May 10th Jarom opened his mission call! What an amazing experience! Before our family and friends arrived to watch him open his call, Brett and I snuck upstairs to kneel in prayer with Jarom. Tears spilled down my cheeks and the Spirit filled his bedroom as I prayed for and with my sweet, sweet boy. All nerves went away and peace filled my heart. He was called to serve and was assigned to serve in the California Rancho Cucamonga mission! He reports to the MTC on August 9th and will be speaking English (which he is really excited about!)
August 9th - (Holly)
Saying goodbye to Jarom for two years was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I didn't sleep for weeks and cried all of the time during Jarom's senior year...but the last month...and especially the last week before he left, I was a mess of constant tears. The few days after he left were even harder. I struggled with wanting to stay in bed and also NOT wanting to be home...it felt so empty without him! I'd cry when I see his car sitting in the driveway, lose it when I was doing laundry (thinking I'd done all of his already, but find more), dreaded the feelings when I'd forget he was gone and excitedly turn to tell him something while in the car, my heart would jump when I saw my phone light up with a picture of Jarom on the front as a phone call came in and then realized it was Grant calling me from home...
My body ached for one good nights sleep and for the dull never ending headache to go away. I missed eating lunch with him everyday and our long chats snuggled up in his bed.
Yet as much as I missed him and wanted to be with him....there's no where else I'd want him to be. People would say it gets easier... I hold on to that thought with a two handed death grip...because two years is a really long time.
It was SUCH an answer to my mama prayers, to randomly run in to an old employee at the airport who just HAPPENED to be on Jarom's same flight to Utah. She text us pictures and kept us up to date on how he was doing, etc. A tender mercy...such a gift from a loving Heavenly Father.
I LOVED that Mindy and Kennady and Tressa got to pick Jarom up from the airport in SLC and spend a few hours with him before dropping him off at the MTC! I LOVED the pictures and FaceTime phone calls! It was so good for me to see him so happy...after our goodbyes were SO hard!
Jarom's First E-mail from the MTC:
Made it safe and sound!
August 9th - (Holly)
Saying goodbye to Jarom for two years was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I didn't sleep for weeks and cried all of the time during Jarom's senior year...but the last month...and especially the last week before he left, I was a mess of constant tears. The few days after he left were even harder. I struggled with wanting to stay in bed and also NOT wanting to be home...it felt so empty without him! I'd cry when I see his car sitting in the driveway, lose it when I was doing laundry (thinking I'd done all of his already, but find more), dreaded the feelings when I'd forget he was gone and excitedly turn to tell him something while in the car, my heart would jump when I saw my phone light up with a picture of Jarom on the front as a phone call came in and then realized it was Grant calling me from home...
My body ached for one good nights sleep and for the dull never ending headache to go away. I missed eating lunch with him everyday and our long chats snuggled up in his bed.
Yet as much as I missed him and wanted to be with him....there's no where else I'd want him to be. People would say it gets easier... I hold on to that thought with a two handed death grip...because two years is a really long time.
I LOVED that Mindy and Kennady and Tressa got to pick Jarom up from the airport in SLC and spend a few hours with him before dropping him off at the MTC! I LOVED the pictures and FaceTime phone calls! It was so good for me to see him so happy...after our goodbyes were SO hard!
Jarom's First E-mail from the MTC:
Made it safe and sound!
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