My Mission Call

So today I finally recieved my mission call in the mail. It normally comes on a Wednesday so I was all prepared for it to arrive yesterday and it never did so I had kinda decided it wouldn't come until next Wednesday and that would be while I was on my vacation so I thought that would be a bit of a bummer. I had it sent to my Grandma's house and I think she might have even of been more excited than I was if thats possible.
It was a very surreal experience to recieve a letter written and signed by the first presidency of the church, and the apostle himself. It is probably the coolest thing I have ever recieved in the mail. I am being called to the California Arcadia Mission which is Spanish speaking and it covers a lot of territory! I leave on August 13th so not too far away really. My packet came with a map of my area which was pretty cool to look at, although I dont' recognize most of the cities. It includes the whole east side of Los Angeles and Pasedena all the way east to Chino and then it goes north for like 60 miles. I sure hope we get to drive autmobiles! Ironically, me and Dylon may have to drive through a section of my area seeing as how we are traveling to Los Angeles. Kinda funny huh? haha.
I have to admit I was slightly disappointed with the fact that I am remaining in the states. I would have loved to of gone abroad somewhere, just because it would have been such a completely different experience to have, but thats alright there's really no room to complain for things like this and I said all along that I didn't have an preferances as long as there was good weather and good food! Well, Im sure I will complain about how hot it will get but I'm sure the food will be great. I am very eager to see my mission and to meet all the wonderful people that I know are out there. Also, judging by the picture of my Mission President, he looks like quite a nice guy. (Hopefully? lol jk) It seems like every missionary falls in love with the place he was sent so I imagine it will be no different for me. I really can't wait to take advantage of this oppurtunity that awaits me.

Well that is all for now I am out of time for now. Im sure there are more blogs to come though.
-Travis