When a missionary has completed his or her mission, they are officially released from their service as a missionary. Missionaries will sometimes talk about their "release date" with a mix of emotions.
Elder Clint Hales and his wife, Sister Carol Hales, have been serving as Family History (Genealogy) Missionaries for the past 18 months. They came here from Torrance, California, which is in the Los Angeles area. They will be going home on July 25. We love them and are so very grateful for their wonderful service.
Joyce and I had a farewell lunch with them today. As we bid them farewell, with handshakes, hugs and kisses, they suddenly stopped and said, "Do you mind if we sing to you?" And then they sang a lovely duet, with new words, to "Please Release Me":
Please Release Us
Please release us let us go --
We've become extremely slow --
We can't stay here anymore.
And we don't want to be a bore.
The Murray's are the very best --
We know because we've been a test.
We are fond of old PA
Please release us, to go home to our LA.
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