15 November 2007

Oh, Mexico

The James Taylor song is appropriate....Oh, Mexico. Landon will be joining James in the thriving city of Monterrey Mexico. We opened Landon's call with him last night. We took the whole family down to his apartment at Snow College, and there with his roommates, Landon opened and read his call to serve. He enters the Provo MTC on March 12, and will be serving in the Mexico, Monterrey East Mission. His mission goes to the Texas border, to the Gulf Coast, and south just a bit. He is really excited. He did not anticipate learning a language, but is surprised and excited to do that. He was pretty much floating around, especially when he recognized he would be sharing the city with James.

What a great experience for the kids to see and participate in. We can't believe it, but are so stoked. Carolyn and I had some interesting experiences in Mexico last week that makes this discovery even more special. While on our ATV adventure in the jungle, we saw two Elders walking the dirt roads in the poor part of town. We both immediately saw Landon doing the same thing. We also spent some time reading about Monterrey because we were interested in where James was....funny thing.

So, we will send you more later. His mission president is 49 and a native. Pretty exciting. Monterrey has a temple, and is the headquarters of the Mexico North area as well. Awesome.

Brad and Carolyn.

5 comments:

littlest said...

GO LANDON!!!!! i can't believe you are going to be close to james. what are the chances...what a great thing for both of you. we are so excited for you and love you so much!!! you will be a great missionary.

Jen said...

sweet!!! i love that! how great that they'll be so close...they'll talk about their similar experinces forever to come....how fun!!

congrats....landon...what a great missionary!! grandma told me that you'd received your call today...so we added your name to the missionaries in our family during our prayer at bedtime....love you!!! how great!!!!

Oldest Girl said...

Congratulations Landon! I was so excited to be woke up by the phone call from Brad telling me about your call. How great that you are going to be in Mexico. So close to the Gulf! You will be great! Another missionary to pray for! Yipee!

RockStar said...

That is awesome! Way to go Landon...you will make an awesome missionary...a regular Alma...I am excited to hear more during the holiday season...

Doug

Mama said...

Hooray for Landon! This is truly so unbelievable! I wish I could be with James today when he gets the word via his folk's e-mail. He will be sooooooo happy! Hey everyone, better start learning Spanish! We are grateful for Landon's worthiness and willingness to go on this great errand for the Lord. The Lord loves his missionaries! We love ours!!! Austin, James and now Landon! Yeah for Elders Graham xoxox Mom