Only 29 days until the fulfillment of a dream and journey we started one year ago. I can't believe it. Of course in twenty nine days we may still be waiting for our call, for an appointment, for the Second Coming, and for the fish to bite. Twenty nine days is all.
I told my son last night that the vision, the excitement, the anticipation for our mission is gone. I seldom think about our mission, since it is, for some reason, delayed in the coming. Bonnie's brother waited seven weeks. We are at the six week mark. It is so hard to be excited about it when we have no idea when or where. Patience is a Godly virtue and I guess I am learning that.
Last night, while tending grand kids, Bonnie and I watched a movie at my son's house. It was the "Visitor." I am sure that almost one hundred people of ninety nine would say that they have never heard of it. It was a very "low cost" movie, but one that treated a very interesting subject. It portrayed the challenge of immigration, deportation, and the plight of those who have entered the US, either legally or not.
Just yesterday at work, I experienced another event that involved deporting a young Hispanic. I could see the point on both side of the disagreement. I cannot have an opinion about this idea right now, for I don't know enough about it. But I sure see the challenge in other's lives who come to the US and want to stay here.
The only reason I bring it up is because that issue will be present and possibly a challenge where we go to serve. In our singing group we are singing this year "So Many Voices." It is a song about those who want to come to the US and enjoy freedom, this country, and join in our way of life. That is all over the world. I work for an ESL firm that invites students from all over the world to come and learn English. I have watched those who were students come and get a taste of the American Culture and weep as they finish their education and have to go home. Yesterday I watched as a young man is faced with deportation because he is out of compliance to the laws that permitted him to enter. It's like getting a taste of chocolate cake, then it being taken away rapidly.
Two different experiences yesterday brought that home to my heart. If that is a fore shadowing of what is to come, then we will be going foreign.
Bonnie is doing a special thing for our girls today to honor our daughters and -in law daughters for Mother's Day. I will report on that tomorrow in this blog. I am so proud of her mothering and grand mothering talents.
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