Hermana Smoot

Hermana Smoot
Hermana Smoot

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Ally made it to Mexico! July 30, 2014

We just heard from Hermana Smoot yesterday! She made it!

Hello family!
After an extremely long day, I finally made it to the CCM. I have a whirlwind of emotions but Im doing ok. Everyone is so friendly here and I'm so excited to start the work. I will admit that this morning while traveling here, I have never been so scared and never have felt so inadequate.But I know that if I  put my trust in the Lord and pray every second of the day, the lord will give me strength. This is definitely one of the most humbling experiences though.
There were about 20 missionaries on the plane and my companion is actually the girl I sat next to. She is really awesome and I'm excited to learn to love and serve her. Also, there was a father that had a friend at the airport so he came clear to the terminal and took a whole bunch of pictures. He should emial them to mom soon.
My P-day here is on wednesday so I won't get to write again until then. But just know that I love you all and miss you very much. Pray for me! You are all beautiful.
I love you!
Hermana Smoot (officially)

LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN!

Here is our little family- we went to Blue Lemon near our home for "The Last Supper" before Ally got set apart as a full time missionary.

Stake President Anderson, papa, SISTER ALLYSON SMOOT, and Bishop Robinson after words. They gave some great advice that i recorded and will type up for Allyson.
Mom and dad complimenting the stake president about some of the advice for Ally. Mom really loved it. 
Grandma and Grandpa Smoot gave wonderful advice too! 
One last blury photo. Lilly was across the street with our good friends the Footes.
These sisters are really close! They both love Ally so much.



After Ally was set apart and around 8pm-9:30, we finally got everything packed and her suitcases properly weighted, sort of (SIGH), it was about 12:30 am.  We had to wake up at about 3:15 am to get to the airport for her 6 am flight. EWWW

On our way, we stopped at the bank to grab her some travel money and she started to feel queazy. We went to trade seats so she could be up front and YUP...She threw up on the grass for a bit then slept the 40 minutes to the airport. Poor thing!


Standing in line. It's about 4:30 am. We saw so many missionary families!
A big hug from Dad. I am pretty sure he will miss her the most!
We all cried. McKenna and Lilly stayed home to get their sleep.



Megan posted this yesterday!! 


WHERE'S WALDO? 
See the green water bottle? All the missionary families were watching from the balcony to see their missionary go through security for the last time in 18 months and 2 years!





THIS next part WAS VERY COOL...
Yesterday we received this letter via email and photos from a dad who was able to go to the terminal and take some photos and talk with all of the missionaries headed off at the same time. Read on.



Dear Family of a New Missionary,

Hello you tired people!  Your missionary gave us this email address so we could share a few extra glimpses of your awesome missionary with you on this important day.

What an amazing and beautiful group of young servants of the Lord who are going out to bless the lives of the people of Chile and Ecuador.  The group had missionaries headed to Chile Rancagua, Chile Osorno, and Ecuador Guayakil missions.  

These missionaries have such beautiful hometowns as: Monticello, Ogden, Lehi, Kaysville, South Jordan, Lehi, Highland, Alpine, Cedar Hills, Salt Lake City and Murray. (Sorry if I forgot any).

We shared a little love, some laughs, some nutrition (Pop Tarts!), shook their hands, wished them well and we watched the plane pull away.  

Today we're sending out our first missionary too.  Elder Zachary Kirkman will be serving in the Chile Osorno Mission.

The photos aren't in any particular order, and we haven't cleaned them up yet, but we figured speed is most important right now.  And I think the album lets you add comments, so tag your missionary.  If there's a photo you want a higher resolution version of, just let us know.

May God bless your family and your missionary as they dedicate this time to serve the Lord.

Roger & Julie Kirkman





This may be Ally's companion

All the missionaries going that morning of July 30th, 2014

These missionaries are off to the CCM in Mexico to learn Spanish for the Osorno Chili Mission.

Smiling even though they have had very little sleep. They 






This is the video from youtube of Ally opening her call back 4 months ago in April





https://www.dropbox.com/sc/g9m6mdnt8h9fh8w/ehH09_Wn0E