September
12, 2015
An
Elder posed an interesting question to me yesterday. Since our male missionaries (Elders) serve
for 24 months, and mission presidents (us) serve for 36 months, he wondered how
we felt at the 1 year mark.
At
the 6 month mark, missionaries will sometimes “burn” a tie. At a year, they will sometimes burn a white
shirt (I refuse to tell you about the one who was wearing it when he lit the
match….). This is their way of marking
their service. Since we are serving for
36 months, the missionary that posed the question asked: “At the one year mark, did you a President
celebrate, or did the two of you just feel bad that you still had 2 years left?”
Wow
– how to answer that? I told him that we
are fully aware of how much time we have left.
I even know by percentages of time (I know, it’s just me). However, we can never dwell very long on that
number or we become sad and start to miss home.
So we usually mention it and move on quickly. Do we miss Oroville, family, and friends – you
better believe it! But with all things
that are tough, we try to just keep pressing forward. We will never burn a tie or a shirt, but we may
kiss the ground we walk on when we return home!
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