We have 47 days until we enter the Mission Training Center. We will stay there about ten days, then have a couple of days until we fly away. We board a plane on September 17 and arrive late that night. We will, in essence, be starting our mission in Dominican Republic on my 63rd birthday. On September 19th, there will be a large party, fiesta, in our mission at the Institute Building. What a way to start our mission.
I have been wondering what to do with this blog in 47 days. This blog began on June 9, 2011, our thirty-ninth anniversary of being sealed, wedded. I have counted down the days until we can go on a mission. We are nearing that day, 47 more days.
When we start that mission, on September 3, 2012, I believe I will end this blog, being the count down until our mission. But this morning Bonnie said that we "may" be serving other missions. I wanted to shout for joy, for she is considering that we will serve more than just this one. As we do, we will have to differentiate between our missions, the count down for the first one, etc.
So, this blog will be laid to rest as we leave September 3. However, we will start another one that day. We will both be authors of it, writing experiences, miracles, about beloved friends we have not met yet, etc. We may take every other day, Bonnie one day, me the next, etc. We will have to see how it goes, but it will be written by us both reporting our mission in Dominican Republic.
I have been told our mission will consist of many different phases of "the work." CES involves many aspects of the three missions of the church. More about this will be reported when we are finally started in the DR.
An interested friend of mine is investigating the church. She is reading the Book of Mormon and is starting to feel the Spirit of that glorious book. After one of those special witnesses when the Spirit touched her soul, after she was feeling very high and comfortable with her actions, some "friend" put an anti- Mormon pamphlet in her path. She, unknowingly, read it and was totally disillusioned and was disappointed with the Mormons.
Satan sure has his disciples, his followers fighting against the truth, doesn't he. I can see his influence in the thought process of my mind. I can see his influence in the modern media. I can see him everywhere. I can appreciate the difficulty of searching for the truth when Satan and all his minnions are striving to destroy anyone searching for the truth. We shall see much more of this as we head out to the DR. We ARE in a battle, but often do not see how serious it is, and how important it is to steel ourselves against him and his followers.
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