Almost

We’re almost in the air. The state of our suitcases verifies the adverb, almost.

It was a week of tender mercies:

At lunch on Monday we met another couple flying to Seoul Korea. They will be in the Seoul Korea South Mission but were told to get acquainted with the senior missionaries in the Seoul Mission, too, so we may meet them again in Korea. They will not be on our flight but there were two young elders next to us who will fly from Salt Lake City to Detroit with us.

We were stressing because our flight information lists our arrival day as Tuesday and our mission president emailed that he thought that meant Wednesday because we cross the international dateline. The travel office said the day of arrival is for the time zone of our arrival city so we arrive on Tuesday. Then we sat across the table from a sister who had been the office missionary in the Philippines and she said that she was in charge of picking up missionaries and never left one waiting in the airport.Tuesday? Wednesday? We'll trust someone will be there.

The testimonies shared by our teachers and fellow missionaries were a wonderful witness of the truthfulness of the work we are being sent forth to do.

Wayne discovered on Thursday that his driver’s license was not in his wallet. We had been asked by our mission president to get international driver’s licenses before we arrived so we had a shuttle from the MTC drop us off at the AAA office. If we had not been obedient to the mission president’s request we may not have discovered the misplaced driver’s license until we were in Korea—a little late. (The office accepted a scanned copy of his license and he found the license in the scanner.)

They told us on Friday that we were called because of our weaknesses, not our strengths and then they gave us ideas how to use our talents to bless those we have been called to serve. We're ready to go forth in faith and trust the Lord will prepare the way before us. It is His work and He will help us.