Au Revoir Michel! Bonne Chance!

Was that good Michael? I am almost fluent..haha.

But you definitely will be fluent when you come back.

Today October 7th, Michael officially began his mission. See ya man!

And watch out for those cows and angry farmers!
I promise there is a milk strike in Brussels right now as I type.

I am fairly certain that it will be over by the time you get there. ; )

And if you don't believe me, above is a picture
and below, a couple links to go to.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32878129/ns/business-world_business/

http://believe-or-not.blogspot.com/2009/09/milk-strike-in-belgium.html

And for everyone who checks out my blog. I have added a twitter feed for @mhelvey

to my blog on the right, below my @timbe2 feed. Please check it out and follow him (who is really me tweeting).

I will be tweeting pictures Michael sends me/his parents email me. I will

also be tweeting various content from letters he writes.

I also have a TwitPic feed that shows pictures I tweet from his account!

The Last Skype

Tonight was the last night that Michael and I could Skype. I forget the explanation for this
but basically Michael's mission began today at 8pm PST. This was brought upon by either his mission president/bishop, I don't remember which one Michael told me.
For the next 2-3 days, Michael will be living life as if he is on the mission, following all mission guidelines. His dad, Ted will be Michael's companion. They will do everything together.
Great father-son bonding. Hopefully Mr. Helvey can impart some wisdom on Michael before he goes... He needs it. ; )

Michael and I in our natural habitat. :D Annie seems worried.
I promise not to drop him Annie!

Our booties! Annie, Michael, and I

from the left: Trevor, Annie, Michael, myself, and Cameron

Michael-- I would like to thank you for the past few years man. Ever since, what was it, 5th grade? You are one lucky kid, that none of my other friends were available to Trick-or-Treat with me on that Halloween. I was basically forced to hang out with you (HEHEHE), and its been an awesome friendship ever since! :D Wouldnt have traded it for anything. See you in 2 years man! Have a good one! Oh, and please send me chocolate!

And also, for any third parties reading this...Michael has left me in charge of his twitter account! You all know how excited that makes me! :D Please follow him on twitter at @mhelvey as I tweet news from his mission via letters/emails I receive/am forwarded! As always, please follow me at @timbe2. I too will have news of his journeys.

**All pictures courtesy of the awesome, Mrs. Helvey**

Belgium Bound Best Friend Pulls Through

Here we are..Me, Michael, and Annie after my farewell dinner at Fresh Choice. :D

This was from my other package that came from Case-mate.com.
It is my $0.99 recession case. Totally waterproof and float-able. ;)
Can you tell I am genuinely happy?

I got a package from Michael yesterday and a
package from Annie today(pictures to come).
Michael sent me 3 long sleeve shirts, because he won't be needing them
in Belgium for his mission, and I do need them here in Boulder!