DAY 60 --- The Absence of a Sign is a Sign?

We are still waiting for our appointment with the bishop to be followed by an appointment with the Stake President.  THEN our papers will officially be "sent in."  I still feel it is in His hands.  It is certainly interesting how the mind plays tricks with you.  Every time we hear someone say something, we guess where we will be going.

I heard someone the other day speaking in Spanish and I knew we would be going to a Spanish speaking country.  Then we heard someone talking about an experience they had in India, and thus we were going to India.  Then I read something in the news about New Zealand, and I knew were are going to be called to New Zealand.  And since my daughter is currently in Georgia, we are going to Georgia.

All these events are "signs" trying to tell us where we are going.  But then we could always quote a well known movie quote, "Perhaps the absence of a sign is a sign."  And in reality, there is no such thing as a sign? Or is there?

You can imagine how the mind plays games with you.  It is exciting to await the location of our mission for the next 18 months.  Then on top of all that, we continue to get people asking, "Where do you want to go?"  That is hard to answer.  But it brings back into my mind the many "signs" trying to mix my thought process up.

I guess I could take it as a sign.  This morning I was reading Alma 32 when Alma was preaching to a group of people.  Then a poor group approached him and he immediately turned himself around and talked to the poorer people because they were prepared to be ready to receive the word.  As I read it, I felt that perhaps we would be going to a poor country, where would be talking, living with the "poor" people of the world, those prepared for the gospel. 

The mind gets excited when it receives any input which may be directing our thoughts and the location of our mission.  It is hard, but required, not to think about it, and leave it in Father's hands. But each day we receive more "signs."