Monday Nick turned 19. We had a nice little shin dig for the kid, opened presents, pretended he wasn't leaving for a second, and hung out. Tuesday Nick got set apart. Whoa. Never been to one of those. It was intense as I listened to Nick bear his testimony about his relationship with Christ. That kid is way better than I could ever even hope to be. That night we hung out at my parents' for a while, and Dewy gave Nick an African coin from his own mission. He told Nick to carry it with him and it would remind him of home and give him strength when he felt all alone because we were here cheering him on. They shared a moment. I couldn't have been happier. The next morning we got up and met at mom and dads. Its tradition that when we have family things (such as memorial day, or the day my sister died, etc) we got eat at Dylan's for breakfast. Best place in town. We hit up Dylans on our way to the MTC.
After eating breakfast, we put THE BEST TWO YEARS soundtrack in and hit the road. Nick fell asleep on the way down. So did I. When we pulled off the freeway, my heart began to pound, and immediately tears threatened. I fought them. Hard. We decided to pull up to the temple to say our goodbyes since it was curbside drop off and we didn't know how long we would get to spend saying goodbye.
Talk about torture. Nick was leaving. Right when we got to be such good friends. Nick spent a lot of time up at our house, and we loved having him around. No one has a sense of humor like he does. I was a complete wreck. Ater we took some pictures and said bye we jumped back in the van and went down the road to the MTC. We pulled up and immediately about 6 missionaries surrounded our van. They helped us out, helped unload, let us give him a hug, and he was on his way. I'm threatening tears right now by the way. Good grief. Nick held it right together and even gathered them all in for a picture before he left.
Nick's first letter however told the real story about how he missed us, and he cried for a few days because he missed his family. I felt his pain. Nick was made district leader of his district in the MTC, and he will be there until February 15 where he will ship out to Columbia South Carolina. Good luck Brother! Keep us posted.
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