{Our Story}

I am Audrey Sue Eckhardt and I have recently sent a missionary out. His name is Elder Glen Donald Ledingham. He is serving in the Columbus, Ohio mission and has been out since January 7th, 2015. His mission is English speaking. He recently made it to Ohio and is loving it so far! He is currently serving in Enon, Ohio. I am so proud of him  already and can't wait to write about his journey and mine over the next two years.

Glen and I met a little over a year ago while we were in high school. It was the second semester of our senior year and we had three of the four classes together on B-days. It's funny because the first day of our classes I'm pretty sure he thought that I was stalking him. I also the first few weeks of class would come home and complain about him because of his inability to lead me in social dance. Little did I know back then that I would fall in love with that silly boy.

Prom 2014

Because we had social dance together we ended up getting  to know each other pretty well. We became friends around the time that the sweethearts dance was approaching. I really wanted to ask this boy named Carson but felt like I should ask Glen instead. I was still a little hesitant about going with him until I received my answer. It was seriously the cutest and sweetest way a boy had ever answered me back from a dance before. Sweethearts was a blast and he even put up with me being the sweethearts royalty second attendant (he had to wait for me to dance with my dad). After that dance we started to get closer as friends,


The next step towards our relationship was Glen asking me to prom. He always tells me that he, like me at sweethearts, was considering asking someone else. He also felt like he should ask me though so he did. He planned the perfect prom date. We went to desert star (a playhouse) and saw "Provo Cop", had dinner and then went to the dance up at Sundance. I didn't know very many of the people in our group so I felt kind of awkward at first. It was especially awkward because my ex-boyfriend was in our group and Glen didn't know it. It ended up being one of the best dates I've ever been on though.

After that we started to really like each other. It wasn't until two days after we graduated that he asked me to be his girlfriend though. We had many adventures in between that like senior ball, senior all-nighter, and going to see divergent. I was actually the one who had to institute the oh so lovely define the relationship talk. I am grateful every day that we did have that talk because it gave me my bestest friend.

We have had so many adventures in the just shy of eight months that we have been dating. We have definitely had our fair share of laughs, cries, little fights, and awkward moments but I wouldn't change anything about it. We have become inseparable which has given us a lot of time to get to know each other. He is my best friend, my comfort, my protector, my love, but most importantly my Glen Donald. I look forward to many more months and years to come with him.

Our goodbye for 2 years

For now the Lord and the people of Ohio need him far more than me. I know that Heavenly Father has already prepared the people there for Elder Ledingham's arrival. He is going to help the Lord's work move forward in so many ways. I feel honored to support him in this amazing work. Although trusting Heavenly Father with my best friend has been one of the hardest things I will ever have to do, it has also been so easy. I know that the Lord is going to continually watch over him and aid him in doing the Lord's work. These next two years are going to be very hard but they are also going to be amazing. One of my favorite quotes by Gordon B. Hinckley is "You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make." I know that Elder Ledingham is well worth the wait and that this will only make our love stronger. I am ready for all that this adventure of a wait will bring.

"Two years is not even a day in the Lord's time." So I will see you tomorrow Elder Glen Donald Ledingham. <3

*I also found this song about a missionary that I love. It is beautiful and well worth the listen.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvaIZ3voOdk&list=PL8IGd978YzkDtXumxs9f4EH42TrIx2wxa&index=2