parents were hoping Austin would be sent to the Netherlands.
Austin's friends Tyler and Mickelle joined us!
We could barely all fit in Keala's room, but we loved guessing!
So after we placed our guesses, Austin opened up his letter with Gran'ma Joan on the phone.
(Joan is still in Maryland with Rachel for another week or so.)
And the final announcement is... South Africa, Johannasburg Mission!
He was so excited! We were all stunned! (I kept waiting for him to say he was kidding... but no!)
Isn't Tristan getting so tall! I made tons of food- (Yeah mom!) Pizza, chicken fingers, veggie tray, cheesecake...mmmm!
Mickelle stayed for food and fun with the fam, but best bud, Tyler had to run.
Ryan likes the pizza! (No one liked the tomato juice!)
Marina won the guessing! She was the closest guess and the only guess in Africa!
All the grandparents were so excited! As well as the siblings! It was a great party - and a great memory!
6 comments:
That's so exciting. My next door neighbor is on a mission there. She is the one serving with her sister! She works in the office and handles mission calls and stuff. I'll have to tell her he's coming! She put some pictures online and it's absolutely beautiful there!
Lauren, send me a link to some of her photos. Thats cool!
Wow! That's awesome! Congratulations Austin!
Last fall I read "The Covenant" by James A. Michener. It is a historical fiction novel all about South Africa. Some pretty awesome history down there. GOOD LUCK AUSTIN!
How great! What a fun way to guess! LOVE your hair!
How great! What a fun way to guess! LOVE your hair!
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