"You Guy's Ready? Let's Go!"
Brayden was ready to start his two year adventure. He was the first one up in the morning getting ready, corralling the family to the car as 6:30 a.m. approached. His flight left at 10:05 a.m. He needed to be there 3 hours ahead for international flight. In our hurry getting out we neglected our last family prayer. Good thing it doesn't matter where we pray, just that we take the opportunity... In the car, at the airport worked out just great! This Elder was leading our family into the airport, he was so excited to go! We kept saying, Brayden, it's OK bud, we have time. We are three hours early here... He just kept on going and we followed... It was so Awesome and comforting to see a sea of missionaries at the airport. It was definitely Missionary Wednesday at the airport. You could see those that had arrived from the Provo MTC with there missionary badges on, they were in line for security, going with their group to board. Then there were many missionaries arriving from home, to go to their MTC abroad. Quite a sight. Brayden was beaming from ear to ear, we felt so excited for him.
Check in was a breeze! We only had to pay? the standard $40 for two bags. We knew one of the bags was over the weight limit which we were told would cost $200 extra.... when the attendant said... "that will be $70 extra for the bag." We smiled and said, no problem, we were planning on much more than that...
Saying goodbye for this Mom was so difficult, Brayden kept smiling, "It's going to be fine Mom, We Can Do This," he said. Okay Brayden, we can "do this, I know we can... I am so grateful for his strong spirit, his willingness to serve, for his determination, and ability to move forward. He was ready to go, he headed through the long line to security, with other missionaries on his same flight. We stood and watched. Airport staff, said "you can't block this area, people have to still walk through this area, you have said goodbye, you need to leave now." My first though was... well never mind what my first thought was, we walked over to the elevator and could stand out of the way to see him. We watched him go through security, and then we somnolently walked back to the car. One thing that Gary said on the way home, gave me comfort. "Jen, he made it so easy on us, he was comforting us, he really wanted this, he prepared himself and got ready... It's hard to be sad, when he did it willingly." Yes, I thought, I am really happy for this boy... He is doing what he has prepared and planned to do.
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