My First Month in Indonesia

I've been in Indonesia for one month and I'm still going strong. I feel comfortable with the people, the language, and especially the food. I love this country so much. I am grateful for the opportunity I have to serve here.

My one month mark was on the 17th of August, which also happens to be Indonesia's Independence Day. The people here take their national pride seriously. Except for the lack of Barbecue and fireworks, I felt like it was the 4th of July. Flags lined the streets, the roads were painted, parades were everywhere, and everyone was having a good time. We had an activity at the church the same day to which an investigator of mine came. I was so excited! We played games, sang, had a devotional, then ate. While we were eating the Branch President put on a show for us. He sang and played the guitar. There are quite a few musically talented people in my ward, and they all like to play Rock and Roll. I loved it. 

This week in my studies I have been focusing on the importance of the Book of Mormon, and the restored truths contained within it. I really think that as a whole, a lot of us have forgotten the importance of the Book of Mormon. We ought not to take it lightly, for it contains the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ (D&C 20:9), and the words of Christ tell us all things we should do (2 Nephi 32:3). The Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion, and with it comes our faith. It is a book that we not only learn from, but also act from. As the prophet Joseph Smith put it: "man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book."

I have a testimony of the Book of Mormon, and I know of its truthfulness. I hope that we can all take the time to evaluate how we treat it. If we read it occasionally, and without diligence, what are our actions showing God? Do I treat it as the word of God himself, brought forth through the prophets? From my actions does God know that I treasure up his words (D&C 84:85)?

Pictures:

(1) The party we had at the church

(2) The food we ate

(3) My Branch President being awesome

I'm Still Alive

I'm still alive. Sorry for not sending an email out last week. I was in the middle of typing up my email when my computer crashed, and no draft was saved.

Indonesia is still really hot. In case you haven't already heard, the city I am serving in,Surabaya, is the hottest city in the mission. We are always sweating! I am so grateful that we only have to wear short sleeve shirts here. I see pictures of missionaries who served here in the 70's and 80's, and they wore long sleeve shirts. Also the people here wear jackets when they are driving their motor bikes. They do this because the wind is too cold. I don't understand how they aren't burning up under their jackets. Even the wind here is hot!

The work here is really good. I can feel the spirit guide my companion and I as we work. I haven't had a 'general conference worthy' spiritual experience, but I can testify that I know my God exists, that Jesus Christ is our savior, and that today we have a prophet called of God. I also know that the restoration of the gospel began with the prophet Joseph Smith, and that he, through the power of God, translated the Book of Mormon.

Each day I start with an hour of personal study, in which I focus on the holy scriptures. As I read from the Bible and Book of Mormon each day, I can feel the influence of the spirit in my life. I want to bear testimony that I know that gospel is true, and that with daily, sincere, prayerful study of the scriptures we will draw ourselves closer to Christ, and feel his love in our life.

Picture time. I know you have been waiting to see some pictures of my face. Here it goes:

​​1. My companion Elder Lasalosi and myself

2. My district

3. Es Campur (mixed ice). It is a desert here that consists of chopped up fruit, small pieces of jello, water, shaved ice, syrup, and sweet & condensed milk. It is really good.​​​​

Indonesia week 2

I am learning a lot more of the language now that I am fully immersed into it. For me, the hardest part has been creating a good sentence structure. Literally translated, most of the stuff we say doesn't make any sense. For example, the phrase :satu sama lain" means 'one same other', but has the same meaning as 'each other.' When my companion and I are asking if we are at the right house, I would ask "ini benar rumah pak ____?" which translates to 'this true house Mr ______?"

When I talk, I often make mistakes. A lot of the time the Indonesians give me a chance to repeat myself, and if I say something wrong again, they will look at my companion. Even if they haven't heard him talk yet they will just assume that he is fluent only because of his skin color. The people here think that just about everyone who is not white is from Indonesia. They even think my 6'4" Tongan companion is from Indonesia, where the average height is only 5'4".

