Philippines MTC Here We Come!
Skip to content In June we got a phone call that would once again change the course of our lives. We had been home from the Philippines Cauayan Mission since July 2013, living in Spanish Fork, working in the Payson Temple and enjoying our grandkids. Being so close to them and near so many of the returned missionaries that we came to love from Cauayan made for a great life. Rudy was working again with a wonderful group of people and I was building a small consultancy firm. Life was good, life was predictable and life was peaceful. But when the phone rang and we were asked to meet with Elder Brent Nielsen we figured something was about to change. Elder Nielsen presented a call from the First Presidency to preside over the Philippines Mission Training Center. Our service would begin in January. We felt a real flurry of emotions. First, we were humbled to even be considered as there are hundreds of more capable, amazing mission presidents who have also served in the Philippines. Ne...