I hope they call me on a миссия ミッション Mission!

Mission calls are my favorite! I love how excited everyone is and finding out where people are going. I get the chills and the spirit bears witness to me of the truthfulness of the Gospel and the work that these wonderful people will be doing. We have had 7 mission call openings and that is only the beginning!

On Sunday the 27^th  there were two mission calls received, two girls that are absolutely amazing and will make some of the best missionaries. McCall was called to the Minnesota, Minneapolis mission! And Tori (yes there is another Tori) was called to Japan! They had both already opened their calls via Skype with their parents but it was still super exciting and there were definitely tears shed. Before they even read their calls we all sung called to serve and that was a really neat experience! They spirit just flooded to room and really testified of the work that these girls were going to be doing.

After Jordan, there were five mission calls! Three on Thursday the 31^st, one on Friday the 1^st and one on Monday the 4^th!! On Thursday there were two guys and one girl. Preston had already opened his call because his parents emailed it to him. So he had known for about three days and wasn't going to tell anyone until we got back to the center! I don’t know if I could have kept a secret like that for so long! It is crazy!! So when we got back, John’s and Cara’s calls where both waiting for them here! They were both super excited and we were all crazy excited for them! As it turns out, there was a member of the presiding bishopric and some other church employees that where here. We were originally going to open it in the shekel shack (the student common area) rather than the oasis (the cafeteria). Well, our special guests wanted to hear the calls so we all gathered in the Oasis. We sung called to serve again which was just as amazing this time as it had been the last!

 Preston went first and announced that he was going to the Moldova, Romania mission, Russian speaking and leaving on May 8^th. They John went and he got his mission to the Baltic mission, Russian speaking and leaving on May 8^th! We all about freaked out!! I can’t believe that both of them leave only 10 days after we get back from this trip and they could possibly be in the same district or even companions while in the MTC! I think that is great! Another really neat thing about Johns call is that he is going Russian speaking! He has had three sisters go on missions. They have all gone to different missions but they have all spoken Russian, and now he is no exception. He will be able to speak Russian with his sisters all the time when he gets back I think that is super cool!

After the boys it was Cara’s turn. As soon as she got up there the water works started! I just couldn't hold it back! She is absolutely amazing and she is such a great example to me! Anyway so when she got up there she could barely read her call she was so excited and she ing going to Fiji!! And she is speaking Fijian which I didn't even know was a language! Haha but I am so excited for her! The next morning it was Lizzie’s turn! She opened her call that morning with her parents and then announced it after class! She is going to Taiwan! I think it is really cool because she already speak mandarin so she probably will not have to be in the MTC for very long! On the 4^th Michelle opened her call and it turns out she is going to Japan as well and reporting the same day as Tori. Even though they aren't going to the same mission they will also be speaking the same language and could possibly be together in the MTC! I think that is amazing!!

I just love that so many people are going on missions! It is a true testament that the church is true and that we are here to spread the good word of the gospel.