A decade ago, a wide-eyed young man stepped off the plane in Sao Paulo, Brazil and into the Missionary Training Center to change his life forever (not to mention boost the average height of the population of Brazil). Elder Brandon Richards went on his mission 10 years ago today and served in Manaus, Brazil for two hot, sweaty years. They say that the harder you work on your mission, the more beautiful your wife will be but I know for a fact that he deserves someone who looks a lot more like Cindy Crawford or Halle Berry. Okay, maybe my "Most Beautiful Woman" reference list is a tad outdated, but my point still stands.
Look at that adorable baby face. It makes me so proud to be able to say that my husband dedicated two years of his life to serving the Lord. When I spoke to my Dad about Brandon for the first time, his first question was "Did he serve a mission?" All the more interesting when you find out that my Dad isn't LDS. But he knows and has seen what serving an honorable mission does for young men and wanted me to marry someone who'd made that sacrifice and had that experience. And boy, am I glad I did. (And I'm glad he survived those two years in the Amazon - the photos scared me more than a little. Tarantulas and snakes and rabid dogs, oh my!) What's scariest are the photos of him coming home at 180 pounds. But that's for another post. Still coming to grips with the fact that we're old enough to be using "mission" and "10 years ago" in the same sentence.
Look at that adorable baby face. It makes me so proud to be able to say that my husband dedicated two years of his life to serving the Lord. When I spoke to my Dad about Brandon for the first time, his first question was "Did he serve a mission?" All the more interesting when you find out that my Dad isn't LDS. But he knows and has seen what serving an honorable mission does for young men and wanted me to marry someone who'd made that sacrifice and had that experience. And boy, am I glad I did. (And I'm glad he survived those two years in the Amazon - the photos scared me more than a little. Tarantulas and snakes and rabid dogs, oh my!) What's scariest are the photos of him coming home at 180 pounds. But that's for another post. Still coming to grips with the fact that we're old enough to be using "mission" and "10 years ago" in the same sentence.
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