Planning to serve a Mission together

Feed My Sheep

It has been my lifelong dream to go on a mission. A real mission with my husband. Ron was doing a search to the Church’s website for mission opportunities for Senior Couples. We want to find the right place where we can serve and use his expertise in horticulture and help others use his knowledge.

We came upon one on the Navajo reservation. As Ron read it I kept thinking that it would be one where he would be in the “field” and I would be in an office. I so much hoped to work side by side with my husband. I told him about my concerns and left it at that. I need to support my husband on this so I prayed and asked that I could have a change of heart and be able to support him if it meant he would need to work alone some of the time. He made the comment that we would only go where we both felt right about it. A day passed.

Then, Ron and I received a phone call from the Stake President over the project in Arizona. He answered a lot of our questions. Ron got very animated and liked what he learned from President Justice. We had a chance to listen to the details of the program and the successes they have had. It shows how committed this stake president is and very interested in helping his stake members received the assistance to become self-sufficient through the gardening project. He was also very helpful. I caught the vision and felt my heart move toward accepting that this option could be right for both of us and to not be concerned about it. We could at times both work in the Family History Center and I could go out with him to visit the families’ gardens on the reservation to give them support and advise them.

After we talked to President Justice, we sat down to read our scriptures. I felt a strong impression to tell Ron how much I loved him and tell him that I supported him and would be willing to go to the Navaho reservation for a mission. He said he appreciated that and I know he did.