The Beginning: A Call to Serve!

I received my call 7 July 2014, a Monday. I was called to serve in the West Indies Mission, Trinidad Mission Region, English-speaking. This mission has three languages: English, French, and Dutch, and includes 11 countries: Guyana, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago (English-speaking), French Gaiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Martin (French-speaking countries), Suriname, and St. Maarten (Dutch-speaking). The mission president is Daniel Mehr. I'm reporting to the Provo MTC November 19th.

I am really excited that I was called to serve the Lord in the West Indies, and I get more excited the closer I get to it. The countries there sound lovely: it sounds like I'll be looking forward to learning words in other languages (no matter what my call says), eating fish and Indian food, and listening to steel pan music! It feels a little unreal, but Heavenly Father doesn't send His missionaries someplace unless they are needed there, so I believe there is something in the West Indies for me!