Wednesday June 27, 2012. A co-worker has predicted that we would get our call today, the anniversary of the Prophet Smith's martyrdom. It is also my second son's birthday. With getting the word Sunday that we have been assigned a mission, it is likely that we will get the call today. We were assigned on June 22, trying to imagine the process of sending out calls, it could be today. Then again, it may be three weeks from the last Saturday of November?
As I sit and write this, I can just imagine Bonnie watching for her future companion (Joke, nothing more) to drive up to the community mail box. I can see her doing the mailbox shuffle, waiting until he is done, or even tackling him as he reaches for all the many envelopes coming to Sam and Tessa's mailbox. I am sure many are political advertisements, some bills, a few more invites to eat a Burger King, Chik-filet, a discount on the next lube job, and perhaps even two envelopes from Salt Lake City. No, they probably would not be invites to vote for Mitt Romney, they will probably be our mission call.
If it does come today, we shall gather tonight, all of the family who can come, and hold a party. Joe said it is a reason to all gather together and EAT. Many look for reasons to gather the family together, and there must be something to eat each time we gather, no? We will all gather, we will check out the masterfully designed spread sheet to figure out who wins the lottery in guessing where we will go. THEN we will open those two envelopes to learn what we have waiting a long time to learn. This is another step in following Elder Hollands direction of setting a goal and working toward it. It will let us know how much longer we must wait before we can actually be senior missionaries. At least it will tell us where we will go and when!
My son asked me if I was going to quit writing this blog when we get our call. I sort of doubt it. It is a good way to report our mission. While I served a hundred years ago, I wrote something similar to my mother, reporting to her and she recorded it as my mission journal. Sounds like a good idea.
I told my wife last night that we need to prepare ourselves to find an empty mail box today. When someone gets their hope too set on something happening and it does not, it is a very difficult time. So, I sort of feel we must prepare ourselves to be disappointed again today. It will come one day, but perhaps not today.
It is interesting to me what Father is teaching us. He uses every circumstance in our life to teach eternal principles, and it is up to us whether we learn, grow closer to him, or fail and question everything. In this path of pursuing this dream, there have been many miracles, but there have been more lessons learned. Thanks be to Father in caring enough to teach us during these almost 400 days.
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