It came! It came!

guesses on the map

Anique (and the rest of us) has been waiting for what seems like forever for her mission call to come. Actually once she decided to move forward it went pretty fast. It just feels like forever. On the appointed Friday it was expected to arrive Dan was out of town and it was raining like it was monsoon season. Which was very convenient for me. The girls (Toran) usually meets the mailman by the side of the road to get the mail but on this day they didn't want anything to do with outside. So I put on my shoes and a hoodie and headed out to get the mail. Well low and behold there it was, just sitting in the mailbox. Anique at work and Dan in a different city, I seized the moment and hid it in my jacket and came in with the mail like no big deal. The girls were all a twitter and asking if it had come. I handed them the stack of mail and they went through it like they were looking for buried treasure. Very disappointed that it was not in the stack. Notice that I didn't say anything I just let them assume it wasn't there. I hid that letter in my room and said nothing. Anique texted later asking if it had come and all I said was sorry, again not actually commenting either way just letting her make her own assumptions. The only person I told was Jonna, we make such a great team of secret keepers. Saturday the girls were going to the water park with the Sandoval's and Dan was coming home that afternoon. We had hoped to have the Barnaby's and Sandoval's over when we opened it and since I had told Jonna she can and said that Saturday night was the best time for them. So I ask Anique if she  would like to open her call and she looked at me like "yeah, but it isn't here yet". I handed her the envelope and we started texting people to let them know we were opening it at 8:30pm. Everyone started making their best guesses and putting their post it on the map. We called papa and grandma and then the moment arrived, the opening of the envelope. She was so excited her hands were shaking. She read the letter with a very shaking voice and then it came the place were my daughter would be serving the Lord and teaching the gospel, Colorado Fort Collins. After all of the excitement and anticipation we finally knew and the excitement changed to we only have 60 days to get ready and go. 59....58....57....
I better get to reading the lists and planning the days. August 7th will be here much to quickly.