During General Conference in October, Lucy decided to go on a mission so she quickly started her mission papers. She had everything ready except her medical appointments which she needed to get in Canada, so she did those when she came home for American Thanksgiving. When she went back, she met with her Bishop again and then the Stake President, although it took 2 weeks to get an appointment with him.
Her papers were submitted on December 10. I decided to go down to Utah to drive home with Lucy, partly since her car had broken down on her way back home after Thanksgiving. Partly we were hoping I would be there for the mission call.
We know mission calls usually come on Tuesdays, so we were waiting for the message.
At 9:30 am she got a text that said her mission call was ready. Thank goodness.
Jeanette was gracious enough to host the mission call opening. She even fed all of my Utah County siblings dinner. Then Lucy's roommates came, and she opened her call. We did Facebook live and Instagram live so our family and friends everywhere could watch. First Facebook had no sound, so we had to start it again. Then she started reading her call. You could see when she got to the point where she could see where she was assigned to go because she took a big breath and smiled and read her assignment. But on Instagram live right at that moment, someone clicked share screen and interrupted the video so those watching couldn't hear where she was assigned to serve.
Puerto Rico San Juan Mission. Mexico MTC. Starting February 12.
She had debated finishing the school year or putting her 19th birthday as her availability date. She said she decided she wanted to just go now and also be back in time to start the school year in 2025. But she didn't try to sell her contract or defer school until she got her call. February 12 clearly answered the question that she wasn't going to the second semester.
Puerto Rico seems like a great place for Lucy to serve - she gets to learn Spanish, be on a warm island, and it is a US territory so she won't have to get a visa or anything since she is already a US citizen.
We were grateful for all of the people that came or watched her mission call opening.
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