DAY 224 --- Speaking the World's Language

I get up each morning and go to work.  Each week I give 40 - 50 hours of my time working for my boss.  I work trying to set up people and organizations all over the world to find students who want to come to the US to learn English.  That is our product.  I guess I am a salesman trying to find people to market that product.  I enjoy talking with people from Nigeria, Taiwan, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea, etc.  No, I do not speak their languages.  But I do speak the language of friendship.  I have many friends all over the world.

At times I find it hard to understand them trying to speak English to be understood.  At times we have to take it slow so we can understand each other.  But we do communicate and strive to help others learn English, the world language.

Often I pause and think about my work and what I do with my time.  I earn a few pennies as I give of that time to recruit students.  I enjoy it.  I am a people person and love to talk to everyone.  Once in a while I find those who do not want to talk with me, nor anyone.  There are those in the world also.

As I dream about realizing this dream of serving a mission, I get joyful, almost overjoyed and happy to realize the time is coming when I will be able to give full time, 24-7 of my time with my sweet heart, to the Lord.  I will again be trying to market a product.  But this product is the truthfulness of the gospel.  I will be surrounded with people hungry to know what I know.  I will be challenged to make friends, teach true principles, and influence many others in all walks of life. 

We will have the Spirit in our souls to direct us where to look, what to say, how to say it, and when not to say it.  We will be the Lord's missionaries to bring the world His truth.  What a glorious goal, dream to work toward.  Yes, the leaders of the Kingdom have asked for more senior missionaries.  But more than that, I am excited to be in His service, dedicate every hour, every minute to helping in the Kingdom.  Don't know exactly where or what we will be doing, but it really doesn't matter. I am excited.  Bonnie is excited.  Oh that eight months could be eliminated and we could go tomorrow.  Oh that all the preparation we have to complete would be completed. 

But that is wishing our life away, and this is not good.  Thus we will wait, patiently? and continue to count down the days.  Only 224 more days until M day.