We all gathered on Saturday, October 11th @ 10 in morning for Blake to open him mission call. A lot of friends and family came to support him and to, of course, be in the homemade oreo cookie guessing game. Whoever guessed the location closest to where Blake was called won homemade oreos by yours truly. At Blake's request we served my homemade cinnamon rolls. Nate, Gina and Kade joined us via webcam from PA! Then the time came to reveal the call! The North Carolina Raleigh mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. To enter the Prove MTC Wednesday, January 7th (same date Ron entered in 1978) Jeff Pulver guessed Raleigh, NC on the dot! That was his mission as well and he is thrilled to have Blake serving in the same place. It was a fun celebration! 
A side note.... picture # 1 in “The Call” series….We thought we would “tease” Blake buy replacing his Official Mission call white envelope with one that Ron receives weakly from the church office building, same color and same size, but opened and laid it face down on the table right where Blake left his call before going to bed. When Blake came into the kitchen Saturday morning he saw the envelope opened and looked at me and I said “what can I say? Dad couldn’t wait, so he opened it.” If looks could kill…no doubt, I’d have been dead. Blake who rarely loses his cool….LOST IT! Ron came down the stairs and said “Gotcha Bud!” A look of PURE RELIEF came over Blake and we all had a good laugh.
