Mom and dad served four missions. The kids and grand kids prayed for and supported mom and dad. Their grand kids, or my children were so impressed that Grandpa and Grandma were out in the world serving missions. They went to Palmyra, Martha's Vineyard, Marshall Island, and France. Most were overseeing family history sites and organizing them into functioning operations.
As I remember my mother and father during this week of remembering 9/11, I can't help but also remember the service they performed for the Lord in their old age. I really don't know if they were older than I am now when they left on their mission, but that doesn't matter. It does matter that they served four missions.
I guess you can say they set the example for us. That is one, but only one, of the reasons we desire to serve a mission in about nine months. If mom and dad served, why can't we? Mom's health was not great, she had lung problems, but left all those things in the hands of the Lord.
They both had great faith in Father that He would take care of their children, and even their grand children. I quietly watched them and promised one day I would go on another mission with my beloved companion. Well, if things go right, we can realize our dream, our time table, then within the year, we hope to be following in their footsteps and serving a mission somewhere in the world.
Another miracle to assist us in our dream was accomplished when the Church changed the couple price of serving to nothing more than $1400 per month. Mom and dad''s missions cost so much more than that, and with this new change, we will be able to tell the Lord through our bishop, that we will serve anywhere in the world. I am excited. Only 270 more days.
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