Letters From Home

Brendan left for Japan Monday August 20th. He called us from the LAX airport and we got to talk to him for an hour before he boarded the plane. We called Kendall at school for a conference call and then she called Kimberly at work and so we all chatted with him together. It was so good to hear his voice. He was so excited and a bit nervous. We got an email from him the next day and he said he had arrived in the mission home. He said he would email us the next day and we didn't hear from him. I had a feeling he wasn't doing too well. I do have that extra sensory perception when it comes to my children. Clark kept saying "don't worry he is fine". But I still felt anxious for what he might be going through. I got and email from him yesterday and I was right he was depressed some. He said that he felt he had been dropped off on an alien planet where all the aliens were doing a really bad job of pretending to be Americans. Then he read my last letter to him and he felt comforted. I feel that way so often when I read my scriptures. I feel like I am getting a letter from home and so many times an amazing feeling of comfort washes over me. I cried when I read his email but I am so glad that my letter made it to him before he left the MTC.
We have a blog set up for Brendan at www.elderbrendankingsford.blogspot.com. This is where we post parts of his letters and emails and pictures that he send us.