Checking the mail every day....It arrived! Moroni allowed me to throw him a mission call reveal party so as many as our friends and family that were able to join us could share this exciting moment with us. So though his call came in the mail earlier in the week on Monday, he waited until Thursday to open it at the reveal party. Nervous that he would not have much time to prepare as was his buddy, Gavin's experience, he asked his dad to open up the call and just find out when he was leaving.
So Brett obliged. He decided that he would open the call and quickly cover it then read from the bottom up in hopes to only see when not where he was going. My role was to cry, not sweet tears quietly rolling down my cheek, oh no that wouldn't do. I had to have loud wailing accompanied with ugly, snotty, sobs shocking my kids that they were 'greatly astonished even exceedingly" that they laughed out loud at my gut reaction. Yep, I am that graceful!
Brett shared the date of departure with Moroni to be the 29th of September, 2015. Whew I had some time yet. Then he sly added with a corner smile of one who knows yet refuses to tell, "I also saw which MTC you will report to." Of course Moroni wanted to know immediately and yet he wanted to please me by going through with his reveal party, so he asked for hints.
He begged his dad for another clue and thus began the game. This experience was a testimony builder for him as well as us. Brett shared these clues with our family so we could all play along. Only the tips were given at that time, one per day. The parentheses are further explanation that Brett shared at the party after Moroni read his call.
Clues:
Tip #1 -Not Provo Utah(Immediately he looked up all the MTC's around the world. His dad suggested he place a pushpin in the map for each one then prayerfully remove the pins to see where he felt the Holy Ghost was prompting him. Only Spain remained, Brett coolly said "We'll see".)
Tip #2-There was manny living in this place around 100 years ago, but then emigrated to america. Within the the last few years though, it was in the top 3 most visited places in the world.(2013)
(My grandfather by marriage his name was Manuel everyone called him Manny his parents and a sibling were born in Spain migrating to California via Hawaii prior to his birth.)
Tip#3-The most popular tower in the world from its beginning, this country can boast of its grandeur. This country is about the same latitude as Oregon.
(What many people do not know is that the Eiffel Tower was originally planned to be constructed in Barcelona Spain, for the Universal Exposition in 1888, but it was turned down as it was “too expensive and strange”. Instead, Eiffel tried to build the Eiffel Tower in Paris for the Universal Exposition in 1889 and this time the building was approved.)
Tip #4-You will be walking amongst liquid gold and millions of Catholics, but only a handful of Mormons. (Spain produces 45% of all of the earth’s Olive Oil. That’s quite a claim. The largest Olive Oil producing region is Andalucia. Liquid gold is a common term, and indeed it is.Population.......47,370,542Catholics.........42,000,000Mormons.........52,747)
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| Living Water |
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| World cake pops |
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| Guests each signed their name to month they guessed he would go. |
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| Guest all placed guesses on the map. |
It was wonderful to share this moment surrounded by family and friends, thank you for being a part of our lives! The video below is of him reading his call at the reveal party.
