We received a mission call today. It's a pretty long story that began right after Dad died in Jan. Brent and I felt a great urgency to look at the possibility of a mission and began to work on going. We first contacted the mission president in Geneva who we met two years ago. He had told us that when we put in mission papers, we should contact him. He said that he had a 90% chance of getting a couple to his mission if he requested them. So, we contacted him. He told us that he needed a senior couple in Lyon, France for the Institute outreach program. Quite a stretch for me to learn French, but sounded good. It looked like something just right for us. So, we sent in our papers with our request, his request and letters from our Bishop and Stake Pres. to go to Geneva. I started studying French seriously. The other thing that I forgot to tell you was that the mission Pres. told us was that "if the Lord had other plans" then we would be part of the 10% who didn't get the call to that mission.So, we should be prepared for that. Well, we weren't.To made it short, we report to the MTC on Aug. 31 for a mission to The Democratic Republic of the Congo Kenshasa Mission (that's Africa). This mission covers 6 countries. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Burundi,Gabon and Cameroon. We are stunned and excited and willing and we hope able and TERRIFIED. We don't have a clue why we are going there and not to Lyon as we thought, but we know there is a reason we're in the 10% and it's very reassuring.
We will go and do... whatever..... We know we are in for a great adventure and hope to be up to the challenges! But mostly,we know that the Lord is in charge!!
