Getting Jake prepared to leave for Honduras

As Jake was approaching the age to think about his mission, he approached me about the subject  We talked about the importance of him making this decision, how it would affect his life and the importance of a mission. I left it completely up to him to make the decision.  He went back and forth, not about whether he should go, but if he should go at 18 or 19 or later.  I reminded him that prayer must be the way to decide.  I put his name in the temple, we fasted, we prayed and ultimately, he decided he was ready to go at 18.
He did the paperwork himself, submitted them and the day arrived when it came in the mail.

His dad requested he go to Utah to open it, so off he went to Utah with his call safely tucked away in his bag and opened it on May 16 in Bountiful, UT.

 

 

 Then on May 27, Jake graduated from Basha High School in Chandler, AZ, with high honors.

 

 

On July 19, he talked at his dad's ward in Utah, a great blessing for my family to get to see him bear his testimony of the Gospel and of his journey to becoming a missionary.

His father ordained him an Elder on Tuesday the 28th of July, and he was endowed in the Gilbert, AZ temple on Wednesday morning.  Now we await his missionary farewell on August 16 in our ward and then on the 19th of August, I drive him to the Phoenix Skyharbor airport to board a plane for Mexico City where he will spend 6 weeks and then head to Honduras.  Keep Jake in your prayers to make this journey he is about to embark, one of hard work, happiness and appreciation for Honduras.