Change, Change and More Change

It is said, "the joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, the enjoyment of every new experience . . . and constant change!"

When talking to senior couples who have served missions before us, we have been counseled to learn - quickly and above everything else - to “go with the flow,” “roll with the punches,” and accept change as inevitable. They were not wrong because change has, so far, been the operative word!!!!

In the beginning, we were called to the Jamaica Kingston Mission . . . then 4 days later, we received a phone call from the Missionary Department saying there had been a mistake and we were actually being called to the West Indies.

We were told we would be at the MTC for a total of two weeks before we flew out to our mission field. We have now been at the MTC for three weeks. Thankfully, the training has been absolutely WONDERFUL.

We were told we would fly out of Salt Lake City to New York on Monday, January 17 . . . catch a “red eye” arriving in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday, January 18. One of the PEF trainers told us on Thursday our plans had been changed. We are still leaving from Salt Lake on Monday, January 17 . . . but we are flying to Dallas, then on to the Dominican Republic for 4 more days of PEF training (now a total of nearly 4 weeks of training).

We have been telling everyone for weeks we would be living in Linden, Guyana . . . but as of Thursday, it appears we are being reassigned to Trinidad where we will be working in the mission office for what we hope will be a short time. In addition, we will also be traveling to Guyana from time-to-time to make contact with local leaders to help establish the PEF program (unless, of course, the brethren - who we have been told have their eyes focused on the future of Guyana - change our assignment again).

But D&C 31:11 states . . . "it shall be given you by the Comforter what you shall do and whither you shall go" so despite all these changes, we are confident we are in good hands!!!

NOTE: Ed took the picture of the Salt Lake Temple during one of our meetings on the 8th floor of the Church Office Building.