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We attended Tanner's missionary farewell today and were so impressed with how much he has grown up and the testimony he has developed. What I love most is how much Jaxson admires him. Tanner had a group of friends who all looked out for each other, that they called the Blue Tie Group. They were all friends from school and they same youth group within their ward. At every missionary farewell they all would sit together and wear their ties in support of each other. By the time Tanners farewell came, most of them had left on missions, but there were still three or four of them left. Jaxson hung out with these boys after the farewell and felt so important, as if he was part of the Blue Tie Group!
Tanner spoke about the examples he had in his life and what lead him to serve a mission. He talked about how his friends would always ask him to come to church and finally one day he said he would go. After that his best friend and his father would show up every Sunday at his home to pick him up, whether he was planning on going or not. Sometimes they would get him out of bed, and most days he would make them late; but in the end they never gave up on him. This friend and his family always invited Tanner over for Sunday dinner and he ended up being like one of the family. The example they set for him was priceless.
I am so impressed with Tanner, just like a was with Dan when I first met him because he choose to serve a mission. He didn't decide to serve because he was pressured by family, or chose to serve because he knew he should. He accepted the call because he wanted to serve the Lord and because he had a testimony of his Savior.
I'm so glad my kids has these examples in their lives to look up to. We know the people of Madagascar are going to be blessed to have Elder Tregeagle around to teach them about the gospel and Jesus Christ.
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