The great fisherman is hanging up his rod and reel. He has been called of God through His prophet to be a "fisher of men" among the people of the Philippines in the northern-most mission of Laoag. His call came November 9th, 2010. He and his dad drove home from work to find his mom on the front porch shouting, "Hurry, hurry! It came!" We arranged to meet at Shona & Dan's to open the long awaited letter. His grandma was there and we had Whitney & Mark on speaker phone. Most of us predicted he would be called to Britain or Europe as he has a British passport but the Philippines was right out of the blue. It's strange how one moment the country had no place in our lives and the next, it becomes the new centre of our universe.
We are so proud of him. For someone who always said he didn't want to go somewhere hot (he liked the thought of a call to Alaska or Siberia), he's pretty excited about this call. He reports to the Provo MTC on March 23rd. There won't be regular entries in the blog till he leaves. Then we will post edited versions of his letters home, possibly with the periodic editorial comment.
We look forward to sharing his mission experience with you and invite your comments. So stay tuned!
The Dustans
