The soon-to-be Elder Whetstone

Today, my best friend in the whole wide world, Geoffrey Orn Whetstone, got his mission call in the mail. Getting silly text messages throughout the day about it and seeing his priceless smiling face made it impossible for me to concentrate on anything all day. I was so excited for him.

Here is him opening his call. I had to put it on YouTube because I had it uploading on here for a good hour with no success. Just copy and paste the link into your browser!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sej069O41A


If you couldn't hear, or didn't watch the video, he is going to the Brazil Ribeirao Preto Mission. He leaves for the Brazil MTC September 28th. Quite a long wait but I think it's perfect so he can see his brother Brad once he gets home sometime in July or August. I had a feeling if he was going foreign, it would be to Brazil!

I even went all out and made him this:


It was originally going to resemble a missionary name tag, written in Portuguese, but the "Elder" part was too big and the frosting tube was hard to squeeze out of. My roommate Brighton did everything but the "Brazil"s on the side. It's the thought that counts right? I'm grateful for Brighton's help since I didn't trust myself!

Geoff, if you read this, I know I have said this like 10 times to you today, but I am sooooooo pumped for you! I know you will be an awesome missionary and touch a lot of lives for the next couple of years. You have touched mine more than I ever thought possible in the last 4 years, and I'm only one person. Time flies by! I can't believe you're going to leave in just a few short months! It will be so hard for me to not have your shoulder to lean on in the good times and bad whenever I'm feeling stressed or whatever crazy issue pops up in my life. Even though no one can really understand our relationship, at least we do and that's all that matters to me! You're the best and I am so happy for you. Thanks for everything you do :)