"Called to Serve Him, heavenly King of glory,
Chosen e'er to witness for his name,
Far and wide we tell the Father's story,
Far and wide his love proclaim!"
Looks like Sister Rachael Holland has been "called to serve" in the Albuquerque, New Mexico Mission (spanish speaking). She's scheduled to enter the Missionary Training Center on August 25th (yes, that would be 11 days from now). Yikes!
The process time from deciding to serve to papers completed to MTC drop-her-off-date must be setting a new record!
Rachael's still trying to take in the news; our first day in Hawaii we landed in Kona to President's Hodgman's "it's an early departure" emails and then awaited the destination news. Once the call showed up in the Hollands Los Gatos mailbox it had to be faxed by a neighbor to the hotel. Then Gladys, Julie's Mom, was difficult to locate so she could be involved via phone call. It certainly added lots of excitement to the days events.
When I was a BYU student a bunch of my friends started getting married so I had to "get out of dodge" and instead of getting hitched, I transferred to the "U." Fortuitously, Brent had followed a similar path although we hadn't met yet. But things seem to have a way of working out!
Well, Paige's friends aren't necessarily getting married (although Lauren Wray did) but a bunch of them are heading out on missions. This includes a few boys (Ben Portwood, etc. ) but mostly it's Paige's girlfriends! First Angie Hatch left for New Hampshire, Megan is in San Diego and Amy Harmer in Temple Square.
So Paige is writing to lots of missionaries! And, now with Rachael serving in New Mexico, if Paige is going to keep in touch she'll need to learn a new spelling word to address her letters: Albuquerque!
