Meeting New People

Here is his plane traveling to the MTC!

So I was feeling really sad after Evan left and knew I had to wait a week or so to hear from him and on Friday I got this email from some stranger I had never heard of before...Lucky the subject said "Saw your Son" Well seeing this I got so excited and here's what I got:

Hi Sister Allen,

I should have written this yesterday- but things were kind of hectic around here!

I had the pleasure of meeting your son, Elder Allen yesterday morning as we were on the same flight from Chicago to Salt Lake City.

I was just returning from picking up my own missionary son from his mission in Brazil! My missionary was not on our same flight unfortunately so he didn't get to meet your son and confirm the wonderful adventure he is about to begin. There were 3 elders sitting in the waiting area  for our flight and as I looked around the area, I thought they looked just like missionaries (you can pick them out from a mile away you know), but they didn't have  name tags on, and then it dawned on me that they might be headed for the MTC!

I know that you won't get a confirmation from the MTC that he arrived, and the days before that first email are endless, so I just wanted you to know that he is well, happy & made it to Salt Lake City in great shape.  He told me that he is so excited to start his mission in California! I can tell you that (at least for me) while the first few weeks seemed like they passed SO SLOWLY, the rest of the time really did fly by.  It was still unbelievable to me as we sat in our living room last night that my son was already home!

Good luck to you! Enjoy the journey!  It will be full of amazing experiences and blessings.  Most of all it will be a treasured time of seeing the hand of the Lord in the life of your missionary, all the people he interacts with, and in the lives of your other family members as well.

Take care!

Susan Kaelin

I cried through most of it.  I emailed her back and now I have a new friend who Evan introduced me to.  I think he knew I need to hear anything from him and so he gave her my email address.  I sure love him so much!