When I started this thing, it was almost impossible to believe that I would ever get to numbers this low, only 32 days. I would hope when we get to M day (that is mission day) we will know where we are going and what we will be going. Perhaps not. When the bishops says, "These things take time" I wonder if it is the same as someone saying, "Soon" it will happen. Rememeber, soon can mean as many as 80 years according to the Book of Mormon. (The BOM says that Christ would appear soon, and he came 80 years later.) (Isn't it nice to have insights what words mean?)
It is sort of like few. What does "few" mean? Well according to our scriptures, few means 8. Now I know many of you are wondering how I am so wise as to say that few means 8. Well, it says in the Bible that "few" were saved in the flood, and we all know that there were eight saved in the floor, thus "few" must mean 8, right?
Another interesting word in the Book of Mormon is "Wonderful." In many of the battle chapters, when they have a massacre, or many die, it is termed a wonderful battle. I would imagine that wonderful meant something along the lines of a great big number, rather than the meaning we use today for that word. I mean, when Bonnie and I get our call, it will be wonderful. Can you correlate the two meanings of wonderful, our receiving a call and the destruction of thousands of lives? I can't.
Anyway, we are thirty two days away from our dream of serving as missioinaries. Or at least that is when we will celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. We planned on June 9, 2011 to work towards serving a mission when we celebrate 40 years. We have done all we can do, and now wait for others to do their "thing" to tell us what we need to know, where and when.
I keep telling Bonnie that it is not beyond imagination that we could be serving in 32 days. I mean you hear stories when missionaries are called and are needed immediately in their new position. It does not happen too often that missionaries are called and expected that fast, but it does happen. On the other hand, we could be still waiting in 32 weeks? I mean, if we go somewhere that requires a visa, and at times they take "forever" to get. We have all heard stories of waiting, waiting, and more waiting for visas to come. So, only thirty two days. 768 hours. Are we ready? As far as we can be now.
We have seen many miracles through the last year during this preparation. We have recorded them here on this blog, but need to create a different list that only specifies miracles. One of recent happening, I went to an opera on Monday. That was truly a miracle. It is one that I will not fondly remember, but it was certainly a miracle. I think it was called, "Kill Mice and then...." My counsel to you, if you have any kind of a choice, do not go..., unless you are counting miracles and need one to please your wife who loves operas.
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