SLC International Airport: December 3, 2013

Since Kamiko was to report to the MTC in Chile, he had to leave Tuesday to be there Wednesday. His itinerary indicated that he'd be flying with an Elder Birch. When we got to the airport, we met Elder Birch and an Elder Ware and Richards. The 4 of them were to travel together. Birch is also going to Santiago North. The other two are assigned to Santiago South. Elder Birch also turned 20 in August and his dad served a mission in Bolivia. Elder Richards' mom is on facebook quite a bit, so it's fun to see her stuff from her son and I imagine she enjoys stuff from Kamiko.

pulling the bags

Elder Richards, Ware, Adcock and Birch

Look at how short my kid is

Don't these boys look great!?

Kiko and his sisters!

Allie and Mel on the drive home. 

Ornament that Starlyn made for me

Kamiko in the MTC with Elder Cisneros, from Mexico

First picture I saw of Kamiko. Elder Richards sent this to his mom.

We stayed for about 30 minutes, taking pictures, visiting, etc. It was really nice. Not rushed, like the Provo MTC is now. You just get to drop your kid at the curb. Mel had been dreading Kamiko leaving. She really cried when it was time to say good-bye. We all survived, though. I told the other moms that since Kamiko was the senior member of the group and spoke some Spanish, he'd get them all there safely. Well, that was a bad idea. I found out later that Kamiko left his passport on the plane that went from SLC to Atlanta. Luckily, they were able to return to the gate and his passport was safe. It sounds like it was close. The elders were willing to stay behind with Kamiko. In Atlanta, they were joined by an Elder from Spain. Kamiko was able to translate some for him, since he speaks no English.

We heard briefly from Kamiko on Thursday... the keyboard was weird and he was safe. We got more information the following Wednesday. That's where we learned about the passport and that he's not pooping because he's eating only dessert and chicken patties and drinking sprite. He really enjoyed time with the latin elders. They really embraced him. He played soccer with them and arm wrestled with them. He was sad when they all left after 2 weeks. I guess a new batch has arrived by now.