I am so thankful to our heavenly father for the opportunity to let me serve the people of Russia! Let me tell you a little bit about how I received my mission call. I had just returned from a long day out with my cousins (we had gone to this theme park called "Chapultepec Majico") I was exhausted, and as usual I logged on to Facebook, I then noticed that I had a few E-mails. I opened up my E-mails and started reading them all. The last one was an email that said "Sister Tedford, Congratulations on your new assignment. We are happy to have you in our mission, here is a welcome packet that will give you helpful information about the Moscow, Russia Mission." I was in a bit of a shock, a lot of things ran through my head at that moment, and one of them was that someone was playing a joke on me. I slowly stood up and got my parents attention. I told my dad "um, dad what is this" I showed him the E-mail and he started flipping out. He started saying someone was joking with me, and he started to pace back and forth not knowing what to do. I checked the E-mail address it had been sent from and it was a @ldschurch.org address. My mom was really excited, but my dad could not believe his eyes. He ran into his office and turned on Skype and CALLED RUSSIA! Luckily the hour difference is of 9 hours so it was 9 AM there. He got in touch with the mission president's secretary, she told my dad that yes, I would be serving in Moscow, Russia. Our whole family was so surprised and we said a prayer and thanked heavenly father for this great blessing. Later I received my actual call, but i already knew haha.
I'm grateful for the opportunity and for the blessings from Heavenly Father.
Ps. Next time i'll tell you why I decided to go on my mission!
<3 Laura
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