AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! So I'm pretty sure all of you know about this already, but I'm still super excited, so I'm writing my own little post on here. Basically, I'm going on a mission!!!!!!! I got my call on Wednesday, which was a huge surprise because I wasn't expecting it until the next day. I got it on 9-9-09 though, which is cool! I'm going to the Philippines Angeles mission, speaking Tagalog and I report to the Provo MTC on January 6th. I was definitely surprised because my Mom had me convinced it was stateside after she looked at the postage and such, but I'm pretty darn sure that the Philippines are NOT stateside! Everyone's getting a kick out of it because of the whole "Phil" thing, which I guess IS sorta entertaining!
That's only the first half of the story though. SO, my dear roommate, Emily Anderson, put her papers in like two days after me. We went through the whole preparation process together and that was great fun and then we thought we might get our calls on the same day. That didn't end up happening though, she got hers the day after me. We guessed each other's calls and I totally guessed the Philippines for her, so after I got my call we decided that she would go to Ecuador (that's where she guessed for me). Well, I went down yesterday to watch her open her call and it was amazing! She opened it and read "Dear Sister Anderson, You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You have been assigned to labor in the PHILIPPINES..." Everyone cheered and she just stopped reading and looked for me. Then she realized she still had a lot of important information to read, so she kept going. She's going to the Philippines Olongapo mission, which is right next to mine, but we leave the exact same day and are both speaking Tagalog! How crazy is that!? Basically, I'm super excited!
Anyway, I'm sure that was all just repeat for most of you, but I'm still in shock, so I thought I would share anyway! Love you all!!!!
