Bye Bye Boy Part 2

Part one is here.. The day finally arrived. Wednesday, August 15th, Kev was finally entering the MTC. Kevin wanted to eat Cafe Rio before, and apparently so did 15 other giddy almost missionaries because practically every family that came in while we were there had a young man dressed in a suit and tie.

After we ate, we drove to the field across from the MTC since all you do now is a drive by drop off. We parked and tried to find something that said "MTC" or "missionary" for Kevin to take a picture by, but this was all we got! ha 

this is Kevin's friend Keane. He went in the same day as Kevin and they are going to the same mission, only speaking different languages. 

We took pictures then we all piled into Dad's truck to drive across the street and drop Kevin off. We drove in, they directed us to some missionaries standing on the sidewalk, we got out, the missionaries got Kevin's luggage, we quickly hugged one more time and BAM he was gone. It was a little like ripping off a band-aid, one second he was there laughing and joking nervously with us and the next he was gone. Man, just sitting here typing this I'm getting teary eyed thinking about dropping him off!

Right now, he's been gone almost 5 weeks! He's doing so well and LOVES it. I honestly can't wait to read his letters every Wednesday and see how he's doing and what new things he's learned or done. I love my little missionary brother!