DAY 264 ---- Progress?

It has been 100 days since Bonnie and I began this quest to prepare for a mission.  We have set goals and dreams how to be prepared when we will celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary.  We started on June 9, and our goal date will be June 9 next year.

Physically, Bonnie is doing quite well. She arises each morning and goes exercising.  Some times she rides a bike, some times she jogs, and some times she runs.  She is feeling great with her physical preparation.  Then there is me.  I have not been exercising.  I have not been losing weight.  I HAVE been watching what I eat, but I only watch it go in and enjoy it.  I need to do so much more.   You are asking your self, as well as me, why I am not exercising.  Would  you believe my physical health is not permitting me to exercise as yet.  I am working on it, but thus far, I cannot. 

Financially we are doing fine.  I work for a place, 40  hours per week, and Bonnie drives a bus of handicapped kids.  I am being paid a very low amount, but with her income and mine, we are on a schedule of getting out of our debt within the pre-planned time.  We are watching all our expenditures, and on the whole are on track of making it.  Of course, we would be out of debt, but after we are out of that debt, either we need to find those who will support us, or we will need to have another plan to save sufficient for serving a mission or two.

Spiritually, we are doing well also.  Bonnie has just been called to her most favorite job in the church, choir director.  She is so excited.  I am still teaching High Priests once a month or so.  It is so good to be involved in the Kingdom, and we are also reading the BOM each day, scheduled to finish in December and read it again before we go in June.  We discuss our progress toward our mission often and feel pretty good about it.


Mentally, Bonnie is trying to prepare for the time when we leave our 17 grand kids.  I am trying to get over my mental sickness.  If you know me, you will appreciate my mental inabilities, like saying stupid things that don't mean anything, forgetting things, looking at things that I can't see, and mumbling, etc.  You get the picture.  It is good that the Lord qualifies whom he calls.  I will need lots of that.

So on the whole, we are on track, but need to keep following our preset plans.  We are as the armies of Helaman, hopefully one day within the year. IF I can finally overcome some of these mental challenges. ;)