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Papers, Papers, Papers!

Filling out and turning in your mission papers is a big deal. And for a first time missionary mom and a first time missionary, we were floundering a bit. But eventually, Nathan met with our bishop and the stake president and got the "papers" meaning he got access to online recommendation system. He had a physical exam, lab work, dental visit, and luckily had his wisdom teeth out a year or so before (after which he was HILARIOUS, but that's a different story!).


 Finally, he hit "submit" on the last form...


He changed into a white shirt and tie so we could get a head shot. Kept the warm-up pants on though!


The head shot.

We were so excited! And nervous! But mostly excited! So now to wait for our bishop to review and sign off of the forms, then the stake president to review and sign off on the forms, then they get sent to Church Headquarters in Salt Lake City. We hit a couple more bumps on the road - bishop didn't get the email notification that the papers were ready for him to do his part, so that was delayed by a few weeks, then there was a lab result snafu (they wanted actual numbers for lab results and the results we got just said 'negative'), but with the help of the stake clerk and a friend who used to work in a lab, we finally got it cleared up and the stake president got them submitted. So now the waiting and compulsive mailbox checking began!

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