This has been a summer filled with travel, visiting children, having children visit us as we share hugs and say goodbye. It is difficult to describe all the emotions we are experiencing - rather a balancing act between faith and fear. I found it almost therapeutic to finally start packing our suitcases so we would begin looking forward to the opportunity awaiting us instead of reflecting on what we are leaving behind. Surprisingly one of my two suitcases wasn't quite to it's maximum weight allowance so I enjoyed one last shopping spree before enduring one final root canal.
On Friday morning we will be set apart as full time missionaries by President Hunsaker. We will fly from Wenatchee to Seattle, then to Salt Lake City. We will spend the weekend with our children who live in Provo, bless our 10th grandchild on Sunday, and enter the Missionary Training Center on Monday where we will spend the next 10 days in classes focused on Preach My Gospel, the Romanian Language, and Church Office Procedures.
On Friday, September 19th we will depart for Atlanta, Georgia, then onto Amsterdam, Holland, and on Saturday we will arrive in Bucharest, Romania. At this point I know we have a reservation at the Ramada North in Bucharest and the next day we will visit the Mission Office and then began our search for our apartment. I understand we will be negotiating in Romanian with our prospective landlord. Yikes...I know bani means money and "nu scump" means not cheap....no problem!
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