Update from my Mom on Facebook the day I left:

Coolest thing… When we dropped my son off at the airport this morning we met another missionary flying out with the same last name, traveling on the same plane. Householder is not common… We’ve never met another one outside of our immediate family before. We always get the question, “are you related to Delbert from Thatcher?” And the answer is always, “we keep hearing about him, but we’ve never met him.” The common ancestor is clear back to the 1730s when two brothers came over from Europe. We are from one line, Delbert is from the other line. I imagine it was probably a joyful day in heaven with the brothers watching their descendants finally meet, and especially as they boarded the same plane for the MTC to serve The Lord for 2 years. My son is ultimately headed for Texas Fort Worth mission, the other young man is headed for the Italy Milan mission.