Step Three! Opening the mission call!!!!!!!

Well, last night I had a magnificent time watching the stars and sleeping under them even though I was bit by a zillion mosquitoes!

This morning, we water skied and wake boarded for a good three hours and hen we headed home to the white envelope which held my future! :)

The Mission Call!

What the Mission Call Said

Dear Sister Ralph, 

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ or Latter- Day- Saints, you are assigned to labor in the Alabama Birmingham mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18 months.

You should report to the Provo Missionary Center on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the English language. Your assignment may be modified according to the needs of the mission president.

SO YEAH! THAT'S THAT!!! I'M GOING TO ALABAMA Y'ALL!

I can really see myself serving in the south. that is where my sister served. Not in Alabama but in Kentucky. But she has been Southern Training me :) haha. In addition, a really good family friend is Serving in the same area and she is extremely excited for me. in her words its, "The best mission ever!" and she said that I have an awesome mission president. President Hanks. 

I gave my testimony in church when I announced my call, but here it is again. 

I know this church is true. I am so ready to be able to serve the Lord for the next year and a half. I know that President Thomas S. Monson is the true prophet and that we are able to receive revelation through him. I know that Jesus is the Christ and that he lives. I know he loves me, and each and every one of us. I know that he knows us better than we know ourselves, and that he is waiting for us with open arms. I love this Gospel, and I am so happy to be able to share it with the world. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.