Sunday, June 20, 2010

Darcy's gone...

...we last saw her through the crowd going through security at the airport. We stretched on our toes to see one last bob of the blond head as she wrestled a bassoon case and over-loaded backpack away from the scanners and towards the escalators that lead down to the trains. There was one last wave and then she was gone.
Where to? We don't know. Well, not for sure for sure. But we think she'll end up in South Korea. At least that's what her airplane ticket said. We have not heard from her yet, and she was supposed to arrive about six hours ago. In a way, this is like sending a missionary off. No, this is worse than sending a missionary off. We don't have any idea about the people she will be working with - she's the only one who has communicated with them. Missionaries have a tremendous support system: companions, district leaders, zone leaders, assistants to the President, Mission Mother and Mission President, Doctors, etc.
What I'm missing most at the moment is that email from the mission office saying "your son/daughter has arrived safely".
Darcy, are you there.... ?


1 comment:

Elaine Brown Billings said...

Wow, that could be rather nerve racking!! What an adventurous girl you have to do that. I'm sure she will be safe and sound and do a fantastic job wherever she lands!