It's so exciting when a wild, long-shot wish is granted. I've been hoping that my son Benjamin Lindsay would get a mission call to Taiwan. His call to the Taiwan Taipei Mission came today and he's so excited - almost as excited as I am. Hello Taiwan! What a wonderful language to learn, and what a wonderful people to teach. I'm just thrilled!

My mission was in German-speaking Switzerland, which was an incredible and amazing experience. Would love to live there! But I especially want to spend a lot of time in China some day. This mission call will motivate me to really get more serious about studying Mandarin, which I took for a couple years back at BYU and have tried to keep up over the years - still so far from fluent. But what a fabulous language!
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