MTC Drop Off

This past week our family dropped Brock off at the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo, UT. He will be spending around 9 weeks there learning the Haitian, Creole language and learning how to teach what we believe to the people of Orlando. See above in the header for the most updated address. We have a MTC mailbox number now. Now on a update of how the week went. Sunday night Brock was set apart as a full time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was a very special moment for our family. The Christensen's and the Nimer's as well as Mark Sabin were all there to show their support for Brock. And we really appreciate them since we all kind of grew up together. After that Brock needed a companion, so there I was! I didn't watch any TV, or listen to music the entire time I was with him. We went to go get a haircut together, go to the DMV to get his driving record, Chipotle, and where ever he went I followed.... I miss my companion! :(

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Monday night, Dad, Mom, Brock and I (Kari) flew out to SLC to be with Lanie and Robert. We stayed in their one bedroom apartment with them, so we definitely had some SERIOUS bonding time! Tuesday, we went and bought Brock another suit, Dad got one as well. Then we went to lunch with Brock's roommate Jordan and his family. Brock and Jordan were roommates this entire past year, and they reported the same day. It was fun to meet his family and hang out. After that, our family and Jordan's family went to the SLC temple. We took some family pictures, picked up his suit. Then it was time for some fun. We all sat down in Lanie's apartment and went around the room, each of us having to say what we were going to miss about Brock and give him some advice. Brock went last and spoke to each of us what he would miss the most. It was really fun! Then Robert and Lanie had some fireworks in their apartment so we had a little party outside in the rain with our sparklers.

Wednesday morning came, we left for Provo and got to the MTC early to take some family photos in front of the main sign. We cannot go onto property due to the swine flu outbreak. We took some really fun pictures with Jordan as well, and went up to the Provo temple and took even more pictures. After a heated debate on where to go to lunch, we ended up at taco bell. Then it was time to drop Brock off. We pulled up to the MTC, the security guard told us where to go, and it was waterworks from there on. We had a order that we were all supposed to hug Brock in (Created by Lanie) and dad messed it up by hugging him first, so then we all started to laugh and cry at the same time. It was awesome! We had 3 minutes to say goodbye, and dropped him off in front of the MTC. I'm glad that we didn't have to go in and watch the movie that tears your heart out, it was quick like pulling off a band aid.

It was hard to say goodbye, but know that he is going to be doing the Lord's work and loving every second of it! He is the first in our family to serve a mission, and probably the only one. He is also the only Mason, (as in extended family) to go as well. We are so proud of him and will miss him terribly, but look forward to hearing from him. Please feel free to write him. As soon as we get our first letter/email I will post some of it on here.

Lanie and I were talking about how much we are going to miss him. The three of us have always had a great relationship, and it will be hard to not be able to text him or talk to him everyday, but we are very proud of him!