It was a cold morning with a light drizzle of rain but our spirits were high. The time to report in was 11:30 am so I had time to make pancakes for breakfast. Cameron had two big suitcases I wasn't sure if we could get it in my car.
We arrived at the MTC and it was very organized. There were plenty of volunteers to help with where to take luggage. Cameron's luggage was stationed at letter "F" He left it there, then we three headed for the lobby.
On the way to the lobby we found a volunteer to take our picture in front of the bicycling Missionaries.
When we got into the lobby Cameron went in one door and we went in another. Cameron received his name tag and his card to get into the cafeteria and his room.
We were able to take as many pictures as we wanted in the lobby area, but as soon as we felt we were done it was time to go down the long and lonely hall to orientation we had to turn off our phones and no pictures.
We went to orientation after this picture, I was wondering if I was going to cry since I hadn't shedded a tear yet. Well I walked in sat down with Cameron in the middle of us and I just started crying through the whole orientation.You could really feel the love there, the spirit was just so strong. Before it started they were showing LDS commercials and also some statistics. Did you know that 400 gallons of milk is used a day. Anyway when it was time to sing I could not sing the song "Call to Serve" The guy behind me could though. The Mission Pres spoke and so did his wife the RS Pres. They assured us that they will get hugged and that they are not just faces in a sea of people. We were also advised not to write messages on the sidewalk to our missionary, or to have "unanticipated" meetings at the temple or to try to hand deliver foods. I guess they new all my thoughts ;) The gate surrounding the MTC is not to keep the Missionary's in but keep us parents out. Man can't get past them. We watched a short film which made me cry more and then it was over we hugged I had a hard time letting him go and then he went out one door and we went out the other door. Emotionally draining but so happy for him and know he will gain so much from this experience. He leaves for Florida April 29th.
