Mission Preparations

GREETINGS FROM ELDER AND SISTER CALL

 With the common use of technology, Terry and I decided to try and communicate our mission experiences to family and friends through  blogging.  We hope you enjoy reading them.

To start with a bit of history, Terry and I decided years ago that we would serve a mission when he retired in January of 2012.  However, since he was called as the Stake President of the Rexburg Married Student 3rd Stake in August 2008, we knew our plans would be somewhat delayed since it was a 5 year calling.

In October 2012 we took a retreat to West Yellowstone to plan our future.  At that time we decided to serve a 23 month mission which posed a dilemma ...what do we do with our home in Rexburg?  After some pondering we decided to sell our home and move back to Boise, Idaho where two of our children lived.  Rather than listing the home with a real estate agent, in December we decided to see what would happen if we just put a sign up in the yard to "test the water".  The home sold almost before we got the sign in the ground.  Fortunately, the new owner said we could stay in the home until summer.  Terry told Elder Chambers, our area seventy, that our home sold.  He contacted the "powers that be" and Terry was released as Stake President in March 3, 2013 and I was released as the Stake Relief Society president a few weeks later.

After being released as stake president, we immediately began submitting our papers to serve a mission.  Within 4 weeks after submitting our papers we were called to the Accra, Ghana Mission working with the Young Single Adults.  However, we received a letter some weeks later reassigning us to the Africa West Area, still working with the Young Single Adults


We thought we might build a home in Boise but worried about leaving a new home for our children to look after.  With some looking, and we also believe help from heaven, we found a beautiful town-home which we moved into May 2013.

Here is a picture of the town-home and three of the reasons we chose to move to Boise, i.e. our daughter-in-law, Josie Call and two of our grandchildren.  The town-home also has a pool and park which provides an additional draw for visitors.

With the sale of our home in Rexburg, we also bought a town-home in American Fork which our son Anson and  his wife Shauna and baby will be living while we serve our mission.


This town-home also has a pool and in addition, has a club house for when the family visits.  Thus, we are a family of town-homes where we can lock the door and serve a mission or missions as we see fit.

Since moving to Boise, Terry and I have spent time getting ready to leave for Ghana and also spending time with family.  We had a Terry Call Family Reunion in Utah this year in which all were able to attend.  Jeremy was in charge of the reunion this year so there was a lot of fun and games.

  

With the the reunion over, final preparations are underway and we will be headed to the MTC in Provo, Utah August 5, 2013 and then leave for Accra, Ghana on August 19th.  We hope to keep you posted on our "adventure".