We really need him to reenact that for us.
We were all laughing so hard as Jack read his call. He is so excited and will be the best missionary ever. His mission covers part of Oregon as well as the Nampa part of Idaho. AND our Aunt Andy's house is across the street from his missions border. He's spent a large portion of every summer in Nampa, Idaho, every year since he was 12.. so that was a little bit of a shock.
Just a few minutes after everyone leaving our house after the call, my adorable, dyslexic brother bounded into the other room with a panicked look on his face "Em, I think I read my call wrong".. "How the heck do you read Nampa, Idaho, wrong?".. He had read that he was to leave July 11th.. it's June 11th. oops ;).
I am so proud of him! There is no missionary that could do the work Jack is being sent to do, in the place he is being sent to do it, exactly the way it is meant to be done better than Jack. I loved Jack's AHA moment a few years ago after hanging around and working with some awesome Elder's in our ward for several weeks.. He just told us one day after being out on splits with them that if he could be a missionary like them (Elder Smith & Elder Sullivan), he doesn't care where he serves (states or foreign). And talked about the realization of how much harder it would be to make connections that matter, and serve people fully, in a completely different culture from his own. He will make the difference in the lives of the people he teaches and serves with because of his attitude & willingness to lift where he is standing wherever that happens to be and because his savior and he are standing with their arms around each other’s shoulders, as Jack acts as Christ’s hands on earth.
PS: My family has been joking that the reason Jack's call took so long to be assigned was because Heavenly Father was waiting for me to come home so I could be there for it.. whether he was or not I am so glad I was there to see his face! Hardcore tender mercies ;)
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