I am really liking Indonesia. The people here are awesome. Just about everyone is willing to talk with us, even if they aren't interested in hearing a message about Jesus Christ. The food here is really good. I eat out for lunch and dinner every day. Meals usually consists of rice, chicken, and sombal, which is a very spicy chili sauce that I really like.

There are so many things to write about my area and the country that I can't even begin to start writing. Just about every aspect of our life is influenced in some way by either the missionary work or Indonesia. If you ask my to describe something for you each week, I will be able to. For example, if you asked me about how we pay for food, I would say the following: Each day I take 50,0000 rupiah with me for lunch and dinner. Most of the time I don't come close to using all of it. One weird thing about Indonesia is that we rarely pay for things first, like in America. For instance, if I was ordering from a McDonald's in the USA, I would place an order, pay, then they would make it for me. Here we place an order, eat, then pay. I still think that it is really weird to start eating without paying for my food first. There is a food place near the church that we eat from on preparation days, and they are familiar with the missionaries. What we have been doing is placing our orders, then going into the church to start emailing or playing table tennis (the best!!!). Then the food lady will walk our food into the church, and start yelling for us. We then get it, she leaves, and we eat. We then pay around two hours later after we have finished emailing.

There are a ton of people in Indonesia. I don't think I have ever seen a place with so many people! Unless there is a river along side of the road, there are stores or houses lining both sides of the road. This makes it pretty convenience to contact other or find a place to stop and buy water.

With street contacting, most of the time we find a place in the shade, and sit down and talk with others. when my companion and I are wanting to contact in neighborhoods, we will always visit a specific home first. Each neighborhood has a Pak RT, which is similar to a neighborhood government official. We will go and talk with him, tell him about our message, then ask if he is interested. Most of the time he is not. We then ask him for the names and addresses of others in his neighborhood who are interested in our message. He will give us the names of all the Christians in his area. Then we go and find souls.

Attached are pictures of me about to head out of proselyting, and two plates of food:

MTC Tour Video

While Justin was at the MTC (missionary training center) in Provo Utah new buildings were completed and opened for use. Below is a video that the Church put together showing the new facilities and showing what missionaries do at the MTC. Justin appears in the video for a few seconds when they show where missionaries can get haircuts. He appears at the 4:19 mark of the video.

Surabaya

Indonesia is real now. When I got my mission call, in the MTC, and even on the airplane Indonesia was only a distant land that I had heard stories about. 

I got to Indonesia on Monday morning. I stayed in two different places until I flew out Friday morning to Surabaya (pronounced Sir-a-buy-a), which is my first area! While I was in Jarkarta for those first few days, President and Sister Rowley did some orientation training with us and introduced us to Indonesia.

My trainer is awesome. His name is Elder Lasalosi, who is a Tongan from Australia. We share our house with an Elder Sutadi from Indonesia, and Elder Siddoway from Idaho.

The language here is different from what I was taught in the missionary training center. The people here shorten a lot of words, have a lot of alternate words with similar meanings, and they talk really fast. With some people I just smile and nod. I don't know much of what they are saying.

We ride bikes in my area. The traffic here is crazy. There are a lot of cars, and a million motorbikes. Somehow no one gets into wrecks. There aren't really traffic laws. It is really just a question of how brave you are, and how much you trust others to not hit you. The traffic is also pretty slow; when we are really booking it on bikes we can keep up with traffic.

Here are some pictures I have taken here. The first is of a meal here. It is rice, sombal (red sauce that is really spicy), sweet potatoes, and green beans with tempe (soy bean stuff). The second picture is a pano of a Taman (park) that we visited. A girl came up to me there and asked to take a picture with me. That was the first time that has happened. The people here really like Bules (gringos). When we are riding in Gongs (any street smaller than the street you turned off from), the kids will always shout "hey Mister" at me. It is hard to describe Indonesia. I have already been here for a week and I love it. The work is hard, but good.

Elder Lasalosi and I have been teaching a few investigators, and contacting lots of people. The Indonesians here are all really nice, and they like to chat with Bule (gringo) missionaries, but we have a hard time getting them to follow up on commitments. It just really shows how much faith is required to change ourselves, and align our will with God's will. 

