Set apart as missionaries

Tonight Lisa and I were set apart as full time Temple Missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve in the Johannesburg South Africa Temple.  We were set apart by our Stake President and dear friend, President Jay Jones.  It was special for us to have our kids and grandkids here except Lexie and her family who could not come up from Austin due to snow and bad weather.  President Jones made some special promises to us about our service and being a blessing to those we will serve in South Africa and how we will learn to love the people there.  It is exciting to be serving as missionaries and I have the most fantastic and amazing companion!!!  I Love Her.
This is the start of an amazing service phase of our lives and we are grateful to have been so blessed.  I do have to remind everyone that blessings and luck seem to be directly related to how hard you work.  It has been many years of hard work to be financially blessed and in so many other ways prepared to go on a mission.  We leave for Utah in the AM to start this adventure.......