We left our house just after 2am on Tuesday, August 8th to drive Elder Montgomery to the airport.
He had a long day ahead of him. First he would fly up to St. Paul, MN, and then straight down to Mexico City, arriving there at nearly 3pm our time.
(The 3rd flight for later in September from Mexico to Miami is one that they will cancel eventually. They are just required to have a returning ticket before being allowed to enter into Mexico.)
We got to the airport, got his 2 pieces of luggage checked, and then it was time for those very last hugs. You might be able to tell that I was trying to smile through all of the tears and emotion. Matt was excited to finally be on his way though.
We watched him at security until he was completely through and we could no longer see him. And then I was taking deep breaths and trying not to totally break down right there in the airport.
It's such a crazy mix of emotions because I knew he was doing exactly what he was supposed to. We'd spent the last 19. 3 year raising him to do this! So I was so intensely proud of him, but man are we going to miss him! I can't imagine sending him off 20 years ago when we'd only get to talk to him twice a year and would have to wait for letters through the mail! We'll get to see his face on video calls every week! I don't think he'll need that, but I'm grateful for it!!
So we came back home and got some sleep.
And I checked my phone all day to see updates on his flights.
His 2nd flight was a little delayed. He did have another elder from our stake on both flights with him, and then they met up with a sister in St. Paul. So at least he wasn't alone!
The flight status said they'd landed around 3:30 our time, so we just had to hope and pray that everything went well with both flights and with customs and all of that.
Finally around 8:30 that night, I got this short but sweet email update from him:
And then I could sleep soundly that night.
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