Elder Calder Horsley

President and Sister Hammon, Our son, Elder Calder Horsley, was recently reassigned to the Germany Frankfurt Mission. We hope he arrived safe and sound. He's been serving in the Ukraine Kyiv/Moldova Mission for the past seven months. Prior to serving in Ukraine, he served for about nine months in the Texas Dallas West Mission. We haven't talked to or heard from our son since he left Ukraine, but we know leaving was difficult for him. He developed a great love for the people he taught, the Ukrainian members, his fellow missionaries, and his mission president, President Stratov. He felt the same way about his president and the people in Dallas and we know he'll grow to feel the same way about you and the other people he serves with in Frankfurt. As parents, we're deeply grateful for your leadership and readiness to accept and lovingly embrace these Ukrainian missionaries, especially Elder Horsley. We know the Lord has important work for him to do in Frankfurt. A family we know has a son, Elder Weston Covey, who was also recently reassigned from the Ukraine Dnipro Mission to Frankfurt. Elder Covey's parents received a letter from your Mission Secretary requesting some information about their son. Although we didn't receive that letter, we're assuming you'd like to know the same information about our son, Elder Horsley. We hope you'll find the information below about him helpful. He is the oldest child in our family. He has two younger brothers who are 18 and 16 and two younger sisters who are 12 and 6. He is very bright and hard working and has always done very well in school and excelled in extracurricular activities. He was the valedictorian of his high school class and a captain on his high school's state champion mountain bike team. He loves basketball, snow skiing, wakesurfing and wakeboarding, and music. He is very social and loves people. He's almost always happy and upbeat and gets along very well with almost everyone. However, his biggest challenges as a missionary have probably been dealing with companions who aren't as obedient or hard working as he'd like them to be. When he arrived in both Dallas and Ukraine, his first companions were difficult in this way. However, he learned some hard, but important lessons in both situations. Most of his companions have been excellent missionaries and he's loved serving with them. He's a good leader and had many opportunities to help lead the work in Ukraine. He plans to attend BYU in the fall after returning from his mission. He loves being a missionary and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with others. We're so proud of our son and we're grateful for the faithful and dedicated way he's chosen to serve his mission. Our family has been greatly blessed by his service. We obviously don't know you, but we love you and we're grateful for the tremendous impact we know you will have on our son. You and your family, your missionaries, and the people within the Germany Frankfurt Mission will be in our thoughts and prayers. Thank you for your dedicated service! We know the Lord is guiding this work. Best regards, Tony & Catherine Horsley