Temporarily Reassigned

Dear friends and family,

I just heard from Morgan (Starsi' Nowland)last night. He was able to make a call because he has been temporarily reassigned while he waits on his visa. He will be leaving Monday, Mar 24th to go to the Nevada-Las Vegas West Mission. It should only be for a couple of weeks but could be a couple of months depending on the visa. There were 13 in his district. Two were going to Slovakia and they didn't need visas so they are going straight to their mission and 6 others who were going to the Czech Republic got their visas and 5 going to the Czech Republic did not get their visas and they are all temporarily reassigned. Our son is the only one being separated from the other 4. That is because they are all going to the Georgia-Atlanta Mission. Hmmmmm. Now try and figure that one out. Do they think his mom would drive just a mere 60 minutes south and try and see him or what? Sooooo he is going to Nevada with another Elder who is waiting on his visa for Slovenia. And with all of the civil unrest in Serbia and Croatia Morgan said many of those missionaries have been reassigned permanently to Canada. He said that was a very sad day for those missionaries. He said he is very thankful that he is just waiting for his visa. He was actually very excited to go stateside for a few weeks so he can get the opportunity to teach the lessons in English before he has to give them in Czech. He shared his testimony in Czech and it sounded so great. I didn't understand a word he said but I felt his humble spirit, I got a lump in my throat. Whew. I can't even write this without tears. It was very special. If you want to write to him I have put his temporary address for the mission office at the top.