DAY 141 -- Progress toward the Goal

I started this blog more than 222 days ago.  I felt that writing about our mission, the road to realizing this dream would be good for me.  It would be a daily reminder of this goal and how we are preparing for it.  It would be a call to view all miracles that happen along our way toward our mission.

It would also be a recorded history of obstacles, challenges, blessings, revelation, etc toward realizing this dream that has been mine for many, many years since that day in Houston Texas as I returned from Mexico. I remember kneeling down on the ground and kissing the ground,  drank some water out of a fountain giving thanks that I didn't have to boil it first, and was shocked at what a blond girl looked like.  (In Mexico there were only block headed people.)  I remember looking back and promising that I would one day return to the mission field and bring my Eternal Companion with me.  Now it is only 140 days away.

I also grew to love the statement by Elder Holland about dreaming dreams and seeing visions.  That concept has always been a part of me and when I heard it from a man I totally respect and  honor, I adopted it as my own creed.

Today as I sit and review the past events in my life, seeing His hand there, directing, supporting, telling me to keep having patience, I am so grateful for His direction, His comfort to keep me dreaming about this upcoming mission.  As I stop looking backward and look forward toward the coming days, weeks and months, I realize there are so many things to do to be ready.  I have been told there are about 54 pages of questions that have to be filled out on the senior missionary application, let alone the countless visits to doctors, head shrinks, bunion doctors, witch doctors, etc.  They have to verify that we are "sound" and can perform as senior missionaries have to perform.

Our mission is becoming a constant thought that is never far away of my mind.  People ask us where we want to go, and we reply, "Wherever the Lord calls us."  It is unimportant to me where as long as we get to serve Him. 

There are still many unknowns that are floating around that have to be secured, but Father is capable and will direct how to, and when to pursue them.  It is such a comfort knowing that He is aware of us, our dreams and visions, and is directing things to happen according to His will.  I  KNOW that many things are happening right now, even today, (though I now not what they are) that will help pave the way toward our mission.  I leave it all in His hands.  I am excited.