One of our pleasures is to occasionally host some Visa Waiting Missionaries in our mission.
We have had Elder H Jones for about 4 months now and it was really hard to let him go!
If we did not know how much he will help his mission in Argentina, we could not do it!
His apartment-companions were there to see him off on a preparation day!
The unique thing for Elder Jones was that his true home was actually in the metro Phoenix area...so he has been close to home since leaving the MTC in Provo. Not every missionary could have handled that well, but he was so obedient and focused that he just jumped in and learned and grew and worked hard and was ready to go when the time came!
We got him all checked in and luggage weighed in perfectly and then we headed upstairs.
I do not think he was surprised to see his family there waiting to say goodbye to him. After all, they live so close!
It was great to meet them and to see how supportive they are of him. He is a special young man, and we know he was meant to be with us for the short time that he was here. We learned from his example how to do hard things (leaving your twin for the first time to serve a mission/ serving so close to home etc.) and we feel he learned from the obedient culture of this mission, things that he will use as a leader in his mission in Argentina.
And away he goes! On to share the Gospel in another part of the Lord's vinyard!
We will miss him, but are so glad for him to get to go to his assigned mission!
VAYA CON DIOS ELDER JONES!
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