Callings

My aunt and uncle that I went to visit in Jerusalem were supposed to be released in November. They will be, instead, released in August or September, because they have just been called to serve as the first President and Matron of the Helsinki, Finland Temple! Wow!

The really neat thing about this is: She's from Helsinki, he served his (first) mission there, then, got his Master's Degree in linguistics with a Finnish emphasis (I could be wrong, but I know he went back to Finland to complete some work on either his Masters of Ph.D., which is when they met); later, they served as mission presidents in the Finland Mission. So, wow. In a way, they have been prepared for this for a long time. As a fun aside, when they were released as mission presidents the members asked when they would return to Finland. Kind of off-the-cuff Uncle prophetically remarked, "When Helsinki has a temple." Guess so. Welcome home, Aunt and Uncle.