DAY 65 -- Hawaii, Siberia, or Where?

When you get to this stage of our mission preparation, funny things happen.  Our preparation has been completed.  At least the paper part of preparing and putting it all in someone else's hands.  Now we wait for interviews, the Brethren deciding where will will go, and when we will go. 

During this waiting period, we have so much to do.  Before, the things we had to do were figure out when we had this surgery, that medical condition, and onward and so forth, and scooby do.  That being done, now we have to plan what else needs to be done and start moving forward toward those things. 

The other day I was talking with my bishop telling him he would have all our required paperwork in his hands in the coming few days. He said that now is the time we need to decide if we really want to go.  I sort of laughed in my mind, of course we want to go.  But he said that we need to realized the things we will miss, not be doing for the coming months, etc.  I think we have been doing that for a long time, but as we continue it will be interesting if that compounds itself in our minds.

Now those "funny things" I was telling you about.   Every time I tell someone we are going on a mission, or we have just submitted our papers, everyone has a story.  And they are very intriguing stories.  One couple put on their papers that they could not go anywhere that was cold for the sister had a condition that would be very serious if they did.  They were called to Siberia.  Another couple was called and started preparation and the Headquarters called them and said they were changing their mission call from being a missionary couple to being a Mission President.  Another couple was called, without requesting any location or type of mission to Hawaii.  (Tough mission/vacation, right?)  Perhaps we will have one of those "funny" stories???

The stories keep mounting up about what "could" happen to us now that we have our papers in.  Again, I reaffirm that we will go where He wants us to go and be happy.  Whether it be Siberia, Hawaii, Tooele, or even Salt Lake City.

Yes, we are ready, and yes we are ready for almost any situation or funny occurrence in our path to our mission.  It will be interesting.