Lacie's Five Year Service Pin

Lacie and her missionary "cousin", Christie Quarterson, both received their five-year service pins at our annual missionary meeting last week. It was such a special and sweet time for both girls as they were both born in Africa and have grown up together at our mission meetings. Christie's family serves in South Africa with her dad, mom and five siblings. We wish we could see them more often. It is neat to see the special bond these girls have of not only being missionary kids but literally knowing each other since birth. During the service, the girls were both given an African pendant with the number 5 engraved on the back. The missionary that spoke to them was a missionary kid herself that is all grown up and back on the mission field raising her own family. She talked about how she, too, had been born on the mission field and also in Africa. She gave the girls the verses, II Timothy 3:14-15 to affirm them as she prayed for each one of them. It was definitely a highlight for both of our families.

Another neat thing is that our son, Nathan, and Christie's youngest brother, Micah, were both born in 2008 in Africa so give them four more years and they will then be getting their five year service pins! :) We are blessed by a mission organization that sees the great value of how much our children are missionaries, too. Many times they are the open door for meeting new people and starting conversations with those around us. They are truly missionaries, too!