Time to Fly.....

Austin was set apart as a Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints on Monday July 29, 2013 by our Stake President. President Henderson gave a beautiful blessing, and it was a VERY Special experience for our family.

We took Austin to the airport on Tuesday July 30, 2013. It was such a BITTER-SWEET time!
It was NOT fun saying good-bye, but we knew Austin was doing what he wanted to do!

We watched as he made his way through security and then he turned and gave us one Smile and Wave, and was gone!!

That is probably one of the HARDEST mom moments I have experienced!

I had my first Tender-Mercy later that night when I happened to check my e-mail and there was an e-mail from Elder Austin Barlow!!

It was short but OH SO SWEET!! He was basically letting us know that he made it safely to Mexico City. He sounded so excited to be there!! It was such a blessing to us to receive that email!!