He's Off to England

Today was going to be a long day, we just knew it. But I think we all made it though!

It started off with Alex being set apart as a full-time missionary at 5AM

Here he is putting the pin in the Missionary Board at our Stake Center

we then traveled the 40 min to Cedar City to catch his first flight and say our goodbyes.

Then it was one last hug for Mom . . . .

Make it through the Security Checkpoint . . . . . . . .

Take the walk to the plane . . . . . .

Up the ramp, and don't look back!

And off he goes!

He had three flights today. First from Cedar to Salt Lake. Then from Salt Lake to Atlanta, GA. Then the long flight from Atlanta to Manchester, England.

He checked in when he got to Atlanta and was in REALLY good spirits. There were 15 other missionaries on the flight from Salt Lake to Atlanta, and he was able to meet a missionary heading home to England who served his mission in Ogden. They really got along well and the returning missionary was able to show him some missionary skills and share a few scriptures with him.

We are so blessed and excited for Alex to start this new step in his life. We know it will be hard to not have him around (sometimes we swear it is his voice coming out of Tyler's mouth!) but we know that he is where he is meant to be, and that he is ready to teach the people of England.