I don't have a lot of time to write, so I apologize in advance if I do not have the time to write you back. I can only write for one hour each week.

Here are some pictures of someone I was talking with in an Angkot (small bus), and some good Indonesian food :

From first few days of training in Jakarta:

 Getting in a little exercise:

Arrival

Justin safely arrived in Indonesia on Monday July 17th. Here is a photo of the group of new missionaries in Jakarta with mission President Rowley and Sister Rowley.

The Last Supper

Here are some pictures. We wanted to have a party in our room, so I scrounged together two extra tables and some chairs. We had seating for 19 elders in my small room.

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Here is a pictures of my district, the new Indonesian district, and our teacher Sister Wheeler who is the Veech's cousin:

I'm Leaving for Indonesia!!!

Today at 3:00 pm my visa arrived! I will be flying out at 7:45 pm on Saturday. Since it came with such a short notice we are allowed to email home.

I am really excited to fly out to Indonesia. I will be taking three different flights for a total of 22 hours in the air. I really want to try and share the gospel with others in the airports and on the plane. And eat some Cafe Rio in the Salt Lake City Airport. 

I have been praying for the last two weeks that I will be able to meet someone in the airport that will be ready to hear about the message of the restored gospel. I am prepared to open my mouth. I have really been trying to follow the commandment to "treasure up in your minds continually the words of life" (D&C 84:85). I know that if I do this, I will have God's promise that "it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment, what ye shall say" (D&C 100:6). If you are interested in reading more 'open you mouth' type scriptures, check out D&C 33:8 and the rest of D&C 84:85.

Here is a picture of my district holding our flight plans:

Last Week @ MTC?

This Tuesday in our Devotional we heard from Elder Bednar, who is an apostle. Also in attendance were nine other apostles. It was really cool seeing all of them. He started off his talk by sharing the following scriptures:

John 1:1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Alma 32:28
28 Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.

Alma 32:41

41 But if ye will nourish the word, yea, nourish the tree as it beginneth to grow, by your faith with great diligence, and with patience, looking forward to the fruit thereof, it shall take root; and behold it shall be a tree springing up unto everlasting life.

The greatest gift God can give us is Eternal life, which is living with our Father in Heaven in a perfect and resurrected body. To receive this gift, according to the scriptures, we must let Christ come into our hearts. The prophet Alma explained this to those he taught by using a seed as a metaphor for Jesus Christ. He testifies that if we are willing to give him a place in our hearts, and nourish that seed until it springs up into a  tree, we may receive Eternal Life. The question then, is How can I give place for Christ in my heart, and nourish up his gospel unto everlasting life? Alma answers that with diligence, patience, and enduring to the end, we can eat the fruit of the tree, which is Eternal life. I pray that we may all come to allow Christ more room in our hearts, and with all  our diligence, patience, and enduring to the end, he will bestow upon us this gift.

This week we have all been looking forward to leaving for Indonesia. Monday was supposed to be the day that we were going to fly out of Utah and into Indonesia, but our visas have yet to arrive. As of today, it looks like my group will be staying here at the MTC until our visas come, which looks like it will be Wednesday. The last group of missionaries headed for Indonesia were in the same situation, and they ended up staying an extra 10 days. I hope that I will not have to do the same.

Not much different has been happening around here. Still learning a lot. The language is really coming along. I know that I will be able to learn so much more in the country where everyone actually speaks it. I am really excited to fly to Indonesia, and serve the people there. I know how much they need the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.

Thanks so much to everyone who has been writing me. I really like hearing about everything you all are doing, and I especially like seeing pictures. Keep up the good work and keep writing me.

Week 5

Only 10 more days left at the MTC. I am so excited to be heading over to Indonesia. We continue to learn about the culture there. The language is so funny. They love shortening words. For example, "Lowbat" means "Low Battery." I thought that was pretty funny. They also have KEPO, which means Knowing Every Particular Object. Funny how they use English acronyms.

