Brooke, (Hermana Deem) as she is now known, entered the MTC on Wed 23 Sept 2009 at 12:45 pm just two days after her 21st birthday.
The rules have change for dropping off missionaries. Each missionary gets one car of people to take them in. They have an assigned time to be dropped off, and you literally get as much time at the curb as it takes two Elders to unload their bags from your car. We weren't there 3 minutes.
We had of course said our goodbyes and had taken our last pictures before we drove through the gate. She was so excited and ready to finally be going on her mission that it was exciting for me as well. She will be an amazing missionary.
A few hours after I said good bye to Brooke, I had to say good bye to Brittney and baby Avery again. It was so much fun having them come to be with Brooke for her birthday and then go to the MTC with her.
Brooke will be in the MTC until the last part of November then off to Mendoza Argentina.
