We're Here!!!!!!!

The big day has arrived and past.  We got to the MTC about 10:15 am.  The volunteers were right there to get us all oriented and headed in the right direction. Pinning on of the name tags was one of the first things so we are officially Elder and Sister Lay.  We will be learning how to be missionaries by using Preach My Gospel.  Can hardly wait until we get to "teach" the volunteers who come.  We were divided into districts to make the training a little more personal and effective.  The other couples in our district are going to Japan, Brazil, and Hawaii.  I felt a little out of it.  Most of the people there were on their 3rd or 4th mission.  We are true greenies.
 I got my first nurse specialist consult as we were leaving the MTC. I looked at my phone and there was a call from a number I did not recognize.  I called it. When a man answered I identified myself.  He said, "Sister Lay I have this problem with my head.  I think it must be something to do with my brain"  I said, "I could blow a little air into your ear.  That should fix you right up."  There was a little chuckle and then he identified himself as President Smith of the Tallahassee Florida mission.  What a great way to start off .  He said he knew we were going into the MTC today and would be following us as we drove across the country. There was a couple driving to the mission who had to wait out the storms this past week in a hotel.  The party may be over sooner than we thought.
I think we are going to enjoy working with President Smith.  He is associated with the Doug Smith Auto Group in American Fork.  Henry asked him if he had a plaid jacket.  He laughed at that, too.