Best Birthday Present EVER!

This morning we received a phone call from Elder Shumway. The missionaries are given permission to call home from the airport. (Imagine this.....Bryce said he arrived at the SLC airport with an enormous # of missionaries. EVERY payphone booth had a missionary in it.)

Bryce sounded changed and grown.

He said being at the MTC was truly as others have described...like trying to drink from a fire hydrant. He said he had numerous spiritual experiences in the MTC and it feels like his testimony has doubled in size!

Being District Leader gave him confidence as a leader and as a missionary. He also felt like a mini bishop at times because he held interviews and needed to counsel with missionary companions that weren't getting along.

Although he learned a lot...he still feels unsure that he knows enough to be teaching other people. But he is excited to be leaving the MTC and entering the real mission field.

I wish this blog could relay the changes we heard in his voice this morning. It was the most wonderful birthday present EVER!

2 really cool sisters going to Florida.