Called To Serve

So after going back and forth between the decision to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for actually several years I have come to know that that is exactly what I need to be doing with my life for the next year and a half.

I heard that people generally get their calls on Thursdays or Fridays.  So I was sitting eating lunch and heard that a young man from my home ward just got his mission call that day and he had turned his papers in a week or two before I had. So I thought, could there be a chance?! I decided I wouldn't get my hopes up too high and I would just wait for my dad to bring home the mail from the P.O. as usual. THEN, I heard of a girl in my singles branch who got her call that day as well! Two weeks prior she claimed we turned in our papers on the same day.  After I heard that there was NO waiting! I found an extra P.O. Box key at my house and rushed off the to the post office.  I opened our box and there, squished in half was my mission call!

So on August 8, 2014 I opened my call to be a missionary for the LDS church in front of my Dad, Mom and sister Chelsea, with my grandma on the phone and my dear friend college Corey Hubbert on FaceTime.  I opened it up and flipped the paper over as usual so I couldn't see the destination right away.  But after I did that, staring me in the face were passport application papers.  I knew at that moment I HAD to be going out of the states somewhere.

I read from the beginning-

Dear Sister Kiser:

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 PERU LIMA SOUTH MISSION.  It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18 months.

You shall report to the Peru Missionary Training Center on Tuesday, October 7, 2014.  You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Spanish language.

I am SO excited for this opportunity and will hopefully have my mom keep this blog as up-to-date as possible!

I hope you all enjoy following my experiences in Peru!!