Daren's Mission Call

My little brother received his mission call yesterday. I still think he is way too little to be getting called on a mission, but he really isn't! He is officially going to the California San Fernando Spanish speaking mission. He is going into the MTC on my mom's birthday, Oct. 29, 2008. That seems like so soon! I am excited for him and at the same time sad. He will not be here for the birth of the newest member of our little family! The baby will be almost 2 when he returns. I will have to send lots of pictures. I don't know if I can go when the take him to the MTC or when he officially leaves because I will be so emotional. I have never had a brother leave for 2 years before so this will be a new experience for me! The funny part of the whole thing is that he actually got the wrong mission call. He got a mission call for another Elder Snyder who lives in Utah so for a minute he thought he was going to the Washington Spokane mission and then he noticed the top had someone elses name on it. When he opened his book though it had the right name and the right mission call. He later got a hold of the other boy and he had also received Daren's call. It was kind of funny and I think Daren was worried for a minute that he wasn't going to know for another couple of weeks where he was going exactly.