Taiwan Taipei

Today.....Jonah opened his mission call! He is going to the Taiwan Taipei mission and he'll be learning Mandarin! We are so incredibly proud of both Mason and Jonah. In the Mormon culture it's anticipated that most young men will serve a 2 year mission...but it's still a choice for each young man to make. To leave their families for two years and teach people about Christ and Eternal Families and the Book of Mormon (another testament of Jesus Christ). It's a selfless sacrifice to better the lives of strangers, by sharing the message of the restored gospel, and teaching them how to find out for themselves if it's true. (I'll tell you the answer, read the Book of Mormon, and pray to find out if it's true ;-).

And for Jonah to still want to serve, knowing his baby sister may not be here when he returns, I can't think of a more Christlike sacrifice. He reports to the Missionary Training Center on Dec 20th :-) Proud of you Jonah!

To see a grainy video (but the audio is good) copy this link...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yrZu3lCKnU

Or

type "Jonah Michael Hayes opening his mission call" into youtube

Sophia today...