Hi! My name is Sister Austin, and I'm a member of the Huntsville Alabama Stake. At the end of 2013, the Huntsville Alabama Stake Presidency asked me to create and maintain a blog of mission information for the Alabama Birmingham Mission. Ever wonder what it's like to be a missionary in the Alabama Birmingham Mission? Here's your chance to find out!
The purpose of this blog is to inform missionaries, family, friends, and any others interested about the workings of the mission. While I am compiling information and posting pictures and such, most of the content comes from the mission itself- the mission Presidency and others called to work in the mission. While all of these people are involved in the creation of this blog, I'd like to emphasize that this is not an official product of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It is an act of service to all those who are serving in the mission.
I have an 8 year old son, so I can only imagine how hard it must be to let your children travel to someplace new and strange. I hope that this blog will help ease some of your concerns. Your missionary is in very good hands! Thank you for sharing them with the Alabama Birmingham Mission area. They are doing great work!!! If you have any questions about this blog or the mission, please email me at ALBirminghamMissionHomeBlog@gmail.com and I'll do my best to answer them or pass them along to those in the mission who can.
- Sister Austin
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Thanks for doing this. It's great! We really appreciate all your time and effort.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! We love our missionaries and want to make sure their support teams at home know about all the wonderful good they are doing here in the Mission :)
ReplyDeleteSister Austin you are truly an angel! Thank you for your amazing service of maintaining this blog. As a missionary mom, I am always anxious and excited to see pictures of my son, and those he gets to serve with during his mission. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSister Austin...you have no idea what this means to me :) We have missed a blog for quite a while now and it's so excited to see one up and running again!! It makes me feel closer to the mission and to the people in Alabama. I'm sure the blessing of this will be returned to you in the upcoming years when you 8 year old goes out and serves!!! Thank you Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteI think this is so wonderful! I did not have this opportunity with my other 4 sons and I feel closer to my missionary and the work of the Lord. Thank you so much for the idea and the work put forth to create and manage it. I know the work will move forward faster than ever with the new mandate and these opportunities will make the memories much sweeter. Thank you ever so much.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Thank you, Thank you, Sister Austin!! We appreciate your time & effort in creating this blog. It is wonderful!! I have been on the blog all morning & have loved every minute!
ReplyDeleteYou all are very welcome! I love working on the blog as I feel like I'm really getting to know the missionaries now, much more than a normal member would interact with them (seeing the pictures of them at their Zone meetings, etc). But I can't take all of the credit- about 95% of the content comes from the Mission Presidency! They really love your sons and daughters and want the best for them. I hope that comes across in the blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your work on this blog! I can't even imagine with keeping up with so many events and so many elders! Say hi to Elder Lundeen for me. Love, Elise Lundeen
ReplyDeleteI love being able to spend time on the blog, keep up with what's happening in the mission, and catch a glimpse of my son every so often. So thankful for you and the time and effort you put into this.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your time and effort, we love reading the blog!
ReplyDeleteJenn Forbes
Thank you Sister Austin for the time you put in to maintaining this blog. I'm so excited to see where my son, Elder Virtue will be reporting in a few weeks. As he serves it will be wonderful to have a glimpse of the mission, view pictures and receive information. What a wonderful idea. It will be wonderful to better share in his experience, and to see how the gospel is going forth in Alabama.
ReplyDeleteI was just recently called to this mission and I report to the MTC April 30th, so I will be in the area in May! This blog has made me even more excited to serve the people of Alabama, it's cool to see a little of what it's going to be like. And it's nice to know that when I am there, my family will also get to see what it's like. I'm so grateful for you, and the time and effort you put in to this blog, Sister Austin!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Sister Haslam! We are excited that you will be serving in our area :) If you ever serve in the Byrd Springs area of Huntsville, AL look for me :)
ReplyDeleteFor sure! Thanks:)
ReplyDeleteMy son just opened his mission call tonight. Alabama, Birmingham Spanish speaking, to Mexico MTC on June 25th. Thanks for having a blog for us to look at!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! He'll have a great mission! The Spanish saints in our area are really sweet :)
DeleteMy son is also serving in this mission and I love looking at the pictures to catch a glimpse of him. Thank you so very, very much for all the hard work you put into this blog. You are doing a fantastic job!
ReplyDeleteHi Sister Austin,
ReplyDeleteI'm looking for the person who shot this photo (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OklfG6HgpkQ/UsnJjO-iF3I/AAAAAAAAAi8/jHR5kwTP504/s1600/huntsville.jpg) on your page. Is that you? I'm interested in finding a high resolution original copy of the photo to potentially print for a poster for my house. Thanks!
Hi! It wasn't me, although that is a fairly regular shot from around Huntsville that has been duplicated many times. The sight of the Saturn V rocket at the Space and Rocket Center is something many people drive past everyday and is considered something of a landmark here :) You can do a quick Google search and find dozens of similar images. There are some sites that offer poster quality prints of it, but those do have a price associated with them and I hesitate to post any sort of commercial link here. So going back to Google, if you google phrases such as Huntsville Saturn V or Huntsville Space and Rocket Center Saturn V, you'll get similar results and hopefully will find a photo that will meet your needs. Thanks for reading!
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