What a big day! At 4:20 this morning, we headed to the airport so Saren could begin the grand adventure of a mission. Luckily, the Kansas City airport has the super short security lines at each of the gates so we were able to spend a few minutes in a seating area in the airport saying our good-byes before Saren headed to gate 50 to catch her flight to Salt Lake City.
No tears were shed, just lots of hugs and well wishes and a little bit of laughter, then it was time to say good-bye. We watched and waved as she went through security. Then we walked down the hall a bit to wave at her at the gate. She smiled and waved exuberantly with the biggest grin on her face.
Saren is so excited for her mission. Scared, too. But mostly excited. She is giddy with enthusiasm and passionate about being the best missionary that she can be. It is fun to see her excitement. Her face lights up with such joy every time she has talked about her mission. She has been this way ever since she put in her papers and her enthusiasm has not diminished one whit ever since.
She has been home from college for a month. She studies "Preach My Gospel" for hours every day, practicing the first and second discussions, and studies Mandarin as well. Her mission items have been in piles around "her room" (it is actually her brother's bedroom. He is letting her use it while she is home from college) and she has been wearing her mission clothes and shoes for the past ten days to see how everything fits and to break in her shoes. She has been motivated, dedicated, and super excited about her mission ever since she made the commitment to go.
When she landed at the SLC airport, she was picked up by her Aunt Kerrilyn. They went to the Joseph Smith Memorial building and did a little shopping at the distribution center there. After that, her Uncle Thom, Aunt Jamie, and cousin Kelsey (also leaving on a mission in two weeks) joined them and they ate lunch at the Nauvoo Cafe.
When it was time to drop Saren off at the MTC, Aunt Kerrilyn reported that Saren was greeted by someone she knew from BYU-H and that the drop off took two minutes total. She even looked at the clock. Pulling up to the curb at 1:16 and pulling away from the curb at 1:18. Quick and easy.
So, now Sister Koch is at the MTC and her new adventure officially begins.
I will update this blog whenever there is news. Looking forward to sharing her adventure with you all!
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