my parents are moving to....

BIG news!

a few weeks ago i hinted here that some 
changes were coming in my family...well, 
my parents are moving to

johannesburg, south africa.

they have been called by our church to be

mission presidents there, and they will be

leaving on july 1st for 3 years. it is a major change,

but such an honor for them and i am so proud that

they are willing to leave their jobs, salaries, home, 
life, grandkids, and go do such an amazing thing. 
they will be incredible. it is definitely bittersweet

for our family + friends, but we know that it's

what they are supposed to be doing and luckily..

it will be an incredible place to travel to and visit

over the next 3 years! {bonus-- there is a google

office there too!} it's also not as hard since we

already live away, but now they will just be

a lot further...but we are so proud and happy

for them! love you guys so much, here's

to lots of visits and fun before july...

and then some fun visits to SA! 

^^ fitting quote, especially since 

when you see who it's by.

these two have always lived life to the 

fullest and that is continuing now!

they were asked months ago, and kept this a secret until

after christmas when my whole family went to deer valley

for a ski trip. the first night, my parents said they had 

one more gift for all of us, and they gave us a 2014 calendar 

made with pictures of our family throughout it. as we looked 

through it, we got to july and on the 1st it said 

"president and sister dunn leave on a mission!" ..and the picture 

was their church news official photo. chase and i saw it first, and 

about died! we waited for my siblings to find it, and it was so exciting. 

they said they would know the place in february, and had us all guess

where we thought they would go. after we were done with the guessing 

game, i said i wish we could just know now! my dad smiled and said..

you do? well, our call came early and we have it!! we couldn't believe it

and immediately asked WHERE?!?!? and they said they hadn't even 

opened it themselves yet!!!! they had been waiting 2 weeks to 

open it with all of us. the surprises kept coming!! so, they opened 

their call and read that they are going to johannesburg, south africa. 

it is all so crazy but so exciting.  

we made a little video of them opening their call with all of us...

congrats to my cute parents!

can't wait to visit this place...

^^ and hopefully see some of these :) 

my parents have a a true adventure ahead and

the missionaries who are called to johannesburg will

be so lucky to have them. they will be in charge of
an entire group of young missionaries, and
 everyone i know who has served missions are still so 
close to their mission presidents, because they always 
have a huge impact on their life. they will be amazing.

to see more about our church, click here.

^^these kiddos will miss their

ya-ya and papa bear!

...and so will all of us. 

love you, mom & dad!
here's to lots of visits to south africa in the next 3 years!

xo