This week in my studies I have really enjoyed reading Nephi's account of his rebuking his older brothers, found in 1 Nephi 7:8-12. which reads:

8 Behold ye are mine elder brethren, and how is it that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds, that ye have need that I, your younger brother, should speak unto you, yea, and set an example for you?
9 How is it that ye have not hearkened unto the word of the Lord?
10 How is it that ye have forgotten that ye have seen an angel of the Lord?
11 Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten what great things the Lord hath done for us, in delivering us out of the hands of Laban, and also that we should obtain the record?
12 Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten that the Lord is able to do all things according to his will, for the children of men, if it so be that they exercise faith in him? Wherefore, let us be faithful to him.

Imagine being asked these questions. How different are we at times than the older brothers of Nephi, who had forgotten the Lord? How is it, that we, having a knowledge of the Gospel, fail to live it. Matthew 19:16-22 conveys a similar principle, in which a young ruler was not faithful enough to follow the counsel of Jesus, and sell all the he had and "come and follow [Christ]." As Nephi commands us: "Wherefore, let us be faithful to [Christ]."

These past two weeks have been really fun. We are working really hard. This Tuesday my roommates and I did an English fast. We learned so much only speaking our language for 24 hours. I will learn so much more in Indonesia. The main building is being used for the Mission President Conference right now. Hopefully that means we will be able to hear from an apostle before we leave.

I don't have much more to say. I need to start keeping my emails shorter. Thanks so much for everyone who has been reading and replying. I love hearing back from everyone. If you are going through anything difficult in your life, just know that Jesus Christ wants to help you. All you need to do is go unto him. He is waiting to help us, if only we will ask. Don't forget the blessing that daily prayer and scripture study brings you. I know his gospel is true, and I can't wait to help others in Indonesia learn of it.

Attached is a picture of Elder Earl, myself. Elder Rapp, and Elder Schofield last Sunday on our temple walk. I also have attached a mural of the parting of the Red Sea. It is one of my favorite murals.

Week Dua

John 21: 15-17

15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter,Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee.He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas,lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him,Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

I love this passage of scripture so much. Jesus is asking his apostle Simon not only if he loves the Lord, but if he Loves Jesus more than these. We must have this same conversation with ourselves. Imagine Jesus asking you "Do you love me more than ________?" What is it in our lives that we love more than Jesus. If there is something that you love more than Jesus the Christ, the redeemer of our souls, you need to change something. For anyone who doesn't understand why some people are willing to sacrifice so much for the Savior, it is because they love him more than these. With this love comes action. If we can develop this love for the Savior, he instructs us to "Feed my sheep." Ask yourself, "Am I feeding his [Christ's] sheep?"

Here is how this conversation should go:

Jesus Christ: "Do you love me more than ________ [friends,netflix,etc]?"

Me: "Yes Lord, you know I love you more than than"

Jesus Christ: "Then feed my sheep"

Update in how I am sending my emails out. I used to have my mom send out my emails, but I am now going to send them out myself so that I can receive any replies that you all might have. If you want to write to me, simply respond directly to this email.

I loved all the emails i was sent the first week, but this week I was sent fewer emails. I can check my email every day, but only respond on Friday. I love to hear from you! Even if you think I won't like hearing it, go ahead and send me an email anyways. I don't have a lot of time to respond to emails on Fridays, so don't feel left out if I don't get to write you back.

Here is a quick overview of my past week:

Friday: Preparation day ends at 6:00pm, and immediately afterwards we have class
Saturday: Began having class two times each day, for a total of six hours
Sunday: Was fast Sunday, went to church, ate some ice cream sandwiches, watches Meet the Mormons 2
Monday: We have service in the morning, starting at 6:00am. We clean bathrooms and vacuum floors of classrooms, which are scheduled to be demolished this summer. The two new MTC buildings opened up. My entire district moved out of our old building and into the third floor of an older building. Most people were upgraded when the new MTC buildings opened, but my district was downgraded. We have a good attitude about it. They served us Chic-Fil-A for dinner, and the gym opened back up. I now play volleyball every day for my exercise time
Tuesday: My teachers took us on a tour of part of the new MTC campus. One of the buildings has a nice rooftop where you can go and study, the buildings have very large floors, very modern, and have a lot of art. They have at least one mural per floor, and the murals are a mix between a painting, photoshop, and a landscape picture. The murals depict Old and New Testament events, and well as prophets from the Book of Mormon and latter day prophets
Wednesday: We had class in the morning, then hosted new missionaries right after lunch. For hosting, you help drop off missionaries pick up their bags and get them into their room, then class room
Thursday: Taught TRC, which is where my companion and I got to teach some returned missionaries. We focus on their needs, and don't have to worry about trying to teach them the gospel because they are already members. It is similar to home teaching. We got to ask the returned missionaries plenty of questions about what they are doing, and what is going on

