Thursday, October 04, 2007

An exciting day!!......

Today is a wonderful day!! My little brother Devan finished his two year mission for our church in the Tallahassee, Florida Mission. He returned home today, and sadly we are not there-(which is hard for a big sister!), but we will see him at Christmas and we can't wait for him to meet his niece!!
Devan served an amazing mission. It was full of lessons of humility, patience, tolerance, service, hard work, commitment and love. He has born witness of the truth as a constant and true servant of The Lord. He has had many obstacles to overcome in the past couple of years, and he has faced them with confidence through his faith in The Lord. During these past two years, Devan's been incredibly blessed to be free of a physical burden that has taken a toll on his body most of his life, for the first time ever. What an incredible miracle it has been. We are all truly grateful to our Heavenly Father. He really does provide the way that is meant for each one of us.
Devan, we love you and are so proud of you and the work you have done on your mission. We know you will continue that work throughout the rest of your life.
The love that you have shared will live on in the hearts of all of whom you served forever. We thank you for the blessing it has been to be a part of this with you and the joy and strength you have brought to us through your missionary work.
At this time we feel it very much appropriate to say,
"Well done, thou good and faithful servant."

Here are some pics of Carly expressing her love for her uncle. She wanted to welcome him home!






2 comments:

brittany said...

Carly looks so cute in red and I love her little maryjane socks. It is always so much fun to have a sibling return from a mission. I am sure you are filled with so much emotion. There has never been a time when I have been more proud of my brothers than when they were serving their missions. What a great day for your whole family!! I wish you could be there to see him get off that plane. (or walk into the waiting area of the airport I guess).

Anonymous said...

Well I know Christmas will not come soon enough but he will be one lucky guy when he gets to see you and meet little Carly. She looks soooo grown up in those pictures! Cute outfit she has on!!

MamaJo