Missionary Call

I have been called to the Oregon Portland Mission!!! I'm so excited! I am happy that I now know where I will serving and I've already started preparing hardcore. I am scheduled to leave for the MTC on September 14, 2011 and I couldn't be more stoked. I have been given a booklet with plenty of information about my mission and I am going through the checklists to make sure I'm doing everything I can to prepare.

Below you can click the links to view the letter and booklet that contains specific information about my mission including a message from the Brethren, background about my Mission President and his wife, and a map of my mission area.

Official documents:

• Missionary Call Letter
• Missionary Call Booklet

The Call Is Here

Although I'm not opening the envelope until after my Dad gets off work tonight at 9 PM, I'm pleased and absolutely ecstatic to declare that the call letter has arrived in my mailbox! Stay tuned until later for the 'worldwide broadcast' to announce where and when I'm going to serve the Lord!

Call Letter Sent

After waiting for a few weeks now and not receiving anything Wednesday, I texted my Stake President to have him check my application status online. He has been checking it daily since Monday and I have been "Ready for Assigning" every time that he's looked... until today that is. Today I asked him to check again and it shows that my letter is being mailed out of the Mission offices! Yay!

Missionary Application Process Completed

In a meeting with my Stake President, I have been declared worthy and ready to serve a mission. My Bishop told me today that he will be uploading the physical and dental evaluation forms this afternoon and will shortly after submit my missionary application to the Stake President. The Stake President will then submit the application and turn it over to the General Authorities and First Presidency of The Church. Now I anxiously await a letter from the Prophet.

EDIT: My Bishop contacted me and I had to sign some of the dental forms that I had originally overlooked on Tuesday May 10th. Then my Stake President called me on Friday May 13th to let me know he submitted my papers online and so they have now been officially sent to the Mission Offices and The First Presidency.

Ryan Irvine