The Call

My Dad is a convert to the Church of jesus Christ of latter Day Saints. He was born and raised in Ireland and met my Mom in England (while she was serving her LDS mission...they got engaged...it is a whole other story). So he was dreaming of Ireland. I picked up my call at my apartment and went to my Mom's work where I met my Dad and twin sister. I pulled the call out of the envelope...Columbus, Ohio. I knew immediately that was where I was supposed to be. My Dad's only response was "Columbus, Ohio" in a dejected voice. I laugh now, I don't think it even phased me then. I did have to look for Ohio on a map.

Getting to my mission call was a little rougher. I was engaged to someone, in love with someone else who had just returned from his mission (we are now married), but had the desire to serve. Through much prayer and a direct call in my patriarchal blessing the decision was made. It is one of the key decisions of my life. My mission taught me things I never would have learned at home.

I have no pictures of this story, but it still needs to be scrapbooked. We will post how we took this months kit "The Call" and adapted it to my story.

In the meantime we would love to hear your stories. There are a ton of them out there. Did you stalk the postman? Did you get a totally "wrong" call, just to have your call switched the day before you entered the MTC? What about the decision to go. Was it easy, was it hard...let us know and inspire someone else.

Welcome! Welcome! Here is your dork dot.

Do you know what a dork dot is? It is not meant to be offensive. It just points out the new missionaries at the MTC. As we say good bye to our parents and walk through the doors (OK I left on my mission in 1994, so it may have changed) a kind Senior Sister puts a little orange circle sticker on your Mission Tag. This is your dork dot. It lets all the other missionaries at the MTC know that you are new and have no clue what is going on.

So I still need a dork dot. Because LDSscrap is new to clubs, and we are excited to start this one. We have a set idea of what we want to do to help you and how to proceed. But just like those new missionaries we may need a little guidance...from you. Let us know what you need to help scrapbook the missionary album you are working on. Maybe you need some lingo translations for such terms as dork dots, hump day, Zone and District Conference. We have already had requests for more Sister specific pages (we relate). So please let us know!

We look forward to this journey together! (And maybe I will finally get my mission scrapbook done, and my husbands, my moms, my grandparents....and great grandparents in the picture.)