The MISSION CALL!

So after about two weeks of waiting but it really seemed like an eternity. My mom called on a Tuesday and said she had the letter in her hands and she wanted to open it but I told her I wanted to open it. So on Wednesday, I told my roommates that they better let me know when it arrives at our apartment. After taking a test in the testing center, I get a text from one of my roommates saying that is has arrived! I could not contain my excitement, I think I was grinning from ear to ear while walking back to my apartment. When I entered my apartment it was displayed on our kitchen table. I had to wait a couple of more hours to open it because I wanted some of my dearest friends to be there. I decided to open it at 8:00 that night. So as soon as everyone was there, I had my family on Skype. I opened it and read this:

Dear Sister Fitzpatrick,

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the California Ventura Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18 months. You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Spanish Language.

I know that through opening my call that the Lord does answer prayers because I prayed that I wouldn't go anywhere cold and that I would be speaking a different language. I couldn't have felt more of the spirit in opening my call and how inspired they are because as soon as I opened my call I felt a love for the mission as well as being able to know that they are people that need to hear from me in this mission. It's amazing to see all the sisters going out on missions.