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Jonathan's Mission Call

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Having travailed through an extra week of lab tests and physician affidavits, his mission papers were submitted one week later than his sister's. Nevertheless, the official white envelope did arrive in our mailbox yesterday. After work, Jonathan took a somber walk to our mailbox. When he started to scream, we knew it came. Nevertheless, out of respect and consideration for her sisters and mom, he exercised patience in waiting until today to open the envelope. After the caravan returned from Girls Camp, Jonathan pulled out the envelope. Again, the cameras converged upon the prospective missionary. He opened the envelope and read, "Elder Tsai, you are hereby called to labor in the Australia Melbourne West Mission for a period of 24 months. You are to enter the Missionary Training Center on September 30, 2009." Again our hearts are swelled with gratitude for these mission calls for Jessica and Jonathan, for the opportunity they have to serve, and for the preparation they have shown so far.

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  1. DaJuly 4, 2009 at 9:30 AM

    Gee you do have a way of writing cliffhangers..maybe you should be writing instead of doing what ever secretive nuclear scientific research you do at the lab..haha

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  2. jtsai01July 17, 2009 at 4:15 PM

    Really? I thought it sounded really cheesy.

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