I cannot stress how awesome these new MTC buildings are. They have an awesome atmosphere. People go into them and immediately quiet down and become reverent even though they are just used for teaching. My favorite thing about them is the windows. They are really big, and you can see all around. If you are facing north, you can see the temple, squaw peak, and the rest of the campus. If you are facing south you can see Heritage halls and some of the other BYU campus.


Justin mentioned eating ice cream sandwiches on Sunday but there is more to the story. Here is an excerpt from an email sent by another missionary in Justin's district.

The best part of dinner though was when Elder Allen walked over to the table with a tray full of ice cream sandwiches. We had so many ice cream sandwiches; I think our district had like 40. Elder Allen himself had 15 (2250 calories). On fast Sunday, he only ate ice cream sandwiches and water. Our table is the closest to the food lines so people would walk by and see him with his tray full of ice cream sandwiches and him eating them slowly, one by one. It was really funny. His goal was 20 but it became very difficult.

Here are some pictures of the new MTC, its view, and two of the murals with their respective plaques:

My First Week at the MTC

Halo! Saya bagus! Apa Kabar? Saya tao Yesus Kristus hidup dan jeruselamat-Nya dan Bapa Surgawi membantu kati.

Hello! I am great! How are you? I know that Jesus Christ lives and is our Savior and Heavenly Father helps us.

I have learned so much in my week here at the Missionary Training Center (MTC). The language is so much fun to learn. There are 11 missionaries in my class, which composes our District. There are several Districts in a Zone. My Districts is on track to learn more of the Indonesian language than most other Districts.

All of my days start out the same. I get out of bed at 6:29 so that I can beat everyone else to the bathroom. Then I come back to my room and do ~20 min of stretching while everyone else is getting changed. I take less time to get ready, so I can still finish by the same time as the other missionaries. We eat breakfast at 7:15. I always have a big glass of water before and after each meal. After breakfast we go back to our rooms to get our supplies and brush our teeth, then go to the classrooms. We have a scheduled class in the mornings, but we haven't had a teacher for the past while, so we do personal and companion study. At 11:30 we eat lunch, then we normally have an hour afterwards to workout. My companion and I use half of our workout time to do calisthenics, then go to the fields and play volleyball for the other half. Afterwards we shower, change, and study more. Dinner is at 4:30 (wayyyyyy to early), then we study again. Class is from 6:30-9:00, but soon we will have class twice a day, the other class being from 8:30-11:30. At 9:00 we go back to our rooms and change. Normally we just hang around and talk. I finish up my calisthenics routine during this time, and then get ready for bed. Lights out at 10:30. Rinse and Repeat

On Sunday was our first devotional. I can't remember the name of the couple who spoke, but they used to be in charge of all 14 international MTCs. They were most recently serving as mission president in some mission in Japan. After the devotional we got to watch a film. My companion and I choose to watch The Character of Christ, a talk from Elder Bednar. I loved it. I learned the importance of turning outward, and not inward. If there is one thing that our Savior did, it was turn outward. He taught us to serve others, and not ourselves. Our District has been working on this. Boy is it hard.

On Tuesday was our second devotional. Elder Feo (??) spoke to us. He is from Italy. I learned that we must plan for others, and not for ourselves. We must also always stand as a light of Christ. Do not be afraid to share the gospel.

I love hearing from all of you guys. Keep writing me. I will try and respond to as many emails as possible. If you are sending me more than one email, please reply to your first email. I receive several letters every day, and my inbox is very full. It makes it so much easier to see who I need to write to if I only have one conversation with each person.

