Almost 19 years ago, the Lord sent down one of His elect sons to our family. Today, He has called that son to serve His good people in Seoul, KOREA!!!
For all my life I knew my little brother would leave us for a time to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I never knew that day would come so fast, (May 4th, 2011). From the moment the Messick family was blessed with a little boy, we spoiled that kid. His 3 older sisters loved him SO much, and his parents finally got the little boy they had been hoping for. All our lives, we knew this little boy was special and was a chosen spirit. He has been a tremendous example to me in my life, whether he knows it or not!! I am so grateful for the opportunity I had tonight, to watch his face light up as he read aloud his mission call for his family and friends. I got so choked up as I saw in his face the recognition that this call is truly from the Lord.
I am so proud of the man he has become and so grateful for the example he is setting for my little boy. He is a great Uncle to him and Dallen just loves his Uncle Scotty!! While we were prepping Dallen to hear Uncle Scotty's call, he said "I serve a mission too?!?!" He is so excited to be just like his Uncle Scotty someday. And I'm sure that just as fast as Scotty's life flew by me, Dallen's will go twice as fast.
Scotty, these next 2 years will be hard to not have you around, but we will muster up all of our faith and send you where you need to be, with the sweet people of Korea. You will daily be in our prayers and always in our hearts. We love you and are so proud of you. 
Good luck, Elder Messick!!
Monday, January 10, 2011
From the Lord
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That was seriously the sweetest post! I cried! You are a sweet sister, and a wonderful Mother. I'm sure you were able to feel these wonderful feelings because you have your own son to raise to serve the Lord...You and Mark are great parents and Dallen will be a wonderful missionary too!!! Love you guys! And thank you for this!
You are such a wonderful sister! Scotty will be so amazing! We are so happy and excited for him!
Beautiful post, Jacki! Good, good stuff! And now I know there really was a time when you were taller than Scotty :) xoxo
I only know you personally out of all your family, but I too cried when I read this. You are one amazing woman and your family is amazing too! Congrats to Scotty and the people pf Korea! So cool!
Thank you so much Jacki! I love you, Mark, and Dallen and I really will miss you guys. I am grateful for you and the love you have always shown to me. Thank you.
P.S. My long hair is nutssss haha
Loved this post Jacki. KInda put mine to shame. Haha! We're pretty lucky to have a cool little brother like Scotty.
Wow, I can't believe our brothers will be serving the Lord together. Ryan was a little bummed Scotty didn't get sent to be HIS companion in Argentina...haha, but the people of Korea will be so blessed to have him! Congratulations to Scotty! I love those pictures you posted and I can't believe how young he still looked just a few years back. Time sure does fly! It was so good to see you guys over Christmas break!
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