DAY 55 -- Three Months Until We Are Available

Three months from today we will be "available" for our mission.  We put on our papers we would be ready and available on July 15.  Less than two months from day, we will be celebrating our anniversary.  Less than one month from today, we will have our papers in to the Church Headquarters. 

It still seems a foggy-vision, hard to realize that we are progressing toward the blessed time when we will be serving the Lord full time.  My companion is my Eternal Companion.  I try to envision where we will be, what we will be doing, and who will be working with us, and I cannot.  I guess this is an example of living by faith, knowing that we will go where He wants us to go.

I had another miralce/revleation today.  I was sitting in Sacrament Meeting today thinking about our mission.  I remembered putting on our papers how much we had to donate to our mission.  I recalled that the Bishop said that the ward would supplement whatever we did not have.  I have been feeling....  I don't know, just not too prepared, since I don't have sufficient to provide for our whole mission.  I let comments by the bishop flow through my  mind telling me that he would feel it a honor to have his ward help support us.  Of course, I wonder what if they won't.  What if.... then I realize that is just Satan getting into my mind.

Today in church, I looked around at the members there and realized a bit of what the bishop is telling me.  There are many in that ward who would love to help support us on a mission.  (I know that I would be one who would immediately help support another on a mission if my bishop asked...)  Therefore, I realized, through the Spirit, that there are indeed many in my ward who will feel it an honor to help support us.  They will see many blessings, enjoy the confirmation from Father, and be overjoyed with the opportunity to help us out serving. (I would.  Can I expect less than that from fellow, good, righteous members in my ward?)

Our bishop promised the other day that our "preparation" for our mission were the trials and experiences we have had in our most recent business failure and other things in our lives have been preparing us for this mission.  He said that when we get out there, we will know and bear witness to the truthfulness of that statement.  I felt Father's assurance of that fact and that the ward members here would be richly blessed in helping us go and serve. 

Fifty five days only.  It is coming.