131 days.....but who's counting? :)

For those who didn't know I recently put my papers in to serve an LDS mission! On Sunday I was informed that my call had been assigned, so it should be coming anytime this week..... Monday came around and I went to classes and went to the gym for a nice calm run. I casually texted my dad to check the mailbox......I got a text with a picture of my call..... I ran around the track once more and then continued to run down the stairs, through the doors and 0.5 miles to my dorm without stopping!!! On my way I scrambled to grab my phone and call Austin (who was thinking about buying a snowmobile in Heber that same day and served his mission in Anaheim, California, which is just a fun fact.) I called him and asked if he was still going to buy it and I just got to point and asked if he could drive me 2 hours back home to open my call. Of course he said yes, I'm too cute to say no to;) We all piled into Clifford (his red truck) along with my friends Maren and  Nicole and roomie Allie:) We headed to Heber as we sang in the truck....more like just Austin and I cause the rest were party poopers. We got the snowmobile and since we were in Heber we HAD to stop at Dairy Keen to get some ice cream. As we sat in the driveway, we all laughed at the thought that my call was sitting unopened at my house and we were sitting at a drive thru in Heber for ice cream..... then we kept driving to good ole Sandy. Took a bathroom break at my house and then headed to my Spencer Grandparents! It was so good to see all my families and friends I hadn't seen since the holidays!!! I was shaking like a wet dog the entire time I was there. I jumped atop my Grandpa's saddle and pulled that paper out........ my eyes immediately turned to the place I would be preaching the gospel.....oh shoot is what I thought....... I began to read "Dear Sister Spencer, you are hereby called to serve as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You have been assigned to labor in the CALIFORNIA ANAHEIM MISSION. You should report to the MEXICO MTC June 14th and prepare to preach the gospel in the Spanish Language....... FYI the man who drove me all the way to my house (and buys me excessive amounts of pizza) went to the exact same mission! The church is true. After reading my call and yelled "I'm going to Disneyland." The happiest mission on earth..... I can't wait to bring the happiness of the gospel to the people of Anaheim. I think the Lord places people in your life without you knowing it, I now have the best mission twin I can go to for anything! It still seems very unreal that al of this is happening and you randomly get really stressed, but I know if I keep myself busy and rely on the power of prayer I can get through it:) 131 days till I'm gone......but who's counting?:)