Called to Serve

On December 22^nd, Chase got his mission call! Grandma & Grandpa Andersen, Mindy, Brayden, Alyssa, Erika, Chelsea & Connor and some of Chase’s friends came over to hear where he was going. We had all been guessing. Carson guessed Canada and so did I. Chelsea guessed Hong Kong (probably because it was on her mind because the week before our cousin was called there).The guys at work mostly guessed states or South America. While we were eating dinner Chase said, “Watch, I’ll got to Taiwan because nobody guessed it!”

Everyone showed up and I recorded it live on Facebook so that our family far away could be a part of it. Chase ripped it open and began to read his letter:

“Dear Elder Andersen,

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Taiwan Taipei Mission. It is anticipated you will serve for a period of 24 months. You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. You will prepare to teach the gospel in the Mandarin Chinese language.”

We were all shocked! None of us had guessed that! Looking at his face as he read it, he looked very excited! He currently has 3 friends serving in that exact mission. He also took a couple of years of Mandarin in high school so he is familiar with the language. As we were thinking about it, Chase has wanted to learn Mandarin since he was little!

He is not particularly excited about having to wait until April to go though.

We get to go to the Temple with him on the 28^th of December as he receives his endowment!