Friday, November 13, 2009

ILLINOIS, PEORIA MISSION

Sister Gwen Schmardebeck has been called to the Illinois, Peoria Mission. She will be entering the Provo, Utah MTC on Monday, December 28th. She had been praying for some time to really serve in the Nauvoo Mission. And I think she was a bit disappointed.
When she opened her call, she just had that small look of disappointment, not a lot, just a little. Because I believe she was thinking that she would have to serve here in Salt Lake because of what one of the missionary department people told the bishop, due to some of her physical limitations. I asked her if she was going to tell me where it was or if she was going to let me read the letter from the prophet. When she handed it over, I think she may have been more excited than she let on, but at the same time disappointed. And entire mission away from where she really wanted to serve.
The missionary department sends a booklet of: Who your Mission President is, a map of the Mission, what clothing to wear, what to take, etc.
When she handed me the map and I looked it over I told her, unless Nauvoo was a separate mission in and of itself, it was in the Peoria Mission. Wow, did her eyes light up in a hurry! I got on the internet and looked at the area and found that it is not it's own mission.



So, Sister Schmardebeck will be serving in the Illinois, Peoria Mission, which includes Nauvoo, Illinois--right where she has prayed for a year to be serving
Congratulations, Mom. You will be doing a great work, for a good reason and we will be blessed for you having given up 18 months of home life for mission life as an Office Specialist In Peoria, Illinois.
Now it is time for me to panic and be overwhelmed. That is only "6 WEEKS AWAY" YIKES!!!
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Keith and I were married on October 12,1996 in the Manti, Utah LDS Temple. We have no children but raised one child, Kassie, who is actually my niece. We have 3 adorable grandchildren, Austin 5, Ashlynne 4, and Andrew 1. It has become apparent that our home has an OPEN-DOOR policy, since a lot of people have come and gone through our doors. I retired from the medical profession in Aug of 2007 after nearly 30 years and spend my time taking care of these three very lively, often funny,and very active children. My mother lives with us, however she is serving in the Illinois Peoria Mission and will return in July of 2011. Keith is an R.N. and works at a local rehab center in the Mental Health department. One day we hope to finish our home and travel more;