As He Grows From Boy To Man

I have been working on a t shirt design for Joe's mission shirt. I thought it would be fun for us to all wear our t-shirts when we drop him off at the airport. It's like a TEAM FROSTY kind of thing. I love how they turned out. The shirts will be brown with a white logo. I will attach a photo of the design. Today was Joe's farewell. It was such an awesome day. I am so overwhelmed with gratitude for the amount of love and support we have received in this missionary journey so far. It's not hard to feel God's love when you are surrounded by so many people who sincerely care about you and support you in life. We are so blessed as a family to have such loving and supportive family and friends. I'm seriously speechless, and that rarely happens. THANK YOU to everyone who has cheered Joe on, helped him remain worthy to serve a mission, and kept him fired up since he was a young boy about going. He is ready. He has a strong desire to serve the Lord, to help others, and to teach those who are searching for knowledge about God. When he was around 11 or 12 he came into my room one night overcome with emotion. I was alarmed by this and immediately asked him what was wrong. He just hugged me for several minutes, crying. I let him cry while I held him tight in my arms. When he regained his composure I coaxed him into telling me what was going on. This was his reply... "I was saying my prayers and I just felt so strong that God really is real and Jesus is real, and that everything I've been learning about them is true. I just feel so strong about this and so happy and I can't stop crying! I know this is true, mom! I can feel Heavenly Father telling me in my feelings that this is all true. I'm just so happy and I just can't stop crying!" I explained to him that he was receiving personal revelation from God through the Holy Spirit, and that HE (the Spirit) was delivering a message just for him from God because he (Joe) was seeking for knowledge, praying about the information he had received from me and Ben since he was little and wanted to know for himself if what he was being taught by us all these years really is true. Ever since this spiritual experience Joe has been very driven to be a missionary and has had the strong desire to teach the Gospel to those who are searching for it. My boy. My little Joe. He has been very intentional about learning and living the Gospel, and now, he is ready to share what he knows as a missionary. I'm so proud of him. My boy. My boy that is growing into a man. A man of God.