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01/04/2022 Mission Call!!!!! Antafagasta, Chile

Katie has been working for months to submit her papers to go on a mission. She finally got the turned in and then we waited...and waited...and waited.   She originally thought she would be leaving in January so she was not going to go to BYU however as things worked out her call didn't get submitted until December so she decided to risk it and enroll in BYU and see what happened. The day after school started at about 5 p.m. the long awaited text arrived saying her call was in her email.   

We FaceTimed and gathered (she was in Provo, we were in St. George, Dallas was in SLC) and she read the letter. Right when she said where she was going the sound went out for a sec and all of us remote people we like...what? where?  And everyone on location was yelling and cheering and didn't know we didn't know! haha

Her call was Antafagasta, Chili, starting MTC online April 25 (at home) and going to the Mexico MTC a couple weeks later. Leaving for Chili in June. 

The mission correlated almost exactly with the semester (BYU ends April 20). So Katie decided to stay up there and continue the college life. She had sold her contract. She tried to get it back but eventually decided to live with Bryce and Marlee renting a room in Provo and commuting to BYU daily. She will also work at Crumble cookie but hopefully not too many hours. 

She is so excited!







Front porch mission sign
had to be redone in Spanish





 

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