I started the year working at Intel and Taco Bell. Then one day I glanced at our home answering machine and noticed that it had three messages. I decided to play them. The second was from my sister. She requested that Mom not let me open my mission call until she got home from work. That is when I realized that my mission call had arrived.
Frantically I searched my parents room. I needed to find that letter. When it was in my possession, I decided to secure it in my car. That night I opened it with dozens of friends and family looking on.
There are almost four thousand missionaries at the MTC. For the finalle of celebration on July 24, they had us all march into Cougar Stadium at BYU singing "Called to Serve," one fourth from each entrance. One of the best things about the event was that we could see the huge audience in tears as we sang.
The mission president said he had a lot of respect for me and he wants to make me a senior companion soon. That is scary, I am still trying to speak the language. Having a Japanese companion has really done some great things for me. I have learned about Japanese culture, point of view, and language.
For my current address you can email mom since it can change at anytime.