I have three different teachers that teach Indonesian. I can understand a lot of what they are saying now. They only speak in Indonesian to us. I ask them a lot of questions about Indonesia. Let me tell you what I have learned. For the next two years my left hand will be my toilet paper (gross), but on the bright side they have squat toilets. Meals there all cost less than a dollar, and you are being wasteful is you spend more than five dollars a day. There isn't much violent crime there, on account of the strict punishments, but there are a lot of thief and pickpockets. If someone catches someone trying to steal something, it is common for a group of people to catch the thief and beat them up. You can really lose an arm out there. The people are all pretty poor. I can't wait until I get to go and start teaching them!

Know who you are and what you believe in. Stand as a witness of Christ in all time and in all places. Strengthen your testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and constantly convert yourself unto him. Our testimony is our witness of Christ, but our conversion is our outward expression of that faith. It is not enough to simply know, but we must do also.

Here is my MTC zone in front of the Provo temple.

My First 2 Days

Wednesday was probably the hardest for me. I took the leap of faith and came out to the MTC, but one thing people don't tell you about leaps of faith is that you are going to have to land on the ground eventually, and when you do, you will stumble some as you try and find your balance. That was me on Wednesday. In the Adjusting to Missionary Life publication, there is a self assessment you can take to see how stressed you are. It has categories for the different types of stress. Almost all of mine was physical. I was just so drained on my first day. Between staying up late the night before, waking up early to catch the plane, and being hungry, I was so drained.

I got some much needed sleep these past two nights, and I am feeling much better. I have a good routine now, rather than being herded around like sheep on the first day.

My companion's name is Elder McWhorter. He is the elder from Arkansas who is really good at pole vaulting. We get along great. He likes to talk to everyone. He is going to be great in Indonesia. We share a room with another companionship, our district leader Elder Pacheco, and his Canadian companion Elder Darby.

I have the coolest zone/district in the entire MTC. Our entire zone consists of 36 missionaries, but by the time I leave we will get that up to 100+. We all sit together for every meal. Our zone is the Indonesia/Malaysian/Tonga/Fiji/etc. zone. We have a lot of diversity. The Tongan elders are some of the coolest people. There are three missionaries going to Indonesia who have already been here at the MTC for their 6 weeks, and now are just waiting on their visas. They find out today if they are going to leave tomorrow or next week. They are already pretty fluent in Indonesian. I can't wait to be at that level, I just hope that I don't have to stay at the MTC waiting for my visa.

Everyone who works at the MTC is so great. I already feel their love for me. My language teacher is great. His name is Elder Rawle, and he only speaks to us in Indonesian. I can already understand some of what he is saying when he talks to other people fluent in the language.

I'm being taken great care of here at the MTC. Please don't send me heavy packages, and especially food (especially sweets). There is plenty of food here. I have just about everything I need, and I don't want my bag weighing too much when I fly out of here. At the MTC they let us check our emails every day, but I can only respond on Fridays. I love hearing from you guys, so write me often!

My first few days here I have learned a lot. My testimony has grown, and I am becoming a more dedicated servant. I really want to leave the MTC prepared to go out and preach in Indonesian. I know that God loves his children, and I want to invite others to feel of God's love by helping them build their faith in Christ. Before I can do this, first I need to build up my own faith in Christ. If Jesus Christ wants us to help others come unto him by believing on his name, then surely he wants the same of us.

Sincerely,

Elder Allen

Feel free to email Justin at MrJustinAllen@myldsmail.net.

Here are photos he sent of his companion and other missionaries that are going with him to Indonesia.

Elder Allen

Justin was set apart tonight as a full time missionary by President Darrell Haskin. He will serve as a full time missionary for our church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) www.lds.org for two years.

We take him to the Atlanta airport tomorrow morning where he will fly to Utah. Our friend Jared Tippetts is going to pick him up at the airport and drive him down to the Missionary Training Center in Provo. Justin will be in the Missionary Training Center for six weeks before flying over to Jakarta Indonesia.

We are super excited for him and can't wait to hear about his experiences. He will be sending us weekly email updates which will be posted to this blog.