Thursday, February 7, 2008

Florida Tallahassee Mission Call

Kelli holding her mission call - signed by President Thomas S. Monson, two days after President Hinckley died.  Her Mission President, President Lynn and Sister Ann Summerhays sent her a letter with the following quote from President Eyring about the selection of locations where missionaries are assigned:
"All my life, from the time I have been a young boy and as far back as I can remember, I have had experiences feeling of the Holy Ghost. ... But I've never felt what I have felt as I have ... participated in the assigning of missionaries. ... We go into a room, and ... it will be a two-or three-hour session and sometimes longer.  Because of technology, it is possible for us to have your picture and the information about you displayed.  And then quickly, on that same screen, all the missions of the Church with all of their needs are displayed.  Within minutes, and sometimes less than a minute, the impression comes so powerfully that it would be, if it were a single instance, something that you would never forget.  Can you imagine sitting there for hours at a time, having that happen time after time without interruption?  I testify to you that it is real.  "... In a world so large, the Creator ... somehow not only knows you but loves you enough to ensure that your call is where He needs you to go to teach the children of our Heavenly Father." (Devotional address delivered at the Provo Mission Training Center, 8/26/97).