Musing About The Day

 Throughout the night, my whole body ached....just a dull ache, and then by about 11 in the morning it was gone.  I think that is the extent of any side effects of the COVID shot, and I am so grateful now that we can be out and about, and feeling a little more sense of freedom.  Our bishop and his wife, on their late forties both got their first shot this week.  He is a professor of business and is amazing.  He spoke about that experience in church today, expressing such appreciation for the medical and scientific communities who are accomplishing miracles.

When we first got here, I vacillated between fear of getting the virus and fear of doing nothing when we are here to serve.  The winter is over, and I am looking forward to the next four months.  Four months!  I love this land so very much.  I have to make every day count, and hope that it will stay in my heart and in my memory.

Of course, part of the charm of this place is the fact that we are here to serve.  We have a comfortable apartment, a car, good health and the luxury of focusing on serving.  No wonder the young missionaries love the lands they serve in so very much.  They get to know it in a way that other visitors don't.  I read letters from several other missionaries serving in various areas of the world and they - universally - fall in love with the place they are in.

That and the fact that they come to know Jesus Christ.  They study the scriptures, they teach from the scriptures, and they know the Master.  I know the missionaries who will return home this week are among the happiest young people I have known, and I think it is largely because they have learned about Him and about their own reason for being.

We had the usual line-up of online meetings today....all good.  In the evening, we spent an hour with the Martineaus from Fruit Heights Utah.  They will be coming to serve as a Young Adult Senior Couple in June.  They are cute, and very excited to do this.  We don't know what their assignment will be yet, but they will be dynamic no doubt.  They have been serving in a young adult ward in Utah.  SK and I are the oldest couple in the mission....a dubious honor.

It was fun to visit with them and talk about so many interesting and wonderful things....what do you wish you had brought?  What kinds of things did you bring that you wished you hadn't?  What are some things you do with the young adults?  (Nothing for the last 8 months).  What is a typical day like? (There are no typical days.)  Do you report more to the mission president or the stake president? (In our case, the mission president, but it is supposed to be the stake president.)  

The Martineaus are in for a treat.



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melissa said…
What fun to give advice. And my guess is that while you may be the oldest missionaries, you act the youngest!!
May 2, 2021 at 12:14 AM
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