Anziano Eads' Release Date Letter

Here is a copy of the release date letter from Anziano Eads' Mission President.  MARCH 3rd!!! is the date!!!!!!

To the Family of Anziano Eads

Elder Eads will be completing his mission 03 Mar 2015 .

We are extremely grateful for the time we have been able to spend with your missionary as he has served the Lord and the people here in Italy.  However, the time has come when we must look ahead and help you make plans for his return home.

If your missionary is planning to go to school soon after his return home, we ask that you take care of the enrollment process so that it will not be distracting and time consuming for him .  Any questions regarding school and other plans should be done in your regular emails.  If there are extenuating problems, feel free to call us and we can help work them out.

The Church encourages missionaries to travel directly home from their missions.  Any other travel is permitted only when the missionary is (1) accompanied by at least one of his parents or guardians and (2) the duration of travel is limited to not more than two weeks.  We ask that you be sensitive to the desires of your missionary when making this decision.  Many look forward to returning home with their MTC group and to the "traditional welcome home" experience of greeting their family at the airport.

If you decide to pick up your missionary here in Rome, your plans must be based on the release date established by the mission president.  Parents are encouraged not to request a change in the date to accommodate other travel plans or commitments.  Parents should advise the mission office as early as possible if they plan to pick up their missionaries.

Parents who wish to pick up their missionary need to arrange travel for themselves and their missionary.  Church Travel will send a reimbursement check to the family in the amount the Church would have spent on the ticket for the missionary.  The check will be sent one month before the missionary's release date.  Parents are required to contact Church Travel to let them know they will pick up their missionary so Church Travel does not book the missionary's flight. If you do not contact Church Travel or choose to pick up your missionary after Church Travel has purchased your missionary's ticket, you might not be eligible for reimbursement if the ticket purchased by Church Travel  is non-refundable.   You will be responsible to absorb the penalty  to cancel the ticket.   You MUST email Katy Talbot at Church Travel and tell her you will be picking up your missionary.   When you have  the return travel itinerary for your missionary you must also email this information along with a copy of the purchased ticket with  the amount you paid and your current mailing address  to Katy Talbot.

Her email is:

***Whether you are picking up your missionary or not, we ask that you inform the mission office    which AIRPORT you would like your missionary to fly home to.  Please include the AIRPORT CODE.   Please send your response to Sister Stevens at

Sister Waddoups and I would like to thank you for the support you have given us and your missionary.  We ask that you help your missionary continue to work hard and stay focused in his missionary work.  The last six months in the field often prove to be the most fruitful for our missionaries.

Best personal regards

Michael G. Waddoups

President

Italy Rome Mission




PS If you will be picking up your missionary, you may pick him up at the Mission Home on 03 Mar 2015 anytime after 8am. The address is:

 95 Via Cimone

Rome