Mission Call to Birmingham, Alabama for 18 months
Elder and Sister Barfuss
Birmingham, Alabama Mission
"You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. You are assigned to serve in the Alabama Birmingham Mission."
Sister Barfuss - "Your primary assignment is to labor as a mission nurse specialist. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18 months."
Elder Barfuss - "Your primary assignment is to labor as an office specialist. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18 months."
July 26th, 2017
Signed by President Thomas S. Monson
Rosie retired from the VA Medical Center July 31, 2017 and the Mission Call package came the same day. Steve retired from Ray's Auto Body March 31, 2017, found the call in the mail and had the discipline to not open it. He called Natalie and Niki and told them the letter arrived. The girls made sure everyone was signed up to group Skype.
Steve and Rosie opened the Call, August 1st in honor of Blair and Bryce's birthday. We all sang "Happy Birthday" to the twins. Byron, Aimee and Lilly came to Boise From Fairfield AFB, CA. Aimee's parents, Alan & Jan Konewko, siblings Carli and Jacob and Bishop Alan and Mary Walker came over also. Blair's, Bryce's, Natalie's, Niki's families were all watching on Skype.
Rosie read the letters and quipped, "They are sending us to separate missions!! (A lot of laughter!) It felt somewhere between Harry Potter's Hogwort's letter and Mission Impossible!! Out of everyone's guesses where we would be assigned, Byron and Aimee guessed correctly. Byron said, "You need to go to the deep South. Dad loves football and they LOVE football. Mom loves to talk and they LOVE to talk and they are a bunch of rednecks and you will fit right in!"
All of us enjoyed the evening, visiting and ate dessert of cake and ice cream or brownies.
(Later, Steve teased a friend serving in Portugal that Steve was called to Alabama but Rosie was assigned to Taiwan to crochet bandages for the needy!)
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