The Journey Begins!

Elder Newman was set apart as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday. Today he began his journey to first train for six weeks in Guatemala City. He'll arrive there around 4:30 am Wednesday morning. We are anxiously awaiting his first email :)

Around beginning of July, he'll begin serving in the El Salvador, San Salvador East Mission. He was ready and excited to go!

More info: He emailed us to let us know he arrived the afternoon he got there (nearly 12 hours later). Customs went well, no reports of lost luggage or anything else stressful. There was a group of 9 people going to the CCM by the time they flew out of LAX...5 elders and 4 sisters. He knew one of the sisters from his time at BYU. All the sisters are staying in Guatemala, and all the elders will move on to El Salvador in 6 weeks' time. He likes the view: mountains that could be volcanoes :)