Bethany
was supposed to be heading to Brazil today BUT, since she
would
have had to travel on her own the Church decided to keep her in Pocatello for a
complete transfer. (6 weeks). I am
TOTALLY okay with that! I know she will
do fine once she gets to Brazil, but there is something about having one of my
children out of the country and farther away from me
. Don’t get me wrong, I love that she is going
to Brazil and I know she will do great, but I would be lying if I didn’t say
how much I miss my baby girl.
It
has been really nice for Bethany to spend time in Pocatello. We know SO many people who are either from
there or who live there now. The
Bangerters, good friends of ours who lived in our Ward for a LONG time, moved
to Pocatello about 6 years ago. Bethany
is serving in their Ward! That has been
a tender mercy and Tracy and Bart have made sure to do extra special things for
her, especially today, with it being Bethany’s birthday. On Saturday evening they invited Bethany and
her companions to their place. Their whole family and their band were there to wish Bethany a happy birthday. Tracy made cupcakes and decorated for her and
even bought her a little gift. Truly a
tender mercy. Bethany will never forget
this. Nor will I. True friends are great blessings.
I
can’t believe Bethany is 20! I am so pleased with her and her decisions she is
making in her life. She is one of the
younger missionaries serving. She put
her papers in last October, just 3 months after her 19th birthday and
got her call in November. Brazilian
missions require visas so she had to wait 5 months to enter the MTC. Her visa never came so she went to the Provo
MTC for 6 weeks. By the time she does leave for Brazil she will have already
been on her mission 3 months! Crazy or
what?! She will have 15 months in
Brazil. It doesn’t sound like much time
and I am sure she will wish, just as her sister and brothers did, that she
could stay there a little longer.
I
am thankful for her this day, remembering 20 years ago at the hospital and
giving birth to her. Not knowing then, who
she would become, just knowing how beautiful she was and how happy we were to
have another little girl. She has grown
into a beautiful woman and one who can be looked to with respect because of the
good choices she has made and continues to make. Happy Birthday sugar! I love you SO very much J
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