Wow! Today was harder than dropping Jordan off at the MTC... I got to speak to him for a few minutes this morning before he left for Atlanta, Georgia and then a flight to Mexico City. He sounded tired and a little nervous. I have never met his mission president and wife but love them already. Thanks for all your support and prayers!

Dear Parents-

Your missionaries made it safe and sound tonight to Pachuca. We just delivered them to the homes of several missionaries where they will spend the night and then we will meet them tomorrow at the Stake Center for mission wide transfers at 1000 am. President interviewed them all tonight after we fed them- we have some great trainers picked out for each of them who we believe will do an outstanding job. We are so impressed with this group of 5  missionaries who arrived tonight from the Provo MTC. We add them to the group of 8 Elders that arrived this morning from the CCM in Mexico City. A total of 13 arriving in this generation. They are exhausted tonight, but in great spirits and anxious to get out there and be missionaries. As I reminded them “this is a once in a life time opportunity for them and we have 18-24 months to give it our all and the rest of our lives to talk about it. No regrets!” President added in the 3 step secret to a successful mission: 1. Be strictly obedient 2. Work your “back sides off”. 3. Love the People    and our main goal is that they become converted to the Gospel themselves first- so that nothing in their life that happens will ever derail them from or shake their testimony- and second, we want them to become the very best teachers of the Gospel. If they baptize along the way finding real converts who change generations to come then that is a HUGE bonus- but not our first priority.

Thank you sincerely, for sending us your sons/daughters to serve with us here in Pachuca. We are blessed and honored. Please know if you have any concerns to contact me through this email and I’ll pass things onto President as needed. Also please continue to pray for them daily as every prayer helps, as the mission isn’t easy; and there may be times that tough love on your end is needed. Once in a while they have to “pull up their boot straps and forget about themselves” and then they get to work and the mission changes their lives. We love you because we love them!

Happy Thanksgiving!

President/Hermana Egbert

Mision Mexico Pachuca

PS : Please forward this to any additional parent emails – I didn’t have every parents email on file. Thanks so much. Hugs from Mexico!