and waiting...

alex turned his missionary papers in! 

 

and now we're just waiting to find out where he goes for the next two years! :)

 (the suspense is killing me! haha)

seriously though, i couldn't be any more proud of this boy. a year ago this weekend he decided he wanted to be baptized, which honestly kind of shocked and scared me at the time. but the day of his baptism was one of the best of my life, i knew he was making the right choice. i could feel the change in him after he came up out of the font. all his sins were forgiven and he was clean through the atonement of Jesus Christ and the ordinance of baptism. and then he recieved the Holy Ghost. and then he got the priesthood. and passes and blesses the sacrament. and goes to the temple. and is in the elder's quorum presidency. and strives to go to church. i'm so proud of all the things he's overcome and how much he has grown spiritually this year. i know missions are hard, and sometimes scary, but i know he can do it. and i know, somewhere, people need this boy. wherever he gets called is the place he is supposed to go. God doesn't make mistakes. and though it's gonna be tough, i am willing to let him go and serve the Lord for two years.

and maybe, just maybe, i will go and serve as well...

for now, we're waiting patiently (somewhat) :)