Oma’s Pages # 8
Before we could go on our mission there were a lot of things we had to do.
We had to go to the dentist and the doctor for check-ups. Then we had to get Ben ready to go on his mission and send him on his way. We had lots of papers to fill out and send to Church headquarters.
Do you remember when everybody came to our house for Thanksgiving. We had our missionary farewell talks that Sunday. And then we went to the Missionary Training Center. We needed to learn what we were supposed to do when we got to Holland.
Guess who sent us our very first letters?
At the Missionary Training Center (MTC) we had classes on how to be good teachers, how to be good missionaries, and how to speak Dutch. Opa was very good in the Dutch classes since he already knows how to speak Dutch. He was born in Holland. He was a little Dutch boy before he was an American.
At the MTC the man and lady who in charge of everything we had to do was my Aunt and Uncle, David and Kaye Buchanan. Uncle David is Grandpa Jerry’s brother. I think God had them stay on their mission a little longer just so they could help us get ready to be good missionaries.
It was Christmas time at the MTC. I was glad to be there at that time so we could see the lights and decorations.
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