Another ELDER GRAY to serve the Lord!

Tyson is getting his mission call out of the mailbox!
Excited and nervous at the same time.

Opening the long awaited mission call!

Tyson is reading his mission call as we as family members anxiously listen. Those gathered were dad, mom, Lindsey, Hyrum, Courtney, Kyle, and Lacey.

The first phone call that he made was to his oldest brother Ryan. Then he made many other phone calls to family and friends.

Elder Gray is THRILLED!

On Wednesday, April 22nd, we were expecting Tyson's mission call to come. Kyle and I were leaving to go mow lawns when our postman (Kirk Allred) flagged us down as we were leaving our neighborhood. He happily gave us Tyson mission call. I was so excited and so grateful for our postman for flagging us down. So, Kyle and I turned around and took Tyson's mission call back to the house. Tyson was at work and so we called and told him it was home waiting for him. We also called Russell to tell him. We were expecting his call that day so we had already planned to gather as a family at 5:00 p.m. (after work and school) for the "opening party." When it was time to open the call, I of course had to put the mission call back in the mailbox to get a picture. It is a very "Kodiak" moment. Well, then we went back into the house and listened and waited as Tyson read his call. "Dear Elder Gray: You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the PERU LIMA EAST MISSION. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 24 months. You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Spanish language." We are very grateful and excited as a family at this time. Tyson will participate in "phased training or split-training" as he will spend three weeks in the Provo MTC and then six weeks in the Peru MTC.