Elder - Brett goes to the MTC

Today Brett went into the Missionary Training Center for a few weeks before heading off to Kennewick, Washington. It was great to see him, and almost all of my brothers and sisters, this weekend to send him off.

Brett was born when I was finishing my senior year of high school. Quite the gap between us! Now he is going to the part of the country where I served my mission. In fact, it looks like part of the area of eastern Oregon that I served in will now be in his mission. That was "rancher country" and I almost loved it more than the Portland area because it was so authentic and different than the typical city/suburb experience. The people were amazing! They would drive us two or three hours to an appointment. Sometimes they would even drive us up to Monument, Oregon from John Day and find a family for us to stay the night with since it was such a long drive. All of this for an appointment!

Those horses were a lot bigger than they look in the picture.

Me with Sis. Valora in John Day area at one of the members ranch houses. Often they would invite us over to eat around 8 p.m. when the haying was completed for the evening.

Good times and I'm glad Brett gets to experience his adventure in the Northwest.