Background....we have not heard from Mitchell since he left the MTC on Tuesday, Sept. 10th. We are confident he is ok but nonetheless, we don't know where he is.
Mike gets a call from area code 801 from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints around 3 pm on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. It's a good thing I didn't get the call because I would have been very worried. The voice on the other end says, "Is this Michael Albu Nehorai?" "Um, yes, but most people call me Mike." (ha)
"Hi, this is Brother Clayton and I'm standing here with your son......and I'm going to feed him." Mike was so confused...............whaaaat? Who is this guy?
I love that it wasn't a bad phone call. In fact, it was a miracle phone call.
It turns out that Brother Wayne Clayton and Mike are old companions from their mission in Independence Missouri Mission, 38 years ago. Wayne was decorting the church for a 50 year celebration of their Boy Scout Troop. He recognized Mitchell as the new missionary and approached him. Taking a double take at his tag, he asked Mitchell,"is your dad's name Michael Albu Nehorai?"
Mitchell replied in the affirmative and asked him to give his dad a call. The rest is history.
How do you like that? Pretty amazingly awesome. Wayne immediately started sending pictures of their mission. He had gone back 3 times to the mission. Here are a few.
Brother Wayne Clayton and Mitchell meeting for the first time.
This was the first picture we saw of Mitchell and his first companion, elder Allen from Wales.
Then blast from the past pictures poured in..........one after another. Mike couldn't believe he had these pictures. Mike had never seen them before.
September 30, 2019
Brother and Sister Clayton went shopping Monday night and texted a pic of a jacket they bought for Mitchell. Yes, please.
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