"You will be an official representative of the Church . . . Your purpose will be to invite others to come unto Christ . . . Greater blessings and more happiness than you have yet experienced await you as you humbly and prayerfully serve the Lord in this labor of love among His children." . . . Thomas S. Monson

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Farewell Missionary Training Center

Elder Layton's Zone
 Goodbye District 4G-A Going to Benin & France Missions 
Brother Nicolas Blosil - M.T.C. Teacher :)

I was napping last Sunday when my cell phone rang. "Hello?" "Sister Layton this is President Brown. I am here with your son." My heart stopped for a moment! I thought, oh no what? He assured me that he was doing great but that Landon had some concerns about his packing and luggage. We had told Landon not to worry about the extra weight that we would pay the overage. There are somethings he can not buy in Africa so we really loaded him up! 

His luggage was weighing over the overage! They have a scale at the MTC and a cost chart. I am sure each mission could be different but this is ours...
Up to 50 pounds is free
51-70 lbs Extra $75
71-100 lbs $200

I thought that was so kind of the President to allow him to call and settle his concerns and get some direction from us! As it turns out he mailed home a pretty good sized box of things. Some items were coming home anyway, things that were just for the MTC. The mail system there isn't great but we will start sending the items to him.
*Once at the Airport his Luggage ended up doing okay with the 70 pounds. Whew!
At the EXIT Door with the Luggage... and Drivers? 
Going to the Airport on the 
"Vegas Party Bus?" 
They were picked up at 5:00am on Tue. February 14, 2012. 
Happy Valentine's Day!

Next stop...Salt Lake City Airport!

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