I wasn't able to meet his family because all of his siblings are older and have left home. Day 1, I thought we both didn't say goodbye.His brother answered the phone and we talked for about 5 to 10 minutes, he said ¨he is already gone, he left for his mission earlier this morning.¨ That was a heartbreaking moment for me, I cried after the phone call.
My Missionary's Mum was using his Facebook account to post the link to his blog that has is regular mission updates. I looked at the blog and noticed there was no post for his mission email, just his mission home address. When I was on the blog I clicked on the ¨About Me¨ section and got her email. So I emailed her asking what his email was. It took a while for her to reply. I introduced who I was, for the first email. I thought she didn't get my emails, so I kept constantly emailing her. I was impatient.
Eventually when she replied, I was filled with so much happiness! She kept me updated on what my missionary had been doing through emails, for about 3 months. I decided to take a bigger step and sent a friend request to her on Facebook. So I sent her a message saying, ¨Hello, I really hope you don't mind me adding you.¨ She accepted the friend request and replied, ¨No that's okay.¨
Since that evening, we have been best friends. We both message each other through Facebook almost everyday and night. Conversations between us would be anywhere between 5 minutes to 4 hours. We talk about everything and anything. Good news, bad news, I tell her all of it. As for the rest of his family, we don't talk as much but we do talk pretty regularly.
From sharing the background of our relationship, you have an idea of how it was. Some tips I have for staying close with your missionary's family are ..
KEEP CONSTANT! Email, text, message their Mums and other family members. They will really appreciate it.
SUPPORT AND LOVE THEM, as much as you can! It shows that you appreciate them for being apart of your life.
Whenever you feel like you have no one to talk to, talk to his family. They care.
Stay Tuned.
