Scott is going on a mission!

Today, Scott got his mission call. Well, technically it came on Saturday, but my parents and our brother Paul were in Dallas for the weekend. But my dad had Scott and me on one line and Paul had our brother Craig on his phone. Dad read Scott's mission call over speaker phone. For those who don't know, Scott is doing a six-week long language intensive program at the University of Utah for ROTC.

Scott has been called to serve in the Brazil Sao Paolo East Mission. He is to report to the Brazil MTC on September 23, 2009, where he will learn the Portuguese language. This means he can come to my wedding! And this means we may be able to receive our endowments at the same time. What we would like to have happen is for me to receive my endowments a week before the wedding and Scott to receive them with me. I know it's very common for brides to get theirs the day before, but I REALLY don't want to do that. I want to have enough time between getting my endowments and getting sealed to really be able to take it all in. And I'm graduating the day before the wedding, so getting my endowments the day before would be impossible.

Scott is the odd man out. He's the first in our immediate family to not go somewhere in Asia. My dad went to Japan, Paul went to Australia (Japanese-speaking), and Craig went to the Philippines. He is not learning an Asian language, he is learning a romance language. He did take French in high school, so that will probably help him in learning Portuguese. Come to think of it, Scott is the first in the entire family to go to Brazil. Paul and Craig both reported to the Provo MTC in June. Scott is reporting to the Brazil MTC in September. And chances are that Scott and I will receive our endowments in one of the Utah temples whereas Paul and Craig received their endowments in the Houston Temple.

But all three brothers will have gone to very hot and humid missions. I guess living in Houston has prepared them for that. I was so hoping that Scott would get called to a very cold mission, because of his intense disliking for the winter, especially after living in Idaho and Utah. 

So yeah, we're all very excited for Scott. We're proud of the preparations he has made to be able to serve. And I feel old. My baby brother is going on a mission!