I have been invited to a mission call envelope opening this weekend. The family thinks since it is a small envelope that the mission will be stateside rather than overseas. Is there any truth to this.

It's not the size of the envelope that counts . . .

It's how you use it.

Not that I'm aware of. IIRC, they are always full size 8.5 x 11" letters that are pulled out. Not folded.

Wait.

This weekend? Today is Tuesday (isn't it?). They must expect it between now and then right? Please tell me that it hasn't already shown up and is sitting on the counter until then.

It is sitting there and they are doing it at the Ward with all the members.

Jeebus. Just stay in Wellsville. It's muhc nicer than most places you'd be sent - safer, too.

Could be a rejection letter if it is a regular envelope.

Just drive up 89/91 elder and be prepared to do nothing for 2 years.

It's been a long, long time since I was a missionary. So, opening a mission call letter has evolved into some kind of ceremony? WTF??

Dropped the F bomb when I opened my mission call... Safe to say my parents never showed anybody that video... It was a full size envolope , I think they always are...

id love to see his face when he reads "Nampa Idaho Mission."

or Mantua, Utah North mission.

"I have been invited to a mission call envelope opening this weekend. " - WTF? Seriously? They are having guests over for this? What if it isn't what they think it is?
I continually get surprised by TSCC. This is INSANE.

My favorites are when everyone gets hyped up and then the call is for a place like Rexburg, Idaho or Mesa, Arizona. You can just hear the disappointment in their voices. I'm in Utah and those are actual mission calls for my friend and my sister. My poor cousin's family was planning on moving to Provo from Texas when he opened his mission call. He got called to Utah. He was actually in our ward in Highland for a while. There was very little actual missionary work for him to do so he put on a musical play. His family moved to Provo while he was still on his mission. He was about a 20 minute drive away but couldn't go see them.



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My parents planned a big reveal for mine without me realizing it. House full of family and friends. I basically told them hell no and opened it by myself in my room. Rinsed the vomit out of my mouth, smile on my face and came out to tell the rest. I was an introverted pacifist and only lasted 2 months before I couldn't take it anymore. Moved out a few months later, family relations never the same. Took me another 13 years to realize it was all a con. Uggh makes me sick to think about it

I realize that times have changed since I opened my letter in 1978, but I just ripped it open standing next to the mail box. No one else home. Called my dad at work and left a message for him. I had felt since childhood that I would go to Southern Germany, since my grandmother with from Nuremberg, and by golly, that's where I went.

I always thought I'd get called to Germany too. I took all the German classes I could in high school and during my first year at BYU. Then my call arrived, and I was off to Asia. I did meet one tourist from Germany, though. My mother was happy about that because to her meant that I hadn't wasted all those years studying German. To this day, she's sure that guy went home to Germany and got baptized.

OMG I think that you were my MTC companion! Lol

All he did for 2 months was bitch about how he studied German for years and now had to learn Japanese!

LOL… my husband's ex daughter got called to South Salt Lake City.

I was in the BYU dorms when I got my call. Another dude on my floor got his call the same day. We opened them together surrounded by our dorm mates. His was to Atlanta mine to Rome. I thought he was going to cry of disappointment. I vowed then and there to never participate in another thing like that. It was horrible.