Last night, Tuesday, November 2nd, Christopher was set apart as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This morning, at 2:30 am our family took Christopher to the airport, where he left for Africa. Christopher will be serving in the Sierra Leone Freetown Mission for two years. He will be spending the next three weeks in the Ghana MTC for training and then he will be on his way to Sierra Leone. He will also be serving in Liberia. He was in good spirits this morning and excited to be in Africa, even though he would be traveling the entire way on his own. As I write he is still in the air, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. He will be in Ghana in about 5 hours. We already miss him, but we are so proud of him and his willingness to serve.
This picture is the last one we have of Chris, taken just before he went through airport security. Once he was through the security checkpoint he turned back, gave us a big smile, waved and mouthed, "I love you."
We do not know when we will hear from him next, but we will share his letters with you here on this blog. Thank you to all of you who have been a great support to us and to Christopher.
-Jeff & Deanna
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