Receiving the Call - A Plan, plus calendar

Some of you may want to be 'present' when we open our call letter. Here's what I have in mind.

The call is being sent to Chris's. This is because we don't know enough to be certain it would arrive in Tucson before we leave. We think it would, but if it didn't, it would delay our getting the letter for 10 days. So we have asked Chris to receive it, and he has agreed.

So when he does receive it, presuming that we will not yet have arrived at his house (see calendar below), he will gather his family around, and then open it and read it to us.

If any of you would like to be there, we have a conference line we can use. You dial in to the conference line, and it's like a big phone call with everyone able to talk and listen. I will give the details below.

The biggest question then becomes, how do we let you know that the call has arrived and that we will be opening it at a particular time?

Right now I would like to propose that we read it at 6:30 pm PT, which includes Tucson; 7:30 for Utah and Montana. This way most children would be awake and most adults would be home. This time also allows me to avoid conference calls I am committed to each week.

The best way I know how to communicate quickly is email. I would put the message that the call has arrived in lewfamzoo, regular email addresses, and this blog. I would also have to call Katie to include them.

If you can think of a better way, let me know. (I think we need a family phone tree, where the initiation of a communication can be done by any one family member and reach everyone within a few minutes. It would serve us well beyond this mission call. But we don't have to do this now - it would be for emergency communications.)

If you don't care about being there when the call papers are opened, just let me know. You'll certainly find out soon, anyway. This is just for those who like to be in on the whole experience, such as their parents swooning or whatever the case.

Here's the calendar as we know it:

May 20 - moving company picks up furniture
May 22 - we drive out of Tucson, go to Phoenix for a temple day and speaking event
May 23 - drive to Boulder UT to meet Van and girls
May 26 - drive to SLC to stay w/ Chris and family
May 28 - sealing day - we spend the morning at the SLC temple doing sealings
May 30 - Happy birthday, Chris - we leave for Anacortes
May 30 or 31 - we arrive Anacortes
June 1 - church in Anacortes
June 2 - moving van arrives, things put into storage

The call could arrive as early as May 15. If not then, it is likely to arrive on May 22, just after we leave for Phoenix. It is possible it will arrive a week later than that. Of course it might not arrive on a Thursday at all: Chris, being in SLC, could receive it a day earlier.

Conference line info: dial 1-308-344-6400 pin 887953# (enter pin when prompted). Dial in a few minutes ahead, and if you have trouble entering the pin, hang up and start over. Some phone systems require that the pin be entered rather slowly.

I'd love to know if you and your family would like to be included in the opening of the call. Meanwhile we solicit everyone's prayers that the Spirit will prevail during the call process and at the time we receive the call. Thanks!