Being Called
Sometime in late April, (we think it was the 26th ), Margot and I were called and set apart as Service Missionary Advisors for the Australia Melbourne Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There was a bit of a process leading up to this. First, I received a phone call one day from Greg Scott, who I used to work in the Temple with, and who I count as a friend. Still, it was unusual to get a call from him, and he explained that he was the Executive Secretary for Elder Damon Page, an Area Authority responsible for Melbourne. He asked if we would be willing to meet with Elder Page, who wanted to get to know us. I think it was the following Sunday that Elder Page came to our Stake Centre and we met him there. We had a very pleasant interview with him. He explained that the Area Presidency were looking for people to fill several callings in the Melbourne area and he had asked various Stake Presidencies for names of people whom they thought might be suitable, and our na...