After what seems like an eternal wait, Trevor's mission call finally came. Let's just say that his portion of paperwork was done September 1st and his call came November 27th. I guess the Lord is still trying to teach
me patience. But I digress. Elder Trevor Wade Jewkes will labor in the Russia Vladivostok Mission, reporting on January 30th. It is perfect for him. He's excited to get a real Russian accent, and he loves to fix things the "Russian" way. The things that we have learned about his mission area are mind boggling. Serious, mind boggling. His mission boundaries are the size of the United States, the biggest geographical mission in the church. It is one of the three smallest in terms of church members. His mission borders Mongolia, China, North Korea, Alaska and is just across the sea from Japan. Siberia is literally in his mission boundary as well as the Arctic circle. He will be 1,000 miles closer to Logan, Utah than to St. Petersburg, Russia. I will save the rest for his mission blog that we'll start in January...except for the fact that it gets to between 40 and 60 degrees BELOW zero. Poor kid.
