Two weeks ago Elliot got his mission call! It came so quickly, only 8 days after Pres. Wheeler submitted them after meeting with Elliot.
Elliot also kept his mission papers on the down low so he can surprise people when his call arrived. That ended up not being the only surprise. Where he was called surprised us all. We ordered this map and cool arrow stickers on amazon to use just for this purpose. Everyone made their guesses and I was the closest! I guessed Serbia in honor of Darko Butorac my NAU orchestra director. I felt like England or Guatemala were obvious choices and wanted to guess somewhere no one else would pick.
Elliot ended up getting called to the Ukraine, Kyiv/Moldova mission, Ukrainian speaking.
We were all so shocked! In fact I didn't sleep too well the next couple days, it just didn't feel real and it felt really big.
Elliot had 10 weeks until at home MTC starts, now we're already down to 8. Time is just flying by and there is so much to do!
We have been learning a lot about Elliot's mission. Learning about the current political climate in Ukraine (war) and learning about Moldova and some of the history of both countries.
He will be serving in Moldova the whole time since Ukraine is not safe. Moldova is land locked between Ukraine and Romania and is a little bit bigger in size than the state of Maryland. The main language in Moldova is Romanian.
There are currently 13 missionaries in Elliot's mission, 4 sisters who are Russian speaking, 4 elders who are Ukrainian speaking, and 5 elders who are Romanian speaking. I'm excited for Elliot to serve and see what that looks like.
Elliot's mission president is Pres. Aaron Shepherd who was living in Utah but is from Mesa! I went to Westwood with his sisters Hope and Charity. They were in orchestra with me. It's a small world in the church.
We still need to buy a lot of things for Elliot and he needs to take temple prep among other things. Looking forward to going to the temple with Elliot.
