Missionary Mania

Every time I receive a letter in the mail from a missionary it, not only makes me excited, but it gets me thinking about all of the other Elders (and even a few Sisters) that are out serving the Lord. Over the last 7 days I have gotten two missionary letters, one from the Provo MTC and one from Arkansas. Reagan got me thinking about this the other day. She told me that her mother-in-law was asking her how many missionaries I knew, Reagan said.."something like 17". So this made me sit down and figure out exactly how many missionaries I know. By the end of the summer I will know: 24 Elders and 3 Sisters PLUS Kallene will be going shortly after, as well as Kaccee and Teresa! Then we get into the friends I have that have just graduated...talk about intense. Because I love where people are serving/going, I will jot down a list of the missionaries I know out in the field right now and where they are serving:

Elder Craig Alder: Little Rock, Arkansas
Elder Scott Bird: Sacramento, California-Laotian speaking

Elder Matthew Anderson: Buenos Aires, Argentina-Spanish Speaking

Elder Neil Wallace: Rapid City, South Dakota

Elder Tyler Deleo: San Antonio, Texas-Spanish Speaking

Elder Zach Miller: Samara, Russia-Russian Speaking

Elder T.J. Ruff: Winnipeg, Canada

Elder Matthew Stoker: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Elder Josh Malmgren: Sao Paulo, Brazil-Portugese Speaking

Elder Jonny Roberts: Tegucigalpa, Honduras-Spanish Speaking

Elder Michael Henneman: McAllen, Texas-Spanish Speaking

Elder Josh Ogle: Santa Rosa, California-Spanish Speaking

Elder Avery Garner: Bengkok, Thailand-Thai Speaking

Elder Mitchell Hatch: Micronesia, Guam-English Speaking

Elder Michael Metcalf: Sao Paulo, Brazil-Portugese Speaking

Elder Brock Cutler: Kobe, Japan-Japanese Speaking

Elder Kurt Workman: Cuernevaca, Mexico-Spanish Speaking

Elder Clayton Welch: Geneva, Switzerland-French Speaking

Elder Paul Manwill: Antananarivo, Madagascar

Elder Shane Stephenson: Vancouver, Canada-English Speaking

Sister Kiku Beaufort: Hiroshima, Japan-Japanese Speaking

Sister Noel Ellison: Donetsk, Ukraine-Russian Speaking

Sister Rachel Briggs: Barcelona, Spain-Spanish Speaking

Sister Jessica Ogle: Nagoya, Japan-Japanese Speaking

So, not that any of you care about that, but I'm just a little bit on the proud side of these people. They have really helped my testimony of missionary work grow so much over the past year and a half when they started leaving. As hard as it is for me to watch them go, I love every second that they are gone...especially when I get letters from them! They are all amazing missionaries and have really raised the bar as high as it can go! I love each of them with all of my heart...they are amazing people, and every place they are serving is very lucky to have my missionaries there! Yes, MY missionaries is what I like to call them...I have decided that I am secretly waiting for all of them. :D

Here are a few pictures of some of these great people

Well there you go. I've just been on a missionary high for the last few months, so this is my tribute to all of my friends out there! I'm so grateful for each of their influences in my life! I LOVE MISSIONARIES!!!!