It was hard to sleep last night. The wait is partially over. Now we wait until September 3. My nephew's parents are going to California and they leave in October. Interesting. Glad we don't have to wait more than two months.
I woke up and thought about what "CES Specialists" means. Will we be teaching others to teach institute, or teaching institute ourselves? Will we be setting up institutes in different parts of the country?. Or will we be doing things we have no idea about? Bonnie is excited about learning Spanish. The mission call did not say anything about speaking Spanish, but I would assume that my ability or once-ability to speak Spanish entered into their decision.
The opening of our call last night was very riotous. Everyone excited, jumping up and down, and even a few tears. Our call was signed by the prophet. It was wonderful.
There is much to do. We started listing it last night and got tired doing so. We read through the booklet they send telling about the mission and were excited, but know that more will come as we approach the departure date. Actually, September 3 we enter the Language Center, but don't know how long we shall stay there. Our mission president will be new, starting July 1. He has been trained this past month and will be learning the ropes as we arrive.
We went to the eye doctor and have to go see a specialist for Bonnie's eyes. Something is happening within her head to one of her eyes. It may be something that we have to take care of before we go. More preparation. Now we have to decide what to do with our car. Many decisions to be made.
This blog started June 9 last year as a count down until we could go on a mission. One year and twenty days passed and now we are on the track to leave in a bit more than two months. I tried to report about all things pertaining to our plan, our goal and our dream. We have our call, but our vision of serving is not hear. Do I quit writing this blog now, since we have our call? I will have to think about that. But really, it is not completed yet. We have much to do. We have many miracles to see and experience as we continue to move toward our serving as missionaries. For we are not missionaries yet, but we do have a path set before us and are at least aware of where that path will take us.
So, I guess I will continue on this blog for a time, at least. The preparation is not done, the miracles have not ceased, and our experiences are continuing. We still are dreaming a dream to serve as missionaries in Dominican Republic in some form of CES.
My son said last night that my "lease" living with him would be expiring on August 20th. That is when we moved in two years ago. Have to see what we do with another contract, or see if we can find a short term contract. Or perhaps he would allow us to extend our contract for a few weeks?
Yes, we are excited, can't wait, and will do much research into our field of labor, but probably will not know much until we get there.
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