Today was the big day! I had to wait exactly one week from the time my call arrived at my house, to the time I opened it. It nearly killed me!
I woke up at 4:30 in the morning to get ready to go to the Oklahoma City temple to open my call. It was really important to me to open it at the temple, otherwise I could have opened it two days ago when my mom and I got to Oklahoma. The Oklahoma City temple is about an hour and a half from our house, so we had to leave by 6:00 AM. Our ward just happened to have a temple trip today, so my family went early to open my call so we could then meet up with them afterwards.
The whole way to the temple I felt sick. I was so scared about where I would be going. I knew I would be called to the right place, but I also wanted to be excited about where I would be spending the next year and a half.
When we got to the temple, we sat down on the steps outside. I opened my call and started to read, trying really hard not to glace ahead. When I got to my mission assignment, I realized that it was definitely not a stateside mission like I thought it would be. I am going to the Peru Lima North Mission!! I am so excited! It is the perfect mission for me. I can't believe none of us even considered it when we were trying to guess where I was going. I thought I was going to either Billings, Montana or Russia haha. My mom kept saying, "It's so obvious! That's why we didn't think of it."
Libby is Peruvian, and some of her birth family still lives in Peru. And as silly as this is, she and I were obsessed with Peru and llamas when The Emperor's New Groove first came out. We even tried to get a llama after that, but our backyard wasn't big enough. When we were moving to Oklahoma, my step dad wanted to get me a llama, but my mom wouldn't let him. :) Now I will be surrounded by llamas for a year and a half! Plus, my mission is right on the beach, so there will also be palm trees, which is pretty much the greatest thing in the world for me. And I think I will be in the jungle because my packing list emphasizes that I need rubber boots and an umbrella haha. So excited!
I am leaving on September 11th (the same day as my roommate/best friend Amy is leaving for Argentina on her mission). I report to the Peru MTC, which makes me a little nervous, but I'm so excited. I expected to go to the Provo MTC and travel to my mission with a group of other missionaries. Instead I think I will be getting to my mission alone. It will be an adventure! I am so happy that I will be able to become fluent in Spanish! Peru is the perfect place